Defend the Whittington Hospital Coalition

Current Issues

This page contains topical comments and links and it will attempt to cover national as well as local issues.

NHS legal review on Duty to Provide & Competition

Click here to see a legal review on duty to provide and competition. This was published by 38 Degrees on 30th August 2011.

Click here for more information.

The NHS White Paper

We are very concerned about the NHS White Paper (Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS), which sets out the new Government’s long-term vision for the NHS.

Click here to see a letter that we have sent to Andrew Lansley

Click here for general concerns about privatisation and the White Paper

Click here to sign a nationwide petition about the White Paper

Click here for ideas about lobbying your MP

Other Issues

Click here to see items in the national press.

Click here to see items in the local press.

Click here to see some reference information

Click here for information on local cuts (IHOOPS)

Click here for details about the renewed threat to the Whittington A&E

Click here to sign a nationwide petition to save NHS Direct

Click here to send a message to your MP about NHS Direct

Click here to sign a nationwide petition to save NHS

Click here for information about cuts to mental health services

Click here for information about cuts to “non-urgent” treatment

Click here to see a recent letter from Andrew Lansley to Jeremy Corbyn

Click here to see the PCT Factsheet “Health in Islington: The Facts Update 2010″

and please visit http://www.islington.nhs.uk/publications.htm to see copies of the Islington PCT’s Annual reports.