THE HULME TUNE

It looks like the rich are priviledged in Hulme when it comes to dental treatment. The last of the NHS dentists on Royce Road, Hulme, is now refusing to treat people on the NHS. This means that those unemployed, on low income and anybody else who are entitled to treatment on the NHS have to travel outside the area.

Nobody told me that changes were being made until I got tooth ache. Even Hulme Library were unaware of the change as I ask them for a list of NHS dentists and Royce Road surgery was still at the top of the list.

I left 2 messages on Councillor Nigel Murphy’s telephone yesterday. The message was asking him what they intend to do about this situation - seeing that it is Labour in power and this is their mess.

This is not mere teething problems for the Government, they have known the situation for a long time. My suggestion is that they build Hulme a NEW dental practice and bring in qualified dentists from Poland & other European countries and make a law compelling dentists to treat so many patients on the NHS and make the process easier.

The nearest Dentist in Hulme is the Kath Lock Centre in Moss Side.

We need more NHS dentists NOW!

Thieves struck at Hulme Garden Centre sometime on the evening of Thursday 15th November. The Manager, Hannah Powell, contacted The Hulme Tune and said, “Me and another member of staff came in to find out that the water pipes have been cut and 3 of the 4 copper stand pipes have been stolen along with taps. So we have no water supply now. They smashed a couple of planted sinks in the tunnel too for the hell of it.”

The police are currently getting 30-40 calls a day as Copper is now worth £4K a ton. This and lead is being taken all over the place masts roofs and cables, there has been £1 million worth of damage just in Collyhurst over the last few months!

Here is the WebConnect video report.

Hulme Copper Steal

Hannah is appealing to Hulme community for any help towards replacing the water pipes and stands as the Garden Centre is a non-profit making community organisation. You can ring Hulme Garden Centre on 0161 227 8198