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The public 'consultation' on the NW London NHS Strategy 'Shaping A Healthier Future' held in Brent at the Pattidar Centre, Wembley tonight ( 15 May) descended into chaos as NHS bureaucrats led by Anne Rainsberry, NHS NW LONDON Chief Executive, desperately fought to prevent debate by patients hostile to the closure proposal for Central Middlesex Hospital.
The public 'consultation' on the NW London NHS Strategy 'Shaping A Healthier Future' held in Brent at the Pattidar Centre, Wembley tonight ( 15 May) descended into chaos as NHS bureaucrats led by Anne Rainsberry, NHS NW LONDON Chief Executive, desperately fought to prevent debate by patients hostile to the closure proposal for Central Middlesex Hospital.
The official programme of three hours of 'NHS
talking heads' was forced to a vote to enable an open debate - however
despite all 80 patients and patient representatives present supporting a
demand from Brent NHS Patients Campaign to hold an open
debate a small majority of highly -paid NHS bureaucrats, a few Tory
supporting doctors and paid NHS hirelings voted to continue with three
hours of meaningless platform presentations.
Graham Durham,newly elected Secretary of Brent NHS Patients Campaign,said
'
The NHS is notorious for ignoring patient views and holding events
which prevent open debate. This was the worst example yet with NHS
bureaucrats earning over £200,000 a year desperately whipping NHS staff
to vote to prevent open debate on the controversial proposals
to close Central Middlesex hospital and deny NHS patients their
opportunity to voice their opposition.
Whilst
some of the ideas in Shaping ..are based on sound principles of locally
available services they are to be achieved only by decimation of
hospital services across NW London.The preferred option of Tory GP Mark
Spencer,Medical Director for NW London, was announced as the run down of Ealing, Charing Cross and Central Middlesex Hospitals.
The
fight to save these hospitals starts now ..Brent NHS Patients Campaign
is supporting the public meeting at Harlesden Methodist Church on 13
June (7.30pm) called by campaigners across NW London to prevent the
destruction of these hospitals.
We invite all NHS staff opposed to this butchery of services in the poorest areas of NW London to join this campaign'
BRENT NHS PATIENTS CAMPAIGN
Tel 07866 616492
I remember the scenario in 1987 (and have press cutting) when Willesden Hospital was closed and services transferred to Central Midd because of the need to make £2.35m "savings". What are these people being paid for if they cannot manage? Furthermore, so much tax payer money was spent on refurbishment...is this even legal?
ReplyDeleteNORTH WEST LODON HEALTH AUTHORITY ARE GOING TO CLOSE
ReplyDeleteTWELVE A/E DEPARTMENTS NOTHWEST LONDON ONE OF THEM IS THE CENTRAL MIDDLESEX A/E DEPARTMENT THEY SAY THE HOSPITAL IS TO LARGE IT COST 62MILLION TO BUILD IF THEY CARNT KEEP THE
HOSPITAL OPEN THEN IT WILL CLOSE FOR GOOD ARFTER WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS LITTLE SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BRAIN TUMOUR AT HAMERSMITH HOSPITAL FEW DAYS LATER SHE BE CAME VERY ILL THEY TOOK TO CENTRAL MIDDLESEX PARK ROYAL AS THERE WAS NO DOCTOR ON DUTY TOOK TO NORTHWICK HOSPITAL WHERE SHE SADLEY DIED ON A TROLLY FOR TWO HOURS WAITING TO SEE A DOCTOR.