A
key concern is why were 29 acute beds cut from our hospitals for the
period April 2015 to December 2015?
For two senior Hospital managers to take time to discuss our Hospitals was very welcome. I asked Steve and Rachel if it was OK to for other campaigners to attend along with Lara Keay a journalist from the Wanstead and Woodford Guardian. I was told it was OK, but BHRUT had second thoughts and cancelled the meeting.
Councillors
from across the political spectrum were going and so it is a
disappointment that the meeting has been cancelled.
Shortly
after BHRUT cancelled the meeting I was sent a Freedom of Information
Request which shows Queens having to send patients to King George in
January 2015 due to all acute beds at Queens being full up. This an
extract received by me on 19th February.
“1)
How many and which days Queens Hospital had all its acute beds full
and long each instance lasted in the month of January 2015
1-17,
19-31 January 2015 – no beds available
2) How
many patients entering Queens as an emergency were transferred to
other hospitals as a consequence of Queens being unable to cope due
to not having enough acute beds in January 2015 and how
many went to King George Hospital?
transfer
to King George Hospital: 13”
Steve and
Rachel were asked to reconsider their decision to discuss this information but
they refused. A Freedom of Information Request for the January 2016 figures has been made:
I
will be asking this question of Dr
Maureen Dalziel, Chair of BHRUT at the next board meeting on
Wednesday 2nd
March.
Dr Daizel: will you agree to consider no more acute bed cuts at King George and Queens Hospitals until -
- The 95% four hour A&E safety benchmark waiting time has been met for a 12 month period at both King George and Queens Hospitals?
- Acute beds are not full at Queens Hospital leading to patient transfers to King George Hospital for a 12 month period?
BHRUT
have been offered a right of reply on this site.
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