18th March Save King George A&E Rally Report and video link

Thank you to all the speakers and everyone who came.

Click on the link below for the video

Video of meeting

The Recorder write up is at Recorder

We filled the Town Hall

If Mr Hunt refuses to meet with Cllr Athwal and other senior politicians and agree to review the closure plan then our campaign will have to continue.

I am grateful to everyone who contributed to the collection for the Town Hall Hire and Banner. The costs were more than covered with the surplus given to the BHRUT charity.

Harmander Singh will be speaking at the 18th Save King George A&E Rally

Delighted to report Harmander Singh will be speaking at the Rally this Saturday

Any help towards funding the cost of Town Hall & Banner for the 18th March Rally much appreciated

Thanks to everyone who has already contributed towards the cost of the Town Hall hire on the 18th and the banner. There is still £828 to find to cover our costs if you help with a donation, no matter how small, please go to https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/andy-walker-1

Photos from earlier today: thanks to Bob Archer for taking them

Mike Gapes sent his apologies

Canvassing session Saturday 11th March 11am outside Ilford Town Hall

Come and help distribute flyers at 11am outside the  Town Hall to promote the 18th March Save King George A&E Rally.

All welcome

Andy 07956 263088

Come to photoshoot tomorrow 2:15pm Friday 10th March outside Ilford Town Hall

Cllr Jas Athwal, Keith Prince AM, Wes Streeting MP will be promoting the 18th March Save King George A&E rally at a photo shoot outside Ilford Town Hall tomorrow under the banner below which was delivered earlier to the Town Hall. If you could come along and support them it would be much appreciated.

Save King George Hospital A&E Planning meeting Friday 10th March Midday Ilford Town Hall

All welcome with time to work for our hospital.

Agenda

1) Apologies

2) Minutes and Matters arising

3) Planning for 18th March  2017 Rally and march.

4) Any other business

5) Date of next meeting

Andy Walker 07956 263088

There will be a canvassing session at 1pm outside the Town Hall 

Beds re-opened at King George Hospital, but Queens beds cut

BHRUT, the management board for King George and Queens Hospitals deserve to be congratulated for re-opening beds closed at King George Hospital. In December 2016 there were 272 acute beds at King George Hospital making a total, with Queens 634  beds, of 906 beds.

In January 2017, the numbers at King George had risen to 299, an increase of 27 beds, but Queens had been cut to 604, making an overall net loss of 3 beds when compared with December 2016, and a total of 903 beds.

The final photo shows that at May 2015 the two hospitals had a total of 938 beds, 293 at King George and 645 at Queens.

This is a loss of 35 bed from May 2015 to January 2017, along with the associated medical staff. Both hospitals continue to miss key safety benchmarks such as the 95% 4 hour A&E waiting time

The trend for acute resources at our hospitals is going down, when what we need are more beds, doctors and nurses to cope with our growing population.

Shahida Chaudhry joins speakers on 18th March Rally at Redbridge Town Hall

Delighted to report that our second faith speaker,  Shahida Chaudhry of the Al Huda Institute Chadwell Heath, has confirmed for the 18th March.

Mike Gapes MP will be speaking at the 18th March Rally

Delighted to report that Mike Gapes MP will be speaking at Redbridge town hall save King George A&E rally  on 18th March at 3pm.

Rev Janet Buchan joins speakers on 18th March Rally at Redbridge Town Hall

Delighted to report that the Rev Janet Buchan of St Paul's Church Goodmayes has joined the list of speakers on the 18th March at Redbridge Town Hall.

Hope to announce other faith speakers shortly.

It would be great to have the Redbridge political and faith communities coming together as one on the 18th March to say King George A&E must stay open.

Save King George Hospital A&E Planning meeting Friday 3rd March Midday Ilford Town Hall

All welcome with time to work for our hospital.

Agenda

1) Apologies

2) Minutes and Matters arising

3) Planning for 18th March  2017 Rally and march.

4) Any other business

5) Date of next meeting

Andy Walker 07956 263088

There will be a canvassing session at 1pm outside the Town Hall