Tag Archives: Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust

Boris Johnson wrecks Sutton Tory hopes with hospital pass

Posted on May 4, 2022 by insidecroydon

Our Sutton reporter, BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK, sifts through the election offering on the other side of the borough boundary Thursday is election day on the other side of the borough’s boundaries, in Lambeth and Southwark, in Merton and Bromley, and in … Continue reading →

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97% of south-west London covid patients are unvaccinated

Posted on December 18, 2021 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Government cuts £100m from budget for new Sutton hospital

Posted on September 2, 2021 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Tories choose NHS’s birthday to sound death knell for St Helier

Posted on July 4, 2020 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Hospital porters use bedsheets for dead patients at St Helier

Posted on April 6, 2020 by insidecroydon

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 →

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