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Save Lewisham Hospital – 10 years on

We invite you to celebrate with us at 1pm on Saturday 8 July the 10th anniversary of saving Lewisham Hospital and the 75th birthday of the NHS.

We will celebrate with a joint unveiling of a commemorative bench donated by the Campaign and Lewisham Council in Ladywell Fields at the back of the Hospital, An acer tree with red leaves will be planted nearby during the Autumn when the weather is more suitable.

There will be speeches and music and the NHS will be celebrated with cakes!

You are invited to bring a picnic and catch up with old friends.

We hope to see you there.

The high court victory in July 2013 and all the activities and demonstrations leading up to it inspired and gave confidence to many other campaigns to fight for their hospitals and local NHS services.  It was an incredible achievement. The campaign to save the Hospital united the people of Lewisham who gave it tremendous support.

The high court victory in July 2013 and all the activities and demonstrations leading up to it inspired and gave confidence to many other campaigns to fight for their hospitals and local NHS services.  It was an incredible achievement. The campaign to save the Hospital united the people of Lewisham who gave it tremendous support.

In the last 10 Years
Over 33,000 babies born at Lewisham Hospital
More than 1.1m people have used A&E
4,671 patients were treated for COVID-19

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Children’s nurses

PLEASE SIGN AND SHARE OUR PETITION TO SAVE OUR CHILDREN’S NURSES 
https://www.change.org/p/mayor-of-lewisham-sir-steve-bulloc…
The council is consulting on plans to cut health visiting and school nursing services, and many other community services. Consultation finishes 14 August.

You can fill out the consultation here. We will shortly be publishing some helpful facts for filling out the online form. 

Here in Lewisham, we almost lost our hospital. We know how important the NHS is to all of us. And because we saved the hospital, we know that if we had never asked, if we had never come together and demanded to save Lewisham hospital, that we might not have it now.

What some of us might not know (or have forgotten) is just how essential children’s community nurses and health visitors are. Council have had a £4.7 million reduction to public health budget by central government. This will mean massive reductions to the local health services that help to keep us all healthy and prevent prevention illness and will especially affect children.

Children’s services are not some non-essential, ‘cuttable’ part of the local health service. They are central to protecting our most vulnerable children from disease and neglect. They provide the bulk of our safeguarding and public health commitments, from cradle to adulthood. It is not the place of Lewisham Council to take these services away from the next generation, it is their duty to demand they are adequately funded.

Please, for the skilled staff, vulnerable children and community, sign this petition, once again, demand to Save NHS Services in Lewisham, and keep your eyes peeled for any actions or demonstrations we may announce.

At a time when the government and NHS England are stressing the importance of preventative and community services:
WE THE UNDERSIGNED OPPOSE THESE CUTS AND URGE THE COUNCIL NOT TO ACCEPT THEM AND TO DEMAND THE RESTORATION OF AN ADEQUATE PUBLIC HEALTH GRANT FROM CENTRAL GOVERNMENT.
https://www.change.org/p/mayor-of-lewisham-sir-steve-bulloc…

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The TSA

The TSA process was a complex one. Responding to the TSA ‘consultation’ process, the draft and final reports produced a huge response: from the community, clinicians – both from the hospital and GPs, the Council and Council bodies, faith communities, patients and patient organisations, and many others.

The menus in this section contain much of the valuable evidence produced.

A full record of all responses can by found on the TSA  website http://www.tsa.nhs.uk/document-downloads

Reprinted here is the Timeline prepared for the People’s Commission report

TIMELINE OF THE TSA PROCESS JULY 2012 to OCTOBER 2013      

July 2012
13.07.12 Secretary of State for   Health Andrew Lansley appoints Trust Special Administrator to South London Healthcare NHS
16.7.13 Unsustainable Provider Regime (UPR) enacted. Trust Special   Administrator, Matthew Kershaw, put in place. SLHT Trust Board suspended.
16.7.13 -29.10.12 Preparation of Draft Report begins ‘The TSA must rapidly assess the issues facing   the organisation, engage with a range of relevant stakeholders, including   staff and commissioners and develop a draft report including draft   recommendations for consultation.’ 75 working daysStakeholder engagement workshops take   place: Community based care, acute services, maternity and paediatrics, joint   community based care and acute.
 October 2012  
29.10.12 TSA draft report published and proposals   announced
Nov – Dec2012  
2.11.12  Consultation The TSA begins a consultation over 30 days   to ‘validate and improve’ the draft recommendations in the draft report. 30   working days
8.11.12 Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign Public   meeting at Lewisham Hospital: including two overflow venues. 500-700   people
3 TSA public meetings
24.11.12 First Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign march 10,000 people
28.11.12 Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign Public   Meeting, Catford Broadway Theatre 500+ people
5.12.12 TSA Maternity Model meeting: called as extra meeting in view of concern re: models in Draft and   concern on numbers. Attended by LHT staff and lay-chair of Maternity Services   Liaison Committee. Attempt to   exclude lay chair & some LHT staff
7.12.12 Petitions to 10 Downing StHeidi Alexander MP’s petition/Lewisham Healthcare Trust staff petition

