£49M bid document to reconfigure King George A&E needs to be published

To:

Rt Hon Matt Hancock

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Cllr Jas Athwal Leader of Redbridge Council

Mike Gapes MP

Keith Prince AM

London Wide Assembly Members

Seven Kings Cllrs

Dear Elected Representatives

£49M bid document to reconfigure King George A&E needs to be published

In 2018 East London NHS managers put an unsuccessful bid of £49M for “Queens and King George Hospitals reconfiguration” this has always meant work to close King George A&E.

This was despite in 2017 the same NHS managers committing to review the closure of King George A&E.

In January 2019, the review into the closure of King George A&E was re-announced.

Yet earlier this month the Health Service Journal published a report implying the £49M build was still being pursued.

Do you agree with me:

1 - That the bid document for the £49M should be published?

2 - The East London Health and Care Partnership should issue a statement about whether they are still pursuing the £49M bid to “reconfigure” King George?

3 – That the East London Health and Care Partnership has shown bias in favour of closing King George A&E by submitting a bid to close King George A&E? And if so independent experts should run the review into closing King George A&E and  the East London Health and Care Partnership should step aside?

Regards

Andy Walker

120 Blythswood Road IG3 8SG

Source information at https://savekinggeorgehospital.blogspot.com/2019/02/my-reply-to-cllr-santos-and-why-49m.html

& https://twitter.com/Andywalker1945/status/1099001682300686338