Online petition to save the Margaret Centre
Radio 4 podcast: "The staffing crisis in the NHS" This is a sound item which can either be played on this page using the player below, or alternatively downloaded as an MP3 file or linked to social media pages (Facebook etc.) using the link given.
John Lister, writing in the current edition of The Lowdown claims that there are government plans for "Academy hospitals" ushering in healthcare privatisation through the back door. In the immediate future it raises questions as to whether or not Waltham Cross will remain a full teaching hospital or narrow down its ambitions, cutting the number of specialisms provided and in future training only auxiliary staff.
Article in Waltham Forest Echo, 10th October 2021, reveals bed numbers in the new Whipps X still under threat
Mary Burnett, prominent Action4Whipps activist, writing in The Waltham Forest Echo explains why the commitment not to cut beds in the new hospital is by no means set in stone.
Article in The Lowdown, 20/10/2021, claims Watford's new hospital plans stuck in financial limbo
John Lister, wriring in the current edition of The Lowdown claims that the West Herts authority have underestimated the cost of their plans by a factor of two, and that meeting the requirements of the New Hospital Programme to limit the cost of each new development to £400 million will mean the reduction of their former hospital into a clinic, quite possibly with no beds at all, on "a mixed use site with a high proportion of residential and business development.”
"No plans for kidney dialysis at new Whipps Cross hospital"
An article by Victoria Munro (Local Democracy Reporter) in the Waltham Forest Guardian (9th July 2021) has pointed out that treatment units for almost 300 patients with kidney failure are not included in plans for the new Whipps Cross Hospital. "The hospital’s NHS trust, Barts Health, intends to replace the three outpatient units at Whipps Cross with, it currently estimates, two new units in the community, at locations not yet decided."
Important Early Day Motion (EDM) Tabled
A really important Early Day Motion (EDM) on the Reorganisation of the NHS and Social Care was tabled at the parliament on 9th March 2021 as a reaction to the Government NHS White Paper. This EDM needs the support of as many MPs as possible. Please write to your MP and to the Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth and ask them to support this EDM.
Reorganisation of the NHS and social care
Please share this request with all your contacts.
Important Zoom Meetings Now Ended
As part of their Consultation with the public Barts Heath has recently held a series of three public Zoom meetings
These were held on:
Those attending were very dissatisfied with the amount of time reserved for answering questions, the questions the panel selected to answer, and the shallowness of the answers given. We have however been promised answers to ALL the questions asked in a "FAQ" section on their website which at time of writing nobody has been able to find. We feel that we have been "fobbed off" on all of the most critical matters that we raised.
The survey is worded in such a way that is it difficult to say no to any of their questions. However the way they are worded suggest that they will only apply to the land that Barts is selling to private developers and will therefore have no influence on what will finally happen to the land.
2. Send an email
You can email futurewhipps.bartshealth@nhs.net) with all your queries and questions including if you wish some of those outlined above.
Urgent Action Needed – It's the last few days for sending the letter to your MP
Unless we get more funding from the Government for the new hospital at Whipps Cross, it will be built with 51 fewer beds and we'll lose the palliative & end of life care service at the Margaret Centre.
Don't delay - please do it now.
A letter calling for the specialist palliative care unit to be reprovided in the new hospital containing a lot of information that can be a useful resource for all of us has been sent to Barts Health NHS Trust. Read or download the letter here: LETTER
Hospital design focus groups for the Whipps Cross redevelopment
A new series of public meetings with hospital design focus groups for the Whipps Cross redevelopment has begun and will take place throughout November and early December, each session lasting 1 hour, via Microsoft Teams. Follow THIS LINK for full details including how to register.
Iain Duncan Smith to question Barts Health Trust Chief Exec Alwen Williams on Facebook
On 2nd December at 7pm, live on his Facebook page, Iain Duncan Smith MP will be talking to Alwen Williams, Chief Executive of Barts Health about the redevelopment of Whipps Cross Hospital. You can ask your own questions by visiting the page and recording them in the 'comments box'. Full details HERE.
Whipps Cross Hospital Redevelopment public meetings on Zoom
This series of open public meetings on Zoom to discuss the latest developments regarding plans for the new Whipps Cross Hospital and to hear people's views and answer questions has now ended .
Waltham Forest People's Assembly No. 4 planned for 28 November 2020
Sorry to have to tell you that we have been informed by Maren Hobein that this Assembly has been postponed for the present. If we hear any more we will let you know.
Eva Turner at the Save Our Square rally in the town square, 24th October 2020
Eva Turner from the Action4Whipps campaign spoke at the Save Our Square Rally in the town square, 24th October 2020. Her contribution begins 37 minutes 50 seconds into the recording.
Adrian Stanard Explains How Planning Permission Works
Make sure you visit the "Videos" page to see Adrian Stannard of Waltham Forest Civic Society give an illustrated presentation on Zoom explaining planning, democratic control and environmental impact. Recorded Oct 21st 2020.
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