More Dentists for South Dorset The urgent need for more dentists in South Dorset is a particular concern for Richard.
Getting faster, better trains to Weymouth Richard continues to campaign for a new, improved service from Weymouth to London via Yeovil Junction and Salisbury, which should shave at least 30 minutes off the total journey time from Waterloo to Weymouth. However, for now, the British government has suspended the rail franchise system as the disruption from the coronavirus pandemic has hit passenger numbers hard. The Department for Transport announced in March 2020 that it was temporarily ending normal franchise agreements and transferring all revenue and cost risk to the government. Operators continue to run services day to day for a small management fee under an “emergency measures agreement”.
Defeating Navitus Bay Wind Farm 11th September, 2015. "The Secretary of State does not consider that the Applicant has made a sufficiently robust case for granting development consent." With these words, the Department for Energy and Climate change rejected the Navitus Bay proposal to build a giant windfarm, the size of Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch combined, just nine miles off Swanage.
Reprieving Swanage Community Hospital SWANAGE Community hospital is safe. So says Ron Shields, the chief executive of Dorset Healthcare University Trust, whose responsibilies include the three community hospitals in South Dorset. The other two being Weymouth and Portland. He told Richard that he wanted to fully utilize all the community hospitals and integrate them into his healthcare programme. This is wonderful news for all Swanage residents and of course for the Friends of the hospital, so ably led by Jan Turnbull.