It's not enough to simply have new health services – they also have to be convenient for people to get to. And that's the problem with the Hornsey Hospital site – health services but poor transport links.
Over half the people in the area serviced by the site would have to travel for 20 minutes or more – often making multiple changes. That’s fine if you are in good health, find it easy to get about and can make your own way unencumbered by a handful of small children. But those are the only people who need to get health services!
The health trust and Transport for London have been playing out an extremely slow duet, promising possibly maybe sometime in the future they would do something. So that’s why I have been campaigning to put the pressure on – and to knock heads together. A health site needs transport services and transport services should serve where people need to go!
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- Following a successful Liberal Democrat campaign where Transport for London (TfL) agreed to consult on moving a poorly located stop on the only bus route to Hornsey Central, Lynne Featherstone MP has now submitted her and local residents’ responses to the consultation. Local Liberal Democrats have long been campaigning for the first bus stop on [...] read on
- Commenting on the grand opening of Hornsey Neighbourhood Health Centre, Lynne Featherstone MP said: "It’s been a long journey and a long campaign together with local people, but today we are finally standing here in this brilliant new facility for the west of the borough. "This will bring wonderful health services to the community for many [...] read on
- Second happy occasion of the day - the official opening of Hornsey Central Community Health Centre! Given it must be about ten years since the local LibDems joined local residents campaigning against the closure of the old hospital - and campaigned continually for a new health facility on this site - today was a very special [...] read on
- Travelling to the new Hornsey Hospital may soon become easier for disabled and elderly residents, after Transport for London last week agreed that they would consider changes to a ‘problem’ bus stop. It follows a campaign by local Liberal Democrats to move the first stop on the W7 and 144 routes from Muswell Hill, due to [...] read on
- I went to see Peter Hendy, Commissioner of Transport for Transport for London - the big cheese - to present the postcard campaign for a new bus to serve the new health facility at Hornsey Hospital. Miraculously - he said he would be willing to come personally and meet Haringey Health Trust to discuss the provision [...] read on
- Local MP Lynne Featherstone has this week secured a promise of personal intervention from the top Transport for London boss over transport links to Hornsey Hospital. At the successful meeting on Tuesday with London Transport Commissioner Peter Hendy, the Hornsey and Wood Green MP presented hundreds of ‘back the bus’ post cards signed by local residents [...] read on
- Well - the new all singing, all dancing Hornsey Hospital will open in the relatively near future. But despite raising the issue of public transport needs to the new facility since the day of its inception - and requests to Peter Hendy (TFL Commissioner of Transport for London) and Haringey Council and all - they [...] read on
Cock-up, conspiracy or incompetence?
Here's my latest column for the Muswell Hill Flyer and Highgate Handbook: Finally I managed to get Transport for London (TfL), Haringey Primary Care Trust (part of the NHS) and me together in the same place to bang heads together about the need for better bus links to the new Community Health Centre on the old [...] read on
Local MP demands action on bus to Hornsey Central following disappointing meeting
Following a meeting with Transport for London (TfL) and the local health service to discuss better transport to the new Hornsey health centre, Lynne Featherstone MP has written to all involved parties, demanding they stop passing the buck and look seriously at how to improve transport to the Park Road site. The intervention came following a [...] read on
TfL, Haringey PCT and me
Finally I managed to get Transport for London (TfL), Haringey PCT and me together in the same place to discuss the need for local people to be able to access services at the new Community Health Centre at Hornsey Hospital. We have this wonderful new facility - which we all hope is going to be filled [...] read on
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