Local people want local health services. It’s not rocket science. But the organisation and re-organisation and restructuring of our health services seems to be a displacement activity for managers rather than truly related to what local people want.
Local health services are vital – and some local services, particularly A&E and maternity, must be just that – local.
But the organisation and re-organisation and restructuring of our health services seems to be a displacement activity for managers rather than truly related to what local people want and need.
The latest involves five area health authorities being ‘rationalised’ – and originally all the options being considered would have resulted in the Whittington losing its A&E. Needless to say – local people were horrified by this and the authorities, when this became public, retreated behind phrases like ‘nothing has been decided’.
That partial retreat – but with a threat still hanging in the air – shows why keeping up the public pressure for high quality, genuinely local health services is so important.
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- Labour’s campaign to save the Whittington accident and emergency was left in tatters it emerged that a top Labour politician said that closing local A&E and maternity departments was “the right thing to do.” Liberal Democrat candidate Lynne Featherstone has condemned the reported remarks by Labour Health Secretary Andy Burnham, and has said the revelation [...] read on
- To continue the battle for better treatment of blind and partially sighted residents attending hospitals and doctors surgeries locally, Lynne Featherstone MP has visited a special blind awareness class at the Winkfield Centre in Wood Green. The class was teaching 4th year medical students from UCL about the special challenges faced by blind and partially [...] read on
- Liberal Democrat Leader, Nick Clegg, has backed the campaign to stop closure of the Whittington A&E. The pledge of support comes in the same week as Lynne Featherstone presents local peoples’ personal stories to the Health Minister about their experiences of the Whittington A&E to demonstrate just why local residents need the Whittington A&E to [...] read on
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- It really was a packed hall – and very hot! Nearly 400 people came to question Rachel Tyndall (Chair of the Review panel putting forward the proposals on A&E, maternity and all) and Richard Sumray (Chair of Haringey PCT). Robert Gorrie facilitated the meeting (LibDemCouncil leader). Having told the hall he was LibDem Leader – [...] read on
- To get the Prime Minister to intervene and stop the Whittington A&E being closed down, local Liberal Democrats Lynne Featherstone MP and Councillor Robert Gorrie presented the Whittington Petition to Downing Street. The petition has been supported by over 2,200 local residents, with over 1000 people signing it in the first 48 hours alone. Lynne [...] read on
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