Tendring: Council to quiz health chiefs

From the archive, first published Tuesday 10th Apr 2007.

COUNCIL watchdogs are to question health chiefs over the lack of doctors prepared to come to "Costa Geriatica".

It is just one of a host of questions prepared for the new primary care trust which runs health policies in Tendring.

A major overhaul meant that the former Tendring PCT covering most of Tendring has merged with Colchester area to form the North East Essex PCT.

But many residents and councillors are worried

that the needs of coastal residents may be pushed aside and financial reserves eaten away.

Tendring Council's community leadership and partnership committee which is anxious to help has put down a series of questions about the new pct to see if it is meeting the area's needs.

The committee meets on Wednesday, April 11.