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New Surgery on Richmond Site

Progress is being made on the new health centre with a planning application in for The site of the old Richmond Pub.

I had been worried about the lack of progress on this. The Local Labour Party have tried to get the site moved away from Yardley. We do think it is important to continue to serve the same patient list, however. Moving the surgery substantially northwards would be wrong.

In any event progress is now being made.

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