Defend the Whittington Hospital Coalition

Royal Free Shut

April 6th, 2010, Comments Off

Just a quicky.
The Royal Free’s A&E has been shut today thanks to a power failure.
This is from the BBC News site:
A London hospital has partially re-opened its accident and emergency department following a power failure.
The Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, north London, said it was still diverting ambulances after “a major internal incident” at 0845 [...]

A brief report of tonight’s meeting

March 23rd, 2010, 1 Comment

This is a very brief report. More detail will follow over the next few of days.
Over 100 people attended the fantastic meeting tonight where we discussed plans for the next stage of the campaign. The main focus will be a day of action on Thursday 29th April, one week before the probable general election date. [...]

Videos and a reminder

March 21st, 2010, No Comments

This is a brilliant video by Sarah Mills documenting the campaign up to the march on 27th February.

The BBC have footage of Lynne Featherstone’s Westminster Hall debate, ‘London Hospitals’, from 17th March 2010 (a transcription from TheyWorkForYou was posted here the other day.). It includes contributions from Jeremy Corbyn, Health Minister Mike O’Brien and MPs [...]

A message from Jeremy Corbyn and Islington Tribune’s report of tonight’s meeting.

March 5th, 2010, No Comments

We received this message of thanks and support from Jeremy Corbyn on Monday.  We thank Jeremy and all the politicians, trade unions, pressure groups, community groups, local press and individuals who are actively involved in the Defend the Whittington Hospital Coalition and the Whittington A&E campaign in general. This battle needs our combined, unified voice [...]

Public Meeting with North Central London NHS

March 2nd, 2010, No Comments

Lynne Featherstone, Liberal Democrat MP for Hornsey & Wood Green, has arranged a public meeting with, among others, Rachel Tyndall (Chair of the North Central London (NCL) review panel.)
This is an opportunity to ask more about the proposals and demand proper consultation.
There’s more information on Lynne Featherstone’s blog  here.

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