St Lukes Hospice said::
COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT THREATENS WELLBEING OF HOSPICE PATIENTS.
Ask Brent Council to stop their development plans now!
Brent
Council plans to build a controversial new development just 10 metres
from patient bedrooms, and just 5 metres from the patients' gardens
(pictured above).
St
Luke’s has been serving our local community for over 30 years. Last year
we provided specialist end of life care to 1,628 people in Harrow and
Brent.
Because
of closure of beds at two neighbouring NHS Hospices we face a
significant increase in demand for our care. The noise and dust from
building work of this magnitude, so close to rooms where people at the
end of their life are being cared for, will give us no choice but to
close at least one third of our in-patient services when it’s needed
most.
With the
wellbeing of our patients and their families in mind, we strongly
object to the proximity of the proposed building to our hospice
patients’ beds. People at the end of life need highly specialist care.
If we are forced to close at least one third of the Hospice beds, where will people go?
Today, we desperately need your help to protect our patients and defeat these plans.
The
badly planned proposed development is intended for people with learning
difficulties. People who have passed away at the hospice are taken from a
place that will be easily visible from parts of the new development.
This, along with the direct views into patient rooms, may cause
residents to witness scenes very distressing for them. It also violates
the privacy of patients and their families.
We need your support. Please tell the Planning Committee to stop their plans today!
Follow this link to send a message to councillors. All you need is your postcode. LINK
St Lukes Facebook page HERE
Does St Luke's have a petition for signing? If so, will the petition be counted as multiple objections or, as has happened many times previously, Brent Council has counted it as ONE objection inspite of numerous signatures.This development needs to be opposed.
ReplyDeleteYou raise an important point. The Council counts identical objections as one. The link here gives a proforma letter but one which can be edited so that you can express your views in your own words and I strongly recommend that is what people do if they want to support St Luke's. The letter is to councillors on the planning committee and they will have to declare them as 'approaches' when the planning application comes to the committee. There will also be a chance for residents to submit comments on the application itself (Support, Object, or Neutral) on the Council's Planning Portal when the final plans are published. Again it is important to make individual comments.
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