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NHS staff at St Helier to start strike action over unpaid back-pay
Healthcare assistants whose jobs were wrongly graded are at ‘breaking point’, as managers at Epsom Hospital, St George’s in Tooting and St Helier refuse to make good their errors NHS staff will be on picket lines outside three major hospitals … Continue reading
St Helier staff ready to walk out over years of unpaid back pay
Workers at St George’s in Tooting and Epsom Hospital and St Helier in Carshalton voted 100% and 99% in favour of strike action Around 600 healthcare assistants working at three hospitals in south-west London and Surrey are on the brink … Continue reading
99% of healthcare assistants backing strike action at St Helier
Workers’ union begins strike ballot after two NHS hospital trusts offer ‘the worst back-pay deal’ in London More than 600 healthcare assistants at St Helier Hospital and across the group at St George’s in Tooting and Epsom Hospital are to … Continue reading
Croydon among 43 areas in £10m NHS neighbourhood scheme
Croydon is among 43 areas earmarked for the first neighbourhood health services, in a £10million government scheme. Lambeth and Southwark and East Surrey are also on the list of areas, under an initiative that sets out to “tackle the nation’s … Continue reading
Appointments as usual say NHS as doctors start five-day strike
The NHS in London has urged patients to continue coming forward for care during the doctors’ strike, which began this morning. Around 50,000 resident doctors were expected to walk out from 7am today until next Wednesday, July 30. Resident doctors, … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon NHS Trust, Health, London Ambulance Service, Mayday Hospital, St Helier Hospital
Tagged Croydon University Hospital, Dr Chris Streather, Junior Doctors' Strike, Mayday Hospital, NHS, NHS England, NHS London, Resident Doctors, Resident Doctors' Strike, St Helier Hospital
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RSPCA issues life-saving appeal over back garden football nets
The RSPCA has rescued a young fox stuck down a well at St Helier Hospital. And the animal charity has issued some potentially life-saving advice to all Londoners about everyday equipment kept in many gardens which can pose a deadly … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Gardening, RSPCA, St Helier Hospital
Tagged Football nets, Foxes, Gardens, RSPCA, St Helier Hospital, Sutton
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St Helier facing ‘catastrophic failure’ as hospital plans delayed
INSIDE SUTTON: Yesterday’s announcement by Labour health secretary Wes Streeting that the promised new hospital at Belmont will be delayed by at least another seven years drew dire warnings from health professionals, reports DAVE BURTON “We’re going to have to … Continue reading
Posted in Bobby Dean, Carshalton and Wallington, Dave Burton, Epsom and Ewell, Health, Luke Taylor MP, St Helier Hospital, Surrey, Sutton Council
Tagged Belmont, Bobby Dean MP, Conservative, Dave Burton, Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, Luke Taylor MP, Royal Marsden Cancer Hub, St Helier Hospital, Tory, Wes Streeting
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Thousands left without water as SES crisis enters third day
A ‘critical valve’ has left thousands of people across south-west London and Surrey without reliable water supplies, affecting a major hospital and forcing schools to close. BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK reports Up to 4,000 households across Carshalton, Sutton, Cheam, Epsom and even … Continue reading
‘Doctors say only a new hospital is the answer’ for St Helier
SUTTON COMMENTARY: Shocking scenes shown by BBC News this week should be a wake-up call for government and the NHS to revive previously approved plans for a state-of-the-art new hospital, writes DAVE BURTON The problems facing St Helier Hospital, as … Continue reading
Posted in Carshalton and Wallington, Dave Burton, Health, Luke Taylor MP, Paul Burstow MP, Paul Scully MP, St Helier Hospital, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP
Tagged Bedmont, Bobby Dean MP, Carshalton, Carshalton and Wallington, Dave Burton, Luke Taylor MP, NHS, Royal Marsden Cancer Hub, St Helier Hospital, Sutton, Sutton and Cheam
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St Helier Hospital stretched to limits by a ‘tidal wave of flu’
By DAVE BURTON The appalling conditions at St Helier Hospital were highlighted on national television last night when a BBC News report showed patients waiting on trolleys in corridors for hours, even days, as staff battled a “tidal wave” of … Continue reading
As Robotic Reeves ‘pauses’ hospital builds, St Helier crumbles
Our Sutton reporter, BELLE MONT, on the latest, devastating setback to NHS provision in this part of London Less than a month since being elected with a historically large majority, the recriminations are beginning to be heard around Keir Starmer … Continue reading
Posted in Bobby Dean, Elliot Colburn, Health, Luke Taylor MP, Paul Burstow MP, St Helier Hospital, Sutton and Cheam
Tagged Bobby Dean MP, Carshalton and Wallington, Conservative, Elliot Colburn, Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, Luke Taylor MP, Paul Burstow, Rachel Reeves, St Helier Hospital, Sutton and Cheam, Tom Brake, Tory
