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PRESS IN DATE ORDER – LATEST IS FIRST
Tuesday 5 August 2014 South London Press ‘Our hospital victory can inspire other protesters’
Friday 1 August 2014 Letter to Guardian from Louise Irvine/Save Lewisham Hospital campaign Behind the push for competitive tending in NHS services
Sunday 6 July 2014 Save Lewisham Hospital SC member JOs Bell on LBC radio about A&Es
Friday 27 June 2014 South London Press Letter from Louise Irvine ‘Fighting to protect our NHS’
PRESS STATEMENT FROM SLH STEERING COMMITTEE IN RELATION TO SUBSEQUENT ARTICLE: “The newly elected Steering Committee of the Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign wishes to make the following points. We believe that the broad-based nature of our Campaign, which includes the whole community of Lewisham, involving many different groups, parties and countless individuals, led directly to the our success in saving Lewisham Hospital. It is the way forward for our continued campaigning too. As the SLH Campaign we are not endorsing any candidate standing in the local elections on 22 May. Moreover we are specifically not endorsing the candidate in Lewisham Central ward who has registered his electoral name as People Before Profit – Save Lewisham Hospital. We feel the use of the campaign name on ballot papers is potentially confusing as voters may consider this indicates SLH Campaign endorsement and we wish to make it completely clear this is not the case.”
Monday 28 April 2014 News Shopper Election candidate denies Save Lewisham Hospital ‘hijack’ Friday 1 November 2013
- South London Press ‘The NHS is not safe in Jeremy Hunt’s hands’
Tuesday/Wednesday 29/30 October 2013
- Evening Standard Jeremy Hunt’s decision to downgrade A&E services at Lewisham Hospital ‘unlawful’, rules court
- Guardian Jeremy Hunt loses appeal as Lewisham hospital cuts ruled illegal
- Daily Mail Law will be changed to force through other NHS changes after Court of Appeal rejects cuts at Lewisham Hospital
- Daily Express Campaigners’ delight over hospital
- Daily Express Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt suffers ‘humiliating’ court defeat over hospital cutback plan
- Daily Telegraph Jeremy Hunt loses appeal on unlawful hospital closures
- BBC News England Lewisham Hospital: Appeal Court overrules Jeremy Hunt
- LBC ‘Hunt had no power’ to make hospital cuts
- Health Service Journal UPDATE: Hunt loses Lewisham Hospital appeal case
- Newsshopper Lewisham Hospital saved again – Jeremy Hunt fails in appeal bid
- East London Lines Victory for Lewisham Hospital campaigners, hospital services saved as High Court dismisses Hunt’s appeal
- Open Democracy Victory for Lewisham hospital – but government’s plan B threatens 100s more hospitals
- BBC Radio London Drivetime http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01jgxqlwith Eddie Nestor Andy Burnham, Gail Beer of 20:20 Save Lewisham Campaigners & Tony O’Sullivan on Lewisham victory
- ITV London News report on Appeal Victory, interview with Dr Louise Irvine and Lewisham MP Heidi Alexander click here
- BBC London News report live from rally outside Lewisham Hospital click here
- Channel 4 News with interview with Dr Louise Irvine click here
Monday 28 October 2013
- The Mirror Jeremy Hunt legal action could affect future plans to close hospital services
- The Guardian Jeremy Hunt takes Lewisham hospital reform battle to court of appeal
- Evening Standard Judges to hear hospital cuts appeal
- ITV London report on Day 1 of Appeal click here
- BBC London report on Day 1 of Appeal click here
Friday 18 October 2013
Monday 14 October 2013
- Evening Standard Plans to axe more A&Es from ‘unsustainable’ London NHS spark fierce backlash Quotes Lewisham doctors and campaigners
Tuesday 17 September 2013
- South London Press No stopping us and We won’t give up our battle
Saturday 14 September 2013
- ITV London Excellent report on Victory parade and campaign update click here
Thursday 12 September 2013
