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Tag Archives: St Helier Hospital
Hunt has secret plans to close Mayday or St Helier hospitals
Our health correspondent, JAMES KILLDARE, on the shocking findings of a report from The King’s Fund, as the Tory dismantling of the NHS gathers pace NHS England has secret plans to close one of five hospitals in south-west London, including … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon NHS Trust, Health, Mayday Hospital, St Helier Hospital
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Mayday Hospital, St Helier Hospital, Tory
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Free screening of NHS film Sell Off, Wallington, Oct 13
Keep Our St Helier Hospital is staging a free screening of the acclaimed documentary, Sell Off, followed by a discussion in Wallington next Thursday, October 13. They say, “St Helier Hospital is under imminent threat of closure, and our NHS … Continue reading
Croydon NHS in urgent need of injection of new funding
JAMES KILLDARE, our health correspondent, reports on a worrying report, much of it due to be discussed in secret at the Town Hall tonight, where wide-ranging cuts are expected to be suggested You might do well to give a miss … Continue reading
Hospital closure plans could put added pressure on Mayday
Plans due to be published next month could see 650,000 extra people in south-west London depending upon the already under-pressure Mayday, Kingston and St George’s hospitals for their urgent and specialist medical care. The Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals … Continue reading
Hospital campaigners stage free screening of NHS film, May 23
Save St Helier Hospital is staging a free screening of Sell Off – The abolition of the NHS at Ruskin House, Coombe Road, Croydon on Monday May 23. The film will be followed by a discussion session.
Sell-Off – The Abolition of the NHS: free screening, Jan 29
The Keep Our St Helier Hospital campaign – KOSHH – and Sutton’s Keep Our NHS Public are staging a free screening of Sell-Off – The Abolition of the NHS, followed by a discussion on Friday, January 29. In Sell-Off, filmmaker … Continue reading
Posted in Health, St Helier Hospital
Tagged Keep Our St Helier Hospital, KOSHH, NHS, St Helier Hospital
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A&Es fail to assist police with enquiries on knife crime
John Goulston, the chief executive of Mayday, could find himself summoned by Mayor of London Boris Johnson to explain why Croydon’s biggest hospital has not been helping the police with their enquiries, in a capital-wide scheme intended to help to … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 London elections, Boris Johnson, Caroline Pidgeon, Crime, Croydon CCG, Knife crime, London Assembly, Mayday Hospital, Mayor of London, Policing, Purley Hospital, St Helier Hospital
Tagged Boris Johnson, Caroline Pidgeon, Conservative, Croydon, Liberal Democrats, London Assembly, Mayday Hospital, Mayor, Purley Hospital, St Helier Hospital, Tory
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Mayday! Tooting A&E closure puts extra strain on Croydon
One of south London’s biggest hospitals had to close its doors to admissions in its Accident and Emergency department last Friday, causing a knock-on effect to other NHS hospitals elsewhere in the capital, including Croydon’s Mayday. It may only be … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Mayday Hospital, St Helier Hospital
Tagged Croydon, Mayday Hospital, NHS, NHS Croydon CCG, St Helier Hospital, Sutton
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St Helier campaign’s free screening of NHS Sell Off film, Nov 7
KOSHH – the Keep Our St Helier Hospital campaign group – is staging a free screening and discussion this Friday, November 7, of Sell Off – The abolition of your NHS. The film makers describe the documentary as “radical”, and … Continue reading
St Helier and Mayday’s futures thrown into doubt once more
The clue was in the name. BSBV was supposed to stand for “Better Services Better Value”, but the BS bit gave it away. Yesterday, after three wasted years and £8.2 million of tax-payers’ cash squandered on a politically inspired effort … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon North, Health, Mayday Hospital, St Helier Hospital, Steve Reed MP
Tagged BSBV, Croydon, Croydon North, Labour, London, Mayday Hospital, Member of parliament, NHS, St Helier Hospital, Steve Reed OBE, Surrey, Tory
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Mayday! Croydon hospital on CQC’s staffing danger list
The NHS safe in their hands? So this is how the coalition works: in the General Election the Conservatives promise “no top-down re-organisation” of the NHS. Having failed to win the election, the Tory-led government then pushes forward plans for … Continue reading
A musical evening of NHS protest at Ruskin House
Thornton Heath councillor Pat Clouder has urged residents to join an evening of politics and musical entertainment at Ruskin House this Saturday to protest against dangers to the NHS posed by the government’s shake-up of the health service and against … Continue reading
