DON’T WASTE PUBLIC MONEY ON APPEAL PETITION
Campaign to hand in petition 10s of thousands signatures Monday 21 October 1.30pn
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GOVERNMENT PUTS AMENDMENT TO CARE AND SOCIAL CARE BILL
This would give Trust Special Administrators (TSAs) much greater powers when running NHS Trusts Click here to read press statement
GOVERNMENT APPEAL AGAINST LEWISHAM HIGH COURT JUDGEMENT OCTOBER 28/29
We are strong and we will fight on to keep our hospital! Click here to read press statement
SAVE LEWISHAM HOSPITAL CAMPAIGN MEETING VOTES ON CAMPAIGN STRATEGY Click here
SAVE LEWISHAM NATIONAL NHS DEMONSTRATION iN MANCHESTER AT TORY PARTY CONFERENCE
29 September Click here for pictures of this great day
VICTORY FUNDRAISER AT RIVOLI BALLROOM
A fantastic night on 27 September – huge thanks to Rivoli staff and 100s of loyal supporters of SLH campaign Click here to see some photos
SAVE LEWISHAM HOSPITAL VICTORY PARADE AND PARTY IN THE PARK !
NEW Video and great photos of the parade and party Click here
High Court hearing and judge’s ruling in favour of Lewisham Click here
LEWISHAM PEOPLE’S COMMISSION INITIAL FINDINGS REPORT Click here to download
Pictures /video Michael Mansfield’s summing up,some witness videos Click here
Allyson Pollock’s report
Blaming the victims: the trust special administrator’s plans for southeast London now published Click here to download
Links to other pages:
Millwall cup semi-final Saturday 13 April
Lewisham pensioners protest 9 April
Lobby-of-parliament-26-march-stop-nhs-privatisation
Mayor Boris Johnson meets with Save Lewisham Hospital campaign
Dossier from Lewisham clinicians and GPs addresses key arguments
Save Lewisham Hospital legal challenge
Fight to save Lewisham Hosptial continues – responses to Hunt’s decision, videos of rally outside hospital
Hunt/Keogh case challenged by Lewisham Hospital consultants
Letters to NHS leaders from Lewisham Hospital consultants
Save Lewisham Hospital Rap
Hunt and Labour MPs prior to report
Hunt – his ‘proudest achievement’ – information about Jeremy Hunt
Economics of the madhouse, or, the adventures of our homeopathic health secretary
1) South London Health Trust is in debt.
2) Slap bang in the middle of its area is another, smaller health trust. Lewisham. Efficient and highly rated by local residents and local health professionals.
3) Cost of Lewisham’s 6 month-old, state of the art, A&E department – £12 million
5) ‘What shall we do about the SLHT debt of £65 million?’ says Department of Health.
6) ‘I know’, says Health Secretary. ‘We will have a report and consultation to decide’.
7) Cost of consultation – £5.1 million, and rising
8) Consultant decides ‘Close Lewisham A&E, downgrade maternity department, sell hospital buildings’.
9) Why? say local people, local doctors, ED doctors, surgeons, medical spcialists.
10) ‘Aha’, says Consultant, ‘in two or three years’ time, Lewisham might have a … wait for it … £600,000 debt! If that’s not a clincher I don’t know what is. And it may not have a £2.4 million surplus….’
11) ‘Ah, now it all makes sense’, says everyone.
12) And the financiers all lived happily ever after.
13) Mr Micawber (who knew a thing or two about debt) couldn’t work it out, though.
The end
Well done to the great contributions from campaigners on question time and brilliant that the demo outside got mentioned and reported on….