As your Hayle Town Council and Penwith District Council representative for the Hayle South Ward, I am always looking for your ideas and comments on Hayle issues.  Feel free to contact me any time.

NEWS

16 September 2006.   RCHT's own Patient and Public Involvement Forum has called for a review of the Trust's Turnaround 2 plans.  Click here.

15 September 2006.  The Hayle Area Plan funded by the Market and Coastal Town Initiative and led by the Hayle Area Forum has been released.

Read the plan here.

14 September 2006.  Penwith District Council's Climate Change Strategy has now been issued in its final form.  Check it out here.

13 September 2006.  Hayle Skate Park officially opened.  Click here for pictures.

12 September 2006.  Penwith District Council hosted a special session on hospital service provision and invited Anthony Farnsworth of NHS South West to speak.  During a heated debate, Mr. Farnsworth acknowledged that NHS South West (which has oversight of RCHT) had made mistakes and should have spotted problems at RCHT earlier and taken a stronger line with them.  He gave the impression that the NHS had noted the strength of public feeling and was going to be better at consultation in the future.  Watch this space!

06 September 2006:  Auditors, Price Waterhouse Coopers, have issued a stinging indictment of the RCHT management.  Read the report, released under the Freedom of Information Act, here.  If you have any doubts about whether the RCHT was well-managed - read this.

03 September 2006:  SWERDA has also come out with a load of amendments to the Regional Spatial Strategy - which Hayle Town Council and Penwith District Council agree requires substantial modification if Penwith is not to become even poorer in the next 20 years.  Read more.

02 September 2006: Reply received from Prof. Roberts at RCHT.

31 August 2006:  The goverment has excluded the Cornish Flag (St. Piran's Flag) from the list of approved flags.  It is now illegal to fly it without planning permission.  Read more.

28 August 2006: My letters to key officials following the march.  Click here.

27 August 2006: Following a spirited rallying cry from local MP Andrew George, upwards of 27,000 marchers (with many more at the disabled parking areas and waiting at the end) followed Hayle Mayor, Paul Birch, PDC Chairman, Irene Bailey, and other long-time campaigners for better health care services in Cornwall, on a 3 km march from St. Michael's Hospital to the Recreation Ground at Copperhouse.  Marchers arrived at the end of the route while there were still thousands waiting to start - snaking the whole length of Hayle.

Supported by Heyl Band, Camborne Band, the Golowan Band and Hayle Samba (with Pen Samba and Samba Kernow) and with an inspiring "Trelawny" from Hayle Men's Voice Choir, the march was enjoyable as well as serious.

Police, NHS Ambulance, Fire and St. John's Ambulance all reported an incident-free march.

"We are proud to be able to welcome so many people to Hayle," said Mayor Birch.  "We will now follow through to ensure that our voices are heard."

More photographs here.

Click archive to see previous items.

Scaffolding started to go up around Loggans Mill on Monday 20th March 2006.  The mill is owned by Penwith District Council and the scaffolding is designed to support the existing structure and will help to preserve what is a landmark listed building at the gateway of Hayle.  As a reminder that we need to keep pursuing ways to save the building, the following is a count of the number of days since the scaffolding went up.

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