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Scandal of still empty homes at Melksham Hospital

Cllr Jon Hubbard has expressed outrage at Wiltshire’s Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) as the old nurses homes at Melksham Hospital have remained empty for yet another year.

Jon first raised the issue of the empty properties with both the CCG and Wiltshire Council in 2018 and has been waiting ever since so see if anything is actually done.

“We’ve had a year of excuses from the CCG saying they are undertaking a strategic review of the site, but these houses still sit empty while we have people living on the streets” Jon Hubbard commented.

“It sickens me that we have a publicly owned organisation, one that is meant to be all about health and wellbeing, who are actually paying to keep Wiltshire residents homeless. They are paying punative council tax rates as a result of the building being empty for so long – it really is time that they got things sorted out.”

“I have today again written to the Chief Exec of the CCG asking for this to be urgently addressed and have asked for meeting with her to discuss the matter.”

By Jon Hubbard

Cllr Jon Hubbard is the Wiltshire and Town councillor for Melksham South. First elected in 2009 he now sits as an independent. Jon is very active in the local community and actively works across the town and wider community. He helped create and continues to Chair both Young Melksham, who provide youth services in the town, and Age Friendly Melksham, who work to try and prevent social isolation for people of all ages. On Wiltshire Council Jon currently chairs the Children's Select Committee and is also Chair of the Adoption West Scrutiny Panel.