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Trust to spend thousands on taxis to break ambulance strike
A south London NHS hospital trust is set to spend tens of thousands of pounds on Ubers and other private hire transport as they attempt to break a strike by union members, according to the GMB. Members of the union … Continue reading
Posted in Health, St Helier Hospital
Tagged Ambulance, Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust, GMB, Helen O'Connor, St Helier Hospital
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Owed £1,000 backpay, St Helier ambulance staff vote to strike
Staff who work in patient transfer ambulances for the Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action over their employers’ failure to pay backpay. The GMB union, which represents the workers, has warned that … Continue reading
LibDems and Tories name candidates for St Helier West ballot
Our Sutton reporter, ROSE HILL, on the latest wanabees announced for the council by-election on May 2 They may have been left flat-footed by the near-deadline-day resignation of Labour councillor Sheila Berry, but Sutton’s Tories and LibDems have managed to … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 London elections, Catherine Gray, Neil Garratt, Sheldon Vestey, St Helier Hospital, Sutton Council
Tagged Catherine Gray, Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Margaret Thomas, Sheila Berry, Sheldon Vestey, St Helier Hospital, St Helier West, Sutton, Sutton Council, Tory
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Colburn’s emotional speech to Commons: ‘Help is out there’
Carshalton and Wallington MP Elliot Colburn received thanks from his own party leader and a handshake from Labour’s Keir Starmer in the House of Commons yesterday, as he bravely fought back the tears and gave a moving speech to a … Continue reading
‘Major disruption’ expected as NHS consultants go on strike
“Major disruption is anticipated” at NHS hospitals through to the weekend, as senior medics walk out prior to the August bank holiday weekend as part of planned industrial action. Consultants will be taking strike action from 7am on tomorrow until … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon NHS Trust, Health, Mayday Hospital, Purley Hospital, St Helier Hospital
Tagged Croydon, Dr Chris Streather, London, NHS, NHS London
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97% of south-west London covid patients are unvaccinated
Nearly every adult hospitalised with covid-19 in Croydon and south-west London over the past two months had not been fully vaccinated with two doses and a booster. Local operational figures for five major NHS hospitals in this part of London … Continue reading
13 MPs criticise move of maternity services from St Helier
MPs from across south London have written to Sajid Javid, the Health Secretary, with a letter critical of plans for St Helier Hospital’s maternity services to be downgraded and moved to a new site in Belmont. Sarah Jones, MP for … Continue reading
Government cuts £100m from budget for new Sutton hospital
Plans for a new hospital in Sutton have been hit after the government wrote to the local NHS Trust to advise that they would be cutting their contribution to the £511million build costs by around a quarter. The plans to … Continue reading
Covid-19 outbreak at St Helier Hospital forces partial lockdown
St Helier Hospital was forced to divert ambulances from its Accident and Emergency department yesterday after an outbreak of coronavirus was detected over the weekend. Reports suggest that the hospital was placed in “partial lockdown”, with visiting restricted after six … Continue reading
Posted in Health, St Helier Hospital
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, St Helier Hospital, Sutton
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Tories choose NHS’s birthday to sound death knell for St Helier
The Tory government chose the weekend of the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the NHS to sound the death knell for acute services at St Helier Hospital, and at Epsom Hospital in Surrey. A 25-year-long battle to maintain and … Continue reading
Plain-clothed police to patrol hospitals to protect NHS workers
The Metropolitan Police is sending officers on foot patrols around hospitals and hospital car parks in Croydon, Sutton and Bromley. As well as officers in uniform, the police will be using plain-clothed officers in this operation. The move was announced … Continue reading
Hospital porters use bedsheets for dead patients at St Helier
A public service trades union whose members work at St Helier Hospital in the covid-19 crisis say that some have been left “traumatised” after they were ordered to use bedsheets to transport deceased patients because body bags have “run out”. … Continue reading
Posted in Health, St Helier Hospital
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust, St Helier Hospital
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Croydon in area with country’s highest coronavirus death rate
The vital need for Croydon residents to follow government advice to stay at home except for essential travel in order to save lives – including their own – has been underlined by data published by the Health Service Journal. The … Continue reading
