South Worcester PCT has made it plain they want to sort out their financial mess at the expense of health provision in Pershore. But they would do well to consider the strength of feeling against their plan before closing the Cottage Hospital and moving it to Heathlands.

Tomorrow's health provision for Pershore must not be decided by today's financial crisis.

We are told that Pershore doctors favour the PCT plan, but they made it very plain at the town meeting last week that they would prefer to keep facilities centred at the present hospital site. Their preference was to relocate the Priest Lane GP Practice onto the Sports Club land, integrating it with a rebuilt hospital and the next-door Abbotswood Practice.

This is surely the dream scenario and one which everyone should support. Up to now the Sports Club land has been preserved against development as an important open space, but this should be reconsidered if it means we could build the health services Pershore people need.

If money is the problem, why can't Wychavon put some of their millions into the plan? Far better for it to be used to create future facilities than to sit in the bank for years doing nothing.

CGJ Tucker,

Throckmorton, Pershore