SE London clinicians, including GPs from the 6 CCG areas
12.12.12 Matthew Kershaw TSA, Andy Mitchell (Med   Direct, NHS London) and Jane Fryer (MD SE London Cluster) met LHT consultant staff at Lessof Centre, Lewisham Hospital
13.12 12 Consultation endsSave Lewisham Hospital Campaign evening   vigil outside the Hospital 4-7pm
14.12.12  Final Report The TSA must use consultation responses to   inform the final report to the Secretary of State.
7.1.13To

1.2.13

 Secretary of State decision period The Secretary of State has to determine what action to take in   relation to the organisation. He  must   then publish and lay in Parliament a notice containing the final decision and   the reasons behind it. The SoS’s decision is final with no right of appeal; this final decision must be within 20 working   days Published by 1 February 2013.

 

January 2013  
10.1.13 BBC Question Time: major discussion on Lewisham Hospital and TSA, with major national   interest in media subsequently
14.1.13 London Ambulance Service PPE forum: concern expressed and PPE chair agreed to write to SoS Health
16.1.13 First Bexley meeting of GPs in Bexley CCG
22.1.13 First Lewisham Mums, Dads and Buggies   protest at the Department of Health
26.1.13 Second Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign   march 25,000 people
30.1.13 Petitions to SoS Health, Dept of Health Heidi Alexander MP’s petition. 51,854 signatures,   London and SE London GPs from the 6 CCG areas: 409 signatures
31.1.13 SoS Health announcement in parliament:   Secretary accepts TSA proposals
February 2013  
14.2.13 Valentine’s Day Mums, Dads and Buggies   protest at the Department of Health
15.2.13 Friday Lunchtime Rally outside Lewisham   Hospital
16.2.13 Town centre rally and leafleting, Lewisham   shopping centre
 March 2013  Submission of the legal challenges of LB of   Lewisham; and Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign requesting Judicial Review
7.3.13 Roll out the red carpet for Boris Johnson,   at Catford Broadway, People’s Question Time
16.3.13 Born in Lewisham event, hands around the   hospital
26.3.13 Meeting between Boris Johnson, Mayor of London   and campaigners, clinicians and Mayor of Lewisham
 June 2013  
29.06.13 Lewisham People’s Commission takes place at   Broadway Theatre, Catford, chaired by Michael Mansfield QC
 July 2013  
2-4.7.13 Expedited hearing of application for   permission to apply for JR and substantive application (estimate of 3 days)
31.7.13 Mr Justice Silber rules against Secretary   of State in favour of Lewisham Council and Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign.  Finds that the   proposals for Lewisham Hospital were ‘ultra vires’ and the views of Lewisham   CCG, main commissioners, ignored.
August 2013  
21.08.13 SoS announces decision to appeal High Court   Decision
14. 09.13 Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign holds   Victory Parade and Party in Ladywell Fields at the back of the Lewisham   Hospital
27.09.13 Fundraising Victory Dance at Rivoli   Ballroom
28/29.10.13 Appeal takes place: government appeal   turned down
30.10.13 Government announces will not take case to   Supreme Court
 November 2013  
24.11.13 Publication of Lewisham People’s Commission   Report at House of Lords

 

 

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Online tickets

Online tickets have sold out!  You can get tickets from the outlets below, or returns at the door.

If you have any queries relating to an earlier order, reply to the email you received.  Check your SPAM folder.

Local Ticket Outlets:

  • You Don’t Bring Me Flowers Cafe – 15, Staplehurst Road, Hither Green, SE13 5ND ( Open 8am – 6pm weekdays, closed Mondays) 020 8297 2333
  • The Saville Centre, Lewisham High Street London SE13 6LJ (call 020 8690 7869 before visiting, someone is often in the office.  Always open Monday – Thursday, 10am-2pm.)
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Lobby Lords on 24 April

Lobby of House of Lords  from  12 noon on 24 April

St Stephen’s Green opposite the Houses of Parliament, nearest tube Westminstser.

Please try to go to this important Lobby.

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