Defend the Whittington Hospital Coalition

Transport disruption on Saturday, press coverage and political support

February 24th, 2010, No Comments

This week keeps on getting busier and I know there’ll be stuff I’ve missed but this is the latest campaign news.
Transport disruption on Saturday
There are disruptions to public transport on Saturday which, while a pain, serve to highlight one of the many reasons we need to keep an A&E at the Whittington.

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Press Coverage and a Public Meeting

February 19th, 2010, 6 Comments

First up, The Camden New Journal and Islington Tribune ran a large feature about the campaign, including more celebrity support and background to the plans for our A&E and focusing on the uncertainty these plans have created for staff at the Whittington:
FEAR and uncertainty over the future of Whittington Hospital could spark a mass exodus [...]

Campaign Update: More Coverage in the Camden New Journal & BBC Radio + the Cavalcade

February 12th, 2010, No Comments

This has been a busy week so probably not the best timing for the Googlemail address to decide it was no longer going to send emails. We’ve now set up a new email address at dwhc@dwhc.org.uk which we will use to send the weekly(ish) email updates. More regular updates will, as usual, be posted here [...]

Campaign Update: Jeremy Corbyn’s monthly report and Camden New Journal coverage

February 5th, 2010, No Comments

This is from Jeremy Corbyn’s monthly report.

Defend the Whittington Hospital
It is apparent that the North Central London Health Authorities covering Camden,Islington, Haringey, Barnet and Enfield are trying to “reconfigure” services to make enormous savings. To do this they are looking at the possible closure of the Accident and Emergency (A&E) unit at the Whittington Hospital. [...]

London Health Care on the BBC

February 3rd, 2010, No Comments

From the BBC site:
All this week BBC London is looking at health care in the capital from A&E, polyclinics, ambulance services to local surgeries.
There’s not much there but it’s worth a look and they want our comments (the email address is at the bottom of their page.)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/london/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8491000/8491685.stm
Get emailing!

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