As promised in our earlier post here, we have written to the chief executive of St Helier hospital as follows. We will of course post an update when we receive a response: Open Letter to Daniel Elkeles, Chief Executive, Epsom and St Helier Hospitals NHS Trust. 06/12/2015 Dear Daniel, I understand that a mobile CT scanning unit, […]
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When a “Coffee Morning” isn’t quite what it seems.
KOSHH campaigner Sandra Ash reports on a “Coffee Morning” Siobhain McDonagh MP held on the 17th of October at Morden Park Baptist Church Our hospitals are still under threat Siobhain McDonagh MP for Mitcham and Morden invited, by email and by hand-delivered leaflets, some of her constituents to come along and show her invited guest, […]
Merton CCG AGM: KOSHH’s concerns
Merton CCG AGM: KOSHH’s concerns We attended the Merton Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Annual General Meeting last Thursday night and our concerns for the future of St Helier Hospital remain as strong as ever. The AGM organisers called for questions in advance. Despite this, the only questions submitted were from KOSHH. Our first question was […]
Healthwatch Sutton diary date, for those who can make it…
Healthwatch Sutton diary date, for those who can make it… Healthwatch Sutton is holding a semi-public meeting about the Epsom-St Helier Hospital Estates Review. We say “semi-public” because people who want to attend cannot simply turn up on the day. Instead, they must RSVP in advance. We are not sure how many people will be […]
CCGs (or why campaigning to save the local hospitals is so hard…)
CCGs (or why campaigning to save the local hospitals is so hard…) Campaigning to save your local health services often feels like being at the foot of a mountain. You start to climb, you feel like you’ve made some progress, and then someone at the top of the mountain drops a giant bucket of mud […]
Asking questions of the Epsom-St Helier Trust: Part II
Asking questions of the Epsom-St Helier Trust: Part II We are still asking questions about the Epsom-St Helier Estates Review document via Twitter. This is not a simple review of bricks and mortar, it is a review with far-reaching implications for our local hospitals. Click here to download your copy of the Estates Review. It […]
Asking questions of the Epsom-St Helier Trust, Part I
Asking questions of the Epsom-St Helier Trust, Part I Yesterday, we informed the public that the Epsom-St Helier Trust’s Estates Review document is not a benign document about mere bricks and mortar. It is about the very future of our local hospitals. KOSHH campaigners are systematically going through the document and we have already started asking […]
The Epsom-St Helier Trust Estates Review: This is not a drill! This is the future of our hospitals!
The Epsom-St Helier Trust Estates Review: This is not a drill! This is the future of our hospitals! The Epsom-St Helier Trust has released the Estates Review document. At first glance, it seems like a harmless enough report on the bricks and mortar of our local hospitals. It might even be a bit boring. But […]
What are we celebrating on #NHS67?
What are we celebrating on #NHS67? Today the NHS turns 67. It should be a proud day of celebration. We should be able to go about our business today relaxed in the knowledge that the NHS is properly funded, properly managed and always there for us when we need it. But we are living in […]