Friday 9 August 2013
- Private Eye – click here
Wednesday 7 August 2013
Tuesday 6 August 2013
- South London Press ‘Greatest campaign victory I have seen’
- South London Press Hospital Heroes Nominated
Monday 5 August 2013
- British Medical Journal blog Lewisham victory shows what we can achieve Dr Louise Irvine, SLHC Chair
Sunday 4 August 2013
- Sunday Express NHS debt crisis may close a string of hospitals
Friday 2 August 2013
- The Independent You can’t slash A&E services at Lewisham hospital: Jeremy Hunt overruled by High Court
- British Medical Journal Judge rules as unlawful government plans to downgrade services at Lewisham hospital
Thursday 1 August 2013
- BBC Radio 4 Today Programme Solicitor Rosa Curling interviewed by John Humphrys (Start listening from 49mins 30 seconds)
- BBC Radio London Dr Tony O’Sullivan
Print media
- The Times Hospital downgrade is unlawful says judge
- The Sun Jeremy Hunt’s hospital cuts bid vetoed
- The Mirror Lewisham Hospital A&E is SAVED as High Court rules Jeremy Hunt’s closure plan “unlawful”
- Telegraph Landmark ruling says hospital closure plans unlawful
- The Guardian Lewisham hospital cuts plan ruled unlawful by judge
Wednesday 31 July 2013
- ITV Daybreak Dr John O’Donohue ‘on the sofa‘
- ITV National News 1pm Interviews with Dr Tony O’Sullivan, Vicky Penner
- ITV London News 18.00 Live from the rally the campaigners and Dr John O’Donohue
- BBC London News Interview with Vicky Penner
- BBC News 24 Channel Full report of the day and long interview with Dr Tony O’Sullivan
- BBC 10 o’clock national news Interviews with Dr Chidi Ejimofo and Vicky Penner (Reporter doesn’t distinguish that Lewisham is not a failing trust
- BBC Radio 4 World Tonight Dr Louise Irvine, Chair of Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign (Start listening from 28.22)
- BBC website Jeremy Hunt’s Lewisham Hospital cuts plan quashed at High Court
Print media
- Evening Standard Lewisham hospital campaigners win court battle to save A&E from downgrade Ross Lydall
- Guardian Comment is Free We all would have suffered from Lewisham hospital cuts, Colin Leys
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Monday 15 July 2013
- The Legal Gazette Lewisham Hospital prompts tribunal of the people (Michael Mansfield and Elizabeth Woodcraft)
Thursday 11 July 2013
- Evening Standard Schoolboy patient takes fight for Lewisham Hospital to Prime Minister and Health Secretary
Wednesday 3 July 2013
- The Times Lewisham Hospital campaigners ask courts to stop closure
- South London Press Hospital’s Day in Court
- Bexley Times Lewisham Hospital legal challenges reach High Court
- Gulf Times Qatar Hunt broke law with hospital downgrade’
- Open Democracy “People will die” hears Michael Mansfield QC-chaired enquiry
Tuesday 2 July 2013
- Guardian Comment is free Why Jeremy Hunt’s plans for Lewisham hospital are unlawfu
- BBC News London Lewisham Hospital cuts fight goes to High Court
- Evening Standard Jeremy Hunt ‘broke law over Lewisham A&E downgrade’
- GP Magazine online GPs take Jeremy Hunt to court over Lewisham A&E cuts
- News ShopperLewisham Hospital High Court battle launches with optimistic mood
Friday 28 June
- Evening Standard Stephen Lawrence QC Michael Mansfield holds ‘people’s commission’ on A&E closure
- South London Press Legal bigwig to log views on hospital services before High Court challenges
Monday 17 June 2013
- News Shopper Save Lewisham Hospital campaigners take fight to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s Surrey home town
Friday 14 June 2013
Thursday 13 June
Tuesday 11 June 2013
- Get Surrey NHS protesters plan ‘Hunt for Hunt’ demo
Sunday 9 June 2013
- Left Foot Forward Saving Lewisham hospital – saving the NHS, Jos Bell
Friday 7 June 2013
- South London Press Hospital campaign push ahead of high court review
Thursday 6 June 2013
Wednesday 5 June 2013
- Mercury ‘Arrogance to push ahead with hospital shake-up’
- Evening Standard ‘If hospitals are turning away ambulances, why are we still closing A&Es?’
