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
The latest update from Joint Chair, Shirley Franklin:
Hi Everyone,
Despite really treacherous conditions on pavements and roads, last night, we had a brilliantly attended planning meeting.
We had a great range of people there – one of our MPs, our local vicar, all the main political parties, representatives from residents’ groups, The Highgate Society, trade unions, etc.
We decided to campaign using the attached petition with our friends, neighbours, local surgeries and stalls outside the Whittington, Holloway and Archway tubes, etc. We will also be contacting local groups and charities. Please feel free to contact these groups and campaign where you can. Feedback to this email address would be handy. It is a good idea to do collections for the campaign. Again please let us know about the outcomes in terms of petitions and funds.
The attached A5 leaflets can be printed two sided.
Completed petitions should be handed into the Whittington Community Centre in an envelope with our name on. We are planning to hand these into the relevant person at the relevant time. This will probably be the Department for Health, possibly in the week after our demo.
There will be stalls on Saturday at Archway tube and outside Selby/Morrisons in Holloway Rd at 12. Please join us! Hopefully these will continue around our area on a regular basis.
On January 25th Rachel Tyndall, Chief Executive of the North Central NHS, will be speaking at a public meeting organised by Jeremy Corbyn – 7.00, 25th Jan at Archway Hall in the middle of Archway roundabout. She is being asked to respond to the questions asked of her in the last public meeting. Please make every effort to attend this important event.
We are planning to hold our demonstration on 27th February at 12 from Highbury Fields to the Whittington. It is really important that this is as big as possible. Someone had a great idea about everyone wearing cat masks. Again, please let people know about it.
Our next planning meeting is on 21st January at 7 at the Whittington Centre and fortnightly thereafter.
Please let any interested party know they are welcome to our planning meetings and to join the campaign, petition, etc. and to contribute to our funds!
Best wishes,
Shirley Franklin
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WHAT WE STAND FOR:
* We are opposed to the rundown, closure or privatisation of all hospitals and hospital departments and any other key health services.
* We want to stop the sell-off of our NHS, or bits of it, to private corporations.
* We call for the repeal of the Health and Social Care Act - the government measure which opened the way for big private companies to take over our hospitals and health services and shut them down if they don't make enough profit.
* We call for full funding of our NHS to meet our health needs, free at the point of delivery.
* We want to see a fully funded mental health service that meets the varying mental health needs of our community, in residential or community-based settings.
* We are proud of our caring staff at the Hospital, and welcome the diversity of the staff.