Guy Henderson

1 week ago | radioexe.co.uk | Guy Henderson

A decision will be made later this week on a trial which could shape the future of care for heart attack patients across South Devon. Politicians from across the spectrum are urging health chiefs to think again over the plan which could see patients driven to Exeter rather than to Torbay Hospital for treatment. They say the extra time taken to get people from locations as far away as the most southerly tip of the county in the South Hams could put lives at risk.

1 week ago | radioexe.co.uk | Guy Henderson

Devon’s Liberal Democratic MPs have called for crucial improvements in the county’s NHS dentistry services. Speaking in the House of Commons, the Lib Dem MPs called on the county’s Integrated Care Board (ICB) to ‘up its game’. They claim there are holes in the NHS contract with dentists, issues with recruitment and retention, and problems with accessing care.

2 weeks ago | radioexe.co.uk | Guy Henderson

Devon is suffering a ‘digital divide’  leaving people unable to access vital services and stopping businesses from growing, it has been claimed. Speaking during a Westminster debate, South Devon’s Liberal Democrat MP Caroline Voaden said too many people in the area are  being cut off by poor broadband infrastructure. And she criticised fibre broadband provider Airband, which last year scaled back an ambitious plan to boost connections across rural Devon and Somerset.

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Guy Henderson

Image caption, The site of the old Clifton Hill leisure centre will be used to build affordable homesLocal Democracy Reporting ServiceA council said it has sold a former leisure centre site for less than its market value in order to keep a promise not to build student accommodation on it. Plans have been agreed to sell the old Clifton Hill leisure centre site, in Exeter, to a company that builds affordable housing for older people.

2 weeks ago | radioexe.co.uk | Guy Henderson

The Pavilion at Torquay has been named on a list of the 10 most endangered buildings in the country. The listing by the Victorian Society means the former theatre and ice rink where Agatha Christie was once a regular patron is ‘at real risk of being lost if action is not taken’. Torbay Council has recently taken back the lease on the building from long-term tenants MDL, and has begun a project to repair and restore the crumbling structure.