GENERAL ELECTION 2010: Independent Candidate Martin Houlden's NHS Polls already speak volumes

Local businessman Martin Houlden, who is standing as an Independent in the forthcoming election, has been running two polls about the Wiltshire PCT on his campaign website martinsmanifesto.com.

Martin has been involved with The Friends of Savernake since 2008, and was the first Parliamentary candidate to build an internet poll, which has been running since March of this year. On it, he asks two questions:

Do you have confidence in the Chairman and Chief Executive of NHS Wiltshire.

Where do you think the proposed Devizes Primary Care Centre should be situated?

So far, over 90% of respondents DO NOT have any confidence in the leadership at the top of the PCT, which is a damning verdict. As for the site for the Primary Care Centre, it's a two-horse race between the Green Lane site (which started off ahead) but has been caught and passed in favour of renovating the old Hospital site, which currently stands at 55% of the votes polled.

Martin says "It's clear that Wiltshire residents are extremely unhappy with the decisions that have been made by Wiltshire NHS over the last few years. Since the original "Pathways For Change" document, they have consistently ignored our wishes, and seem to make decisions on public healthcare, in private. What we need is a change of leadership to make the PCT more accountable, so they start to make fair decisions, openly and transparently and do what is in the best interests of the public.

The other Devizes Constituency candidates for the election next week are: Junab Ali- Labour Party, David Carpenter- English Democrat Party,  Fiona Hornby- Lib Dem, Patricia Bryant-UKIP , Nic Combe- Libertarian Party, Mark Fletcher- Green Party  and Claire Perry- Conservative.