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"I fully support the efforts of the West Cornwall HealthWatch group...... as ever, your incisive comments are particularly helpful"
Andrew George M.P.
  "I was delighted to meet West Cornwall HealthWatch. You clearly have considerable expertise within the group. It was good to see so much commitment"
Helen Tucker, Chairman, Community Hospitals Association, following a visit to West Cornwall, 1998
"All thanks and gratitude to the organisations and protesters who have through their tireless efforts saved our hospitals here in West Cornwall"
Letter to The Cornishman Newspaper from Richard Pollard, Autumn 1998
  "..the unsung heroes of our community who campaigned against hospital closures"
Caroline White, Mayor of Penzance, at Mayor-Choosing, 1998
  "Thank you for the sterling work you do"
Tom Arkell, St Just, 1999
"..that valuable organisation set up to monitor local health-care issues - West Cornwall HealthWatch - continues to fight for the retention of Bolitho House in Penzance. This is the organisation whose efforts were instrumental in bringing about the retention of our local "cottage" hospitals when they were under threat of closure a year ago, and one which deserves our support"
Editorial, The Cornishman Newspaper
  "... I would like also to convey our sincere thanks for the considerable time and effort you give on behalf of the residents of West Cornwall with regard to health matters"
(Clerk to St Levan Parish Council, February 2001)
"I do intend to continue my donations (to HealthWatch) for the forseeable future. From the letters in the Cornishman, your organisation is needed more than ever"
(Supporter, March 2001)
  "The Town Council instructed me to write and express its unanimous support to the West Cornwall committee in its tireless endeavous to prevent over-centralisation of services and the retention of acute services at West Cornwall Hospital"
(Clerk to St Just Town Council, March 2001)