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 […]
Category: KOSHH
We need your help – KOSHH Public Meeting – 16th Feb, Morden Baptist Church
They plan to close your hospitals – Who will save St Helier? Come along and have your say about the plans to close YOUR hospitals in South West London, under the guise of the terrible “Sustainability and Transformation Plans” (STPs) – the mechanism being used to force through Simon Stevens’ “5 Year Forward View”, which […]
Lots of new video content here
KOSHH campaigners have been hard at work recently, holding street-stalls, public meetings, leafleting and campaigning, and putting together some great new video content to help get the word out about the threat to our local hospital services, and to the wider NHS at this critical time. This round-up is intended as a bit of […]
Please sign and share the KOSHH Campaign petition
Keep Our St Helier Hospital (KOSHH) Campaign Petition NO CLOSURES, NO CUTS TO SERVICES, NO PRIVATISATION OF OUR NHS We, the undersigned, call on the South West London Clinical Commissioning Groups (Sutton, Merton, Croydon, Richmond, Kingston & Wandsworth CCGs) to protect, maintain and improve all existing NHS hospital services at St. Helier, Croydon, Kingston, Epsom […]
IMPORTANT! Public Meeting – 20th October 2016
Public Meeting: They plan to close your hospitals: Who will save St Helier? Thursday 20th Oct 2016 at 7.30 pm Thomas Wall Centre (formerly, Sutton Adult School) 52 Benhill Avenue, Sutton, SM1 4DP MASSIVE NHS CUTS AND CLOSURES PLANNED FOR SOUTH WEST LONDON On 23 December 2015 NHS England announced the enforced balancing of […]
Diary Date: KOSHH Pub Quiz Fundraiser 5th July
On the 5th of July 1948, a world changing event took place – the British National Health Service was founded. From that day onwards, the people in this country have had access to world-class healthcare, which is provided in the most cost-efficient way possible. To celebrate this momentous occasion, the Keep Our St Helier Hospital (KOSHH) campaign […]
Epsom & St Helier, the plot sickens
The Wimbledon Guardian have today run a front page article about the threat to St Helier, but recent developments have been a little confusing. For clarity, we have put together a brief timeline of events over the last year or so. In January 2015, Daniel Elkeles started work at Epsom & St Helier Trust, as […]
KOSHH and other health campaigners meet MPs in Parliament
A meeting took place today between a number of health campaigners, Shadow Health Minister, Heidi Alexander, and Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell. It was a useful meeting, and a lot of important matters were discussed. In addition to KOSHH, many other groups were present, including: Allyson Pollock (NHS Reinstatement Bill) Dr Bob Gill (Save Our Hospitals) […]
New Gallery: KOSHH Supporters
KOSHH supports junior doctors on strike day #5 (06/04/2016)
KOSHH Campaigners went to today’s picket line outside St Helier Hospital to support the junior doctors in their struggle and were joined by representatives of Merton & Sutton TUC. Once more the weather was foul, but it’ll take more than inclement weather to stop this group of determined folk. The level of support from the general public was […]