TEIGNMOUTH Hospital’s League of Friends has reassured the public that it continues to fight for its future and provide support.

Despite uncertainty surrounding what will happen to the historic Mill Lane hospital, the first NHS hospital in the country, the committee of the League says it is still working with MP Martin Wrigley and County Councillor David Cox ‘to enable the NHS to provide the best possible healthcare for our town’.

The League is still working to provide for the hospital and has been asked, and agreed, to buy three new televisions.

One will be for the waiting room while patients are waiting for clinical appointments and the other two for the recovery rooms after patients have undergone surgery in the theatre.

The League has also agreed to cover the maintenance cost of redecorating the waiting area, a further request by the NHS.

A spokesman for the League of Friends said: ‘Seeing that we are the very organisation that is providing extra funding for NHS treatment within Teignmouth and the surrounding villages, we would hope that the managerial officers within the trust and Integrated Care Board will have the courtesy to inform us first of any plans regarding our hospital and to work with us to enable Teignmouth Hospital to be part of the equation in providing the best possible healthcare for local residents.

‘The League of Friends would like to stress that, like our MP, we have been informed by the CEO of Torbay and South Devon NHS Trust, Joe Teape, that no decision has been made regarding out hospital.

‘Seeing that this year marks 100 years of having a hospital on this site wouldn’t it be great for our town not only to witness the start of construction for a new GP surgery but also to see that Teignmouth Hospital will retain a major role in the medical healthcare of the area as it has done in the past?’