Revised promises on rehab unit

I am not impressed by what I have been reading (Peninsula News, 19 Sep 2011)

It is testimony to the sad lack of any real bankable progress on the return of our important medical amenity.

Being told weeks ago through a media spin release about $500,000 set aside for planning (exactly the same amount set aside for planning Hornsby Public Hospital) and "other irons being in the fire", I am toey.

We all saw the $5 million promise used to buy voters' support.

I told Chris Holstein I would lay off him on the understanding that the Woy Woy Public Hospital Alliance would see the rehab put back where it was stolen from.

I have not forgotten how chummy he and Chris Hartcher were with the Labor apparatchiks who turned up to the Woy Woy Community Hall years ago.

I expect to be impressed by the zeal demonstrated by these elected reps to get the job done!

Minister for Health Jillian Skinner, our local Minister Chris Hartcher and the Member for Gosford Chris Holstein should be supplying the Woy Woy Public Hospital Alliance members with progress reports well ahead of their party spin machine doling information out to main stream media.

After all, for most of the years, even before the formal creation of the Alliance, our community was fighting for the return of our important medical amenity.

We were pleading for coverage from the people running the Express Advocate who were telling us we had nothing worth publishing.

Our Peninsula News did the hard work.

I have not forgotten the way Liberal, while in opposition, were sucking up to NSW Health management and spin doctors.

The return of our rehab wards to our local hospital should have commenced the moment Liberal National Coalition got in.

Now we are being fed revised promises like others across the State who voted for change.

Email, 27 Sep 2011 Edward James, Umina