THE Upton Rocks surgery fiasco is a direct result of this greedy council allowing ever more houses to be built in the north of Widnes without ever providing the local amenities to go with them.

The extra council tax that the council must be gaining from these (often very expensive) houses should be able to fund essential local services and yet now, more than 2,000 people in Farnworth and Birchfield are being forced to search Widnes for an alternative doctors as there simply aren't enough to go around.

It is already virtually impossible to get either a doctor's or dentist's appointment in Widnes and this can only make matters worse. Along with most of Halton, I am sick and tired of the inefficiency and incompetence of this Labour council.

Dave Shipley, Widnes