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Berkshire West’s top public health boss says he has serious concerns about plans to build a new Royal Berkshire Hospital. He says it is in danger of being a white elephant and not fit for purpose in 30 years time. “I am not alone in having some major concerns about the way this is being approached,” said John Ashton, interim director for public health for Berkshire West, speaking at Thursday’s Health and Wellbeing Board. “The person who frames the question determines the range of solutions. “It seems the questions are being framed around replacing a hospital, rather than what kind of health sy…