Category Archives: St Helier Hospital

Mayday Hospital is already operating at 100% capacity

Posted on December 24, 2018 by

Our health correspondent, ALAN FINLAY, on the latest emerging crisis at the borough’s largest hospital, where there can be four-hour waits for emergency beds Mayday Hospital is already been operating at more than 100 per cent capacity for bed use, … Continue reading →

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Keep Our St Helier Hospital charity fund-raiser, Sutton, Dec 9

Posted on December 6, 2018 by

A fund-raising gig, featuring 1960s music from The Modern Apes, is being held this Sunday for the Keep Our St Helier Hospital group who are campaigning to protect your under-threat hospitals, and the services they currently provide. Date: This Sunday … Continue reading →

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NHS set to announce A&E and Maternity closures at St Helier

Posted on November 5, 2018 by

NHS chiefs in Merton will later this week propose the closure of the Accident and Emergency department and the Maternity unit at St Helier Hospital, according to an MP for the area. The MP, Siobhain McDonagh, warns that any such … Continue reading →

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£28m NHS lie that provided Sutton LibDems with life support

Posted on May 4, 2018 by

The Liberal Democrats last night clung to power at Sutton Council, despite losing 12 seats in the local elections. But as CARL SHILTON reveals, they did so by deliberately misleading the public In the final days before Thursday’s local elections, … Continue reading →

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Council should block Hunt’s £1bn NHS cuts says Assembly

Posted on February 24, 2018 by

Candidates in May’s Town Hall elections are today being called upon to pledge to block any attempt to impose £1billion-worth of cuts to the NHS in south London. The Croydon Assembly is meeting today at Ruskin House to discuss cuts … Continue reading →

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Carillion collapse has libraries and hospitals counting the cost

Posted on January 20, 2018 by

Croydon’s libraries have survived their brush with Carillion, although they had to endure a couple of days of IT outages and other issues as council staff worked and negotiated behind the scenes to replace services which had gone unpaid by … Continue reading →

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St Helier Hospital charges nurses £1,200 to park at work

Posted on December 17, 2017 by

Hard-working and under-paid NHS staff at St Helier Hospital are forced to pay more than £1,200 a year just to use the hospital car park when they go in to work. St Helier is ranked second on a national list … Continue reading →

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