Councillor Alan Shuttleworth
East Sussex councillors have given their support to the controversial closure of a walk-in centre in Eastbourne. On Thursday (December 10), the East Sussex Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (HOSC) confirmed it would not call in an NHS decision to close the Eastbourne Station Health Centre, as long as “alternative services” are put in place beforehand. These alternative services would include the soon-to-open Victoria Medical Centre establishing a branch surgery in the town centre and the commissioning of drop-in clinics for rough sleeping and homeless patients. Cllr Peter Pragnell (Con, Hastings Ashdown and Conquest) said: “There is a temptation to obsess about buildings rather than the services that are provided and where they are provided.