In July 2013, 10 year old Sahil Mukherjee was part of a 60 strong “Army of Children” who marched against proposals to close A&E, Maternity and Children’s Services at St Helier Hospital. The children turned out in force to protest against the proposed closures. They were from Cheam Fields Primary School in Sutton. They […]
Category: Epsom Guardian
Part 2 – They want to take away your Acute Hospitals – ACT NOW!
On the 10th of November 2017, the Epsom & St Helier Trust Board decided to proceed with their plan to remove Acute Services from one or both of Epsom hospital AND St Helier hospitals. At a board meeting on the 10th of November 2017, despite significant opposition, a whole series of relevant questions being raised, […]
Video: STP Team Haven’t Done Their Homework
The South West London Sustainability and Transformation Plan is calling for the reduction of “Acute Sites” (hospitals) in South West London, from 5, down to 4 or even 3, with Epsom & St Helier hospitals already very high on the list for cuts. On the 18th of January 2017, the South West London Joint Health […]
Press: Local Guardian coverage of junior doctors strike
Press: KOSHH in the news, A&E waiting time targets.
The Epsom & St Helier NHS Trust have missed the government target for A&E waiting times every month since August 2015. Until recently, the government target for the percentage of A&E patients to be seen within 4 hours was 98%, but in June 2010, the Con-Dem government relaxed this target to 95%. There are a number […]
Press: Video: Epsom & St Helier Trust to end year with £28 million deficit
As we reported here and here, the Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust is forecast to end the financial year with a deficit of over 28 million pounds. The Epsom Guardian have today (22/03/2016) covered the story in some detail, and have quoted KOSHH campaigners in their article. You can read the coverage on […]
Local Guardian coverage of the junior doctors strike 10th Feb 2016
Short, yet powerful message – Epsom Guardian 11th Feb 2016
The Epsom & St Helier Trust have written an open letter…
Further to the story which we covered here and the Epsom Guardian article detailed here and here, the Epsom and St Helier Trust have issued an “Open Letter” to the Epsom Guardian, the text of which you can find here and it is reproduced in full below for your reference: This open letter questions a […]