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

Please sign our online petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/dwhc/petition.html

Also, we have a hard copy available for download: Whittington petition

If you’re involved in any community activities please print a few off and try to get as many signatures as possible. The address to return petitions to is:

Defend the Whittington Hospital Coalition

Whittington Park Community Centre

Yerbury Road

London

N19 4RS