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Following a letter to the Hawkinge Gazette which indicated that there is still no progress on the new Hawkinge Health Centre, Shepway District and Kent County Councillor, Susan Carey has immediately checked whether the development is still going ahead.

The Centre was given the go ahead in November 2007 but a Gazette reader, who lives near to the proposed site, noted that they had seen "little progress to date."

Cllr Carey has contacted the Hawkinge Health Centre surgery in Canterbury Road and was told that the doctors are still negotiating the Heads of Terms with the developers and discussing the level of funding with the Primary Care Trust (PCT).

She was told that because it took so long to get an acceptable site in Hawkinge, all the financial aspects of the project had to be redone, although it seems no one expected it to take so long after planning permission was granted.

Cllr Carey has said she will be keeping in touch with the doctors about the project and has offered her assistance if needed.