A message from Cllr Catherine West about the Whittington Hospital meeting

By LiseS | Friday, January 22, 2010, 10:15

A new year has begun and it is time to think again about our task of

saving the Whittington Hospital and its Accident & Emergency

Department.

Over the next weeks,

local health care trusts will begin to discuss proposals for the future

of hospital care in North London - including the Whittington. We must

put pressure on at every stage to stand up for Whittington Hospital’s

A&E.

That is why we are organising a meeting on Monday January 25th at

Archway Methodist Church from 7.00pm. The meeting will discuss what we

need to do in the coming months to save our hospital and it will get

answers to the questions you put to NHS Islington before the Christmas

break.

Last year,

our campaign to save the Whittington made great strides. In just a few

weeks we built the support of thousands of people in our community. We

scored our first success when NHS London agreed to consider keeping the

Whittington A&E open.

But we mustn’t stop there – there is plenty more to do.

We must make sure that, as local health trusts discuss the future of

the Whittington, we do all we can to let them now how important our

hospital is.

That is why I hope you will come to the public meeting on Monday

January 25th.

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According to Hansard (tinyurl.com/yb32vmo), no firm proposals are yet in place. although some concerns have been raised that the only other options in the area are University College Hospital and the Royal Free, both of which already have busy A&E departments.

By LiseS at 15:59 on 22/01/10
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I would be interested to know where they propose we would go for A&E if the Whittington were to close. Does anyone know what the proposals are?

By lela34 at 13:51 on 22/01/10
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