KOSHH Campaigner, Georgia Lewis shares her thoughts on scaremongering: “You’re scaremongering!” It is a common accusation when you are campaigning to save your local hospital and, indeed, the wider NHS. The “scaremongering” accusation is often used to either try and shut a discussion down or as a way of sticking fingers in ears and burying […]
KOSHH believes that June will see the announcement of the long feared plans to demolish Epsom, St Helier and Queen Mary’s Hospitals. The plan was first leaked during the “Traingate” incident. In the plan, the “preferred option” was to demolish Epsom, St Helier and Queen Mary’s hospital for children, and it would appear that this […]
As discussed here, the Epsom & St Helier Trust have reported that they are due to end the financial year with a deficit of £28.4 million, and in order to address this, they say that the Trust Chief Finance Officer has said that they have taken out a “loan” from Public Health England to the […]
Update on our meeting with Merton CCG! KOSHH campaigners had planned to meet with Merton CCG on 13 October. However, we have decided to postpone the meeting until after the Merton CCG has release its public response to the Epsom-St Helier Estates Review document. Click here to read the document for yourself. In September, we […]
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, […]
KOSHH in the news! Featuring Tom Brake MP making curious statements… KOSHH has made it to the front page of today’s Sutton Guardian. It is always encouraging to get coverage in the media although we wish the future of our local health services was assured and we didn’t have to keep waking people up to […]
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 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 […]
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 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 […]
@chrismaxwell41 @GNev2 And yet, the NHS Is the most cost efficient, fairest, and among the best performing health s… https://t.co/LeXMIbYbRk
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RT @DrUmeshPrabhu: @drbobgill @davidschneider @drbobgill is amazing
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RT @drbobgill: @davidschneider Thank you for sharing.
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RT @davidschneider: Very good explainer from @drbobgill on how the NHS is being turned into a cash cow for private corporations and gov… https://t.co/MWMRnKtak5
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RT @GNev2: Had it explained to me last night by a GP. The most deceitful government of all time ! https://t.co/QZLNiUCftZ
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