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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- 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 [...] read on
- 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 [...] read on
- 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 [...] read on
- 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] read on
Lynne Featherstone MP commenting on the 144/W7 bus stop in Muswell Hill being moved in the autumn
Lynne Featherstone MP, welcoming the news that following a recent safety assessment, TfL and Haringey Council have agreed to move the 144/W7 bus stop from Muswell Hill to outside Boots on the Muswell Hill Broadway in the autumn: “I’m delighted to see that my long running campaign to get the bus stop moved has [...] read on
Inaccessible W7 Bus Stop set to finally move after long-running Liberal Democrat Campaign
The W7 bus stop on the steep Muswell Hill looks set to soon be moved to outside Boots on Muswell Hill Broadway, after a three year campaign by local Liberal Democrats. The encouraging news was sent to Lynne Featherstone MP earlier this week following enquiries to the Council and TfL. Following a campaign of letter [...] read on
Local Liberal Democrats ask residents for help to win battle for accessible bus stop
In the latest stage in the long-running battle to get an inaccessible Muswell Hill bus stop on the only bus route to Hornsey Central Health Centre moved from a steep hill, Liberal Democrats have today written to local residents, urging them to respond to a consultation. This most recent bid to get the W7 bus [...] read on
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