Thursday 30 May 2013
- The Guardian Number of ambulances turned away from A&E increases by 24%
- Mail on line Overstretched A&Es turning away ambulances: ‘Diversions’ to other hospitals happened 357 times over the past year
Wednesday 29 May 2013
Friday 24 May 2013
Friday 3 May 2013
Saturday 13 April
- Guardian Millwall tire of negative tags
Tuesday 9 April
Thursday 28 March
- Newshopper Lewisham Hospital campaigners celebrate ‘positive’ meeting with Mayor of London Boris Johnson
Tuesday 26 March
- Standard Mayor gives a pledge to ‘save our hospital’ campaigner
- ITV London Short piece on visit to Boris Johnson with interview with SLH camapaigner Simone Boothe
Wednesday 10 March ITV London News Prime Minister asked about Lewisham hospital Monday 18 March
Sunday 17 March
- East London Lines Born in Lewisham event Click here for full report
Wednesday 13 March
tuesday 12 March
- South London Press ‘Journey time is a joke and I proved it’
Saturday 9 March
- Independent FA Cup: Goal that means even more to Millwall than Wembley
Friday 8 March
- Telegraph Boris Johnson booed over London hosptial cuts
- New Statesman Boris Johnson Heckled for two hours in Lewisham
- Evening Standard Boris Johnson labelled ‘coward’ as sparks fly at local question time in Lewisham
- BBC News London Mayor heckled by Lewisham Hospital campaigners
- ITV London News London Mayor faces tough questions over Lewisham hospital
ITV London Tonight 8th March 2013 Friday 1 March
- South London Press Townhall to fund A&E downgrade legal action
Tuesday 26th February
Monday 25th February
- News Shopper Lewisham Council legal action decsision delayed
Friday 22nd February
- South London Press SLHC Rally ‘Keep Using the Hospital’
Thursday 21 February
- New Internationalist Blog Jessica Ormerod Lewisham Hospital and the destruction of the NHS
Wednesday 20 February
- News Shopper Lewisham Hospital Staff stress ‘business as usual’
- South London Press Business as usual for Lewisham Hospital
- News Shopper Lewisham Hospital Valentine’s Day Protest
- News Shopper Buggy army protest
Thursday 7th February
- Evening Standard NHS Chief raises alarm over Jeremy Hunt’s maternity downgrade
Tuesday 5th February Evening Standard NHS Chief had critical concerns over cut at Lewisham Hospital Monday 4th February
- Daily Telegraph Lewisham today – where tomorrow
- Evening Standard NHS chief ‘had critical concerns over cuts at Lewisham Hospital’
Sunday 3rd February
- Daily Mail dailymail.co.uk/news/article
- Sunday Express Nick Ferrari
Friday 1st February
- New Statesman another great cartoon from Tom Humberstone
Thursday 31st January
- If you didn’t see it, here is the complete recording of Hunt’s announcement. Or if you want to go through it again and count the lies and deceptions, click here
- For full account in Hansard click here
- Radio 5 interview Dr Tony O’Sullivan
- ITV Lunchtime news day of announcement 31.1.13
- ITV London Tonight 31.1.13 following announcement of Hunt’s decision
- BBC London News 31.1.13 following announcement of Hunt’s decision
Guardian – Lewisham hospital wins partial victory over A&E plans Guardian – Hunt ‘risking future of smaller hospitals’ with Lewisham ruling Independent – Lewisham Hospital A&E department spared the axe after grassroots backlash Independent Embattled Lewisham A&E gets a stay of execution as Jeremy Hunt shies away from closure Telegraph – Lewisham A&E downgrade sets a ‘dangerous precedent’, MPs warn Express A&E Unit to be downgraded Daily Mirror – Lewisham-bles! Fury as A&E department is ‘saved’ from the axe but downgraded along with maternity services Daily Mirror – Debt and buried: Jeremy Hunt slashes hospital services to pay for financial mess in neighbouring area Evening Standard – Lewisham Hospital A&E is spared but services are downgraded BBC News Online – Jeremy Hunt: New Lewisham ward ‘not A&E lite’ News Shopper – Lewisham Hospital smaller A&E plans branded a shamWednesday 30 January
- News Shopper
- Lewisham Mercury
- Extract ITV Daybreak programme 30.1.13
- ITV London evening news petition hand in 30.1.13
Monday 28 January
- See link to below to Tony O’Sullivan’s interview with Eddie Nestor on BBC Radio London (from 1hr35m30s) http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p013kvvq
Saturday & Sunday 26-27 January We had some very good national TV coverage of Saturday’s demo, especially when news programmes are short. Links to newspaper coverage follows below the TV clips. Channel 4 News BBC National News BBC London News
ITV National news ITV News – longer excellent report here
- The Sunday Express
- Guardian (1)
- Guardian (2)
- The Mail on Sunday
- The Sunday Telegraph
- Independent on Sunday
- Evening Standard
- BBC Online
- Nursing Times
- News Shopper
Friday 25th January
Tuesday 23rd January
- Mums, dads and buggies protest outside Department of Health – view TV coverage
