EAST LONDON HEALTH SERVICES UNDER THREAT
Over the summer we’ve heard that Barts Health Trust is losing £2 million a
week, squeezed by Government ‘efficiency savings’ and the unpredictability of
the ‘market in health’. In
addition, Barts Health Trust has an obligation to pay £129 million every year,
for over thirty years for its hospital building in Whitechapel, which was built
under the controversial Private Finance Initiative scheme (PFI). According to a Guardian report, the total cost of the PFI
repayment is alleged to be 7.1 billion, which is many times more than
expected.
Patients and staff are feeling the
squeeze from Whipps Cross to Barts and most of the cuts are yet
to hit us, while competitive
tendering and privatisation continue apace.
The campaign to defend the NHS locally and nationally has never been more
important for the community and NHS workers.
- See more at:
http://saveournhs-el.org.uk
Save Lewisham Hospital campaign have won their legal challenge to Jeremy Hunt and his plans to cut services at the hospital. A significant victory, although the government has appealed. The hospital is successful and financially stable but the South London Healthcare trust was in financial difficulties due mainly to the hugely expensive PFI debts. Lewisham hospital was to be sacrificed to save the South London Trust. The local community and healthcare workers including GPs and doctors were having none of it!! Congratulations to the campaign.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/jul/31/lewisham-hospital-services-decision-reversed-judge
Thursday 27th June
Click the link below to listen to an interview on local radio about the NHS and NewhamSaveourNHS with Pete Day of Nusound Radio92FM
Thank you Pete for the opportunity.
Cohttp://radiopetedotorg.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/nusound-radio-92fm-270613-newham-save-our-nhs.mp3
Read this blog-
Politicians and big business.
http://falseeconomy.org.uk/blog/the-interests-really-driving-nhs-reforms
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