It comes after Great Western Hospital chief Kevin McNamara criticised the size of the current hospital. The idea has been floated by Swindon Borough Councillor Stan Pajak who was on the original planning board that approved GWH - although he voted against it. More government funding is available for the hospital with £30m being made available to expand its A&E department. South Swindon MP Robert Buckland also backed calls for a bigger hospital, saying he and fellow North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson would continue to work with GWH to get the improvements. Here s what you said on Facebook: Samantha Wathen: Yet they build houses on the neighbouring land, it s so short sighted.
The Prime Minister has refused to rule out a third national lockdown as cases continue to surge across the country. Boris Johnson faced criticism this week as health chiefs have warned of the potential risk as lockdown rules are relaxed over the festive period. And Mr Johnson said rates of infection have increased “very much in the last few weeks”, as pressure grows on the Government to do more to tackle the rise. Northern Ireland and Wales are bracing for lockdowns in the days after Christmas, and a senior emergency medicine doctor said the rest of the UK must do “whatever it takes” to get infections under control.