DEFEND THE WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL COALITION

Campaign meeting minutes, 7th January 2010: minutes_20100107(.pdf)

Letter to press 15 January 2010(.pdf)

3rd floor Conference Room, 338-346 Goswell Road, London EC1V 7LQ

Please try to come to a meeting, organised by Jeremy Corbyn, and supported by our Coalition, 7.00 Archway Methodist Church, in Archway Roundabout. Rachel Tyndall, chief exec of NHS Islington will be answering questions about the proposals.

From the Camden New Journal:

Save the Whittington: Key report will not be made public

NHS bosses are refusing to release a report that is believed to be driving shock proposals to shut the Whittington’s accident and emergency department.
The McKinsey consultancy firm has advised NHS London that 60 per cent of A&E visits and 50 per cent of outpatient appointments can be met in super-size walk in health centres and “polyclinics”.

Read the rest of the article on the Camden New Journal website: http://tinyurl.com/ygjl3pp

Dates for your diary:

20th January, Wednesday, there is a meeting of the Haringey Council Scrutiny committee meeting at which Rob Larkman, Chief Executive of the Whittington Hospital will speak. It’s at 6pm – at the Haringey Civic Centre, High Road, N22. Campaigners from the Defend Haringey Health Services are going and would welcome our mutual support.

21st January, Thursday, meeting of the Defend the Whittington Hospital Coalition, Whittington Community Centre, Yerbury Road N19.  All are welcome to help plan the campaign.

25th January, Monday, public meeting at Archway Methodist Church Hall at 7.00pm at which Rachel Tyndall of North London Central NHS will reply to questions put to her at the last public meeting.

Go to whatever you can, no-one is expecting everyone to attend all three.

Probably the most important is the one on the 25th as a good presence is necessary to show how strongly people object to the closure proposals directly to the NHS officials. Read more…