Monday 22nd January
Friday 18th January 2013
- New Statesman cartoon – see new cartoon from New Statesman featuring hospital doctors, Louise Irvine and Jos Bell from the campaign
Millwall FCMillwall FC have been fantastic in supporting the campaign:
- Zamba the Lion joins the demo on 26th Jan
- Millwall FC show their support and ask their fans to show theirs
Monday 14th January 2013 ITV London Evening news – interview with Lewisham Hospital patients/with Heidi Alexander MP Thursday 10th January
Sunday 13th January 2013
- Observer – Lewisham hospital’s fury at £195m bill for A&E closure
- Mail on Sunday – Hunt under fire
Tuesday 8th January 2013
- Evening Standard – TSA Matthew Kershaw releases report to Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State
- News Shopper – (includes response from Mayor)
- Evening Standard – including update from House of Commons
- Daily Express Online
- Guardian
- BBC Online – we have been emailing and calling them to stress we are not part of SLHT
- The Independent – disappointing piece
BBC London Evening News ITV London Evening News November 2012
- The Guardian – Lucy Mangan article
- Video of BBC London coverage of Public Meeting
- South London Press articles – opposition from GP | Opposition from nurse at Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- Column from Joan Ruddock MP
Articles about the Public Meeting
- Andy Worthington – well written article about the public meeting
- News Shopper
- This is London Article
Innumberable, supportive blogs:
Please use the comments section to notify us of articles we have missed! Thanks.
Lucy Mangan’s article in the Guardian on 17 November, which got 200 comments online in 2 days
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/nov/16/nhs-hospital-closures-lucy-mangan
Local/Londonwide coverage of Demo 24 Nov
Evening Standard
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/lewisham-hospital-ae-unit-closure-protest-8348196.html
Newsshopper
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/10070941.Lewisham_Hospital_march__Organisers_claim_15_000_protesters_braved_the_rain/
Bexley Times
http://www.bexleytimes.co.uk/news/up_to_10_000_march_against_lewisham_hospital_s_a_e_closure_plans_1_1711841
Re your Press Links page.
There was a piece in Private Eye as well, in the ‘Medicine Balls’ column, (issue 1328, 30 November) about the closure of Lewisham ICU, completely rubbishing the proposal to close it. You can’t link to it on their website, but I have the PDF which I can send to you, which I got directly from Private Eye.
thanks
Jane Toussaint
Lewisham hospital changes would put pregnant mothers in danger, warn campaigners –
Not sure if you have seen the above Evening Standard piece – I can’t see it listed on your page.
Chris
BBC Question Time of 10th January with:
Ed Davey – coalition Energy Secretary
John Prescott
Nadine Davies – Conservative MP
Camilla Cavendish – Times Columnist
John Bird – Big Issue founder
and **ALL** of them were against the closure of Lewisham! Don’t think I’ve ever seen a panel agree like this on Question Time.
See also Crosswhatfields blog…
http://crossfields.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/lewisham-massive.html
http://crossfields.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/lewisham-hospital-on-question-time.html
etc…
if u want some info on what and who is behind the nhs privatisations ukcolumn.org the common purpose group take the time to listen and share it dont rely on the mainstream media for your news its all about corporate governance
I urge every local business in Lewisham weather small or big to get involved in supporting the lewisham hospital campaign by making donations. We need to carry the good work and save our hospital.
I mr Dillabor Miah from delhi bicycle indian takeaway 11 wastdale road se23 will continue with our donation to save Lewisham hospital campaign. We are already donating 50p per order towards the campaign .We have been out side the Lewisham hospital on the 5th July giving free food to about five hundred people and celebrating the NHS birthday and raised a couple of hundred pounds or more and the will be more to come from us please spread the word. Many thank to all campaigners for their support and donations.
Thank you very much for providing such delicious food and for your campaign donations.
Olivia for SLHC
this is important to our health and wellbeing
that it is vital to save our nhs from further
cuts and closures with the likes of lewisham
and many other hospitals around the uk of further
threats and changes by this current goverment
and with jeremy hunt on board maybe he could
help for uturns in the nhs to protect it’s hospitals in lewisham
and leeds childrens heart wing so this is important to us
to save it the best way how.
frankie smales
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