Dear Mark
Thank for your kind words of encouragement. Everyone who has taken part in the campaign deserves credit for the progress that has been made.
We are allies in the same cause, however, we are bound to have different approaches from time to time. I attended the Redbridge CCG meeting where the paper you mention was presented and cannot share your interpretation that our A&E is safe after hearing what was said. The audio of the meeting is on the Redbridge CCG site so people can make their own minds up about what is going on. I write below about the latest development in an email to B&D and Havering Cllrs to be sent later and encourage you to support the call for the 2018 bid of £49M for works to close King George A&E be published.
Labour and Conservative speakers for the 30th March meeting would be very welcome.
Regards
Andy - email to be sent B&D and Havering Clls is below
Dear Councillors
Yesterday, the Board Secretary of NELCA & Newham CCG sent me a link http://onel.nhs.sitekit.net/downloads/Alliance/JCC-board-papers/2019/190109/JCC%20questions%20log%20January%202019.pdf
It shows that our local NHS made a bid of £49M to reconfigure King George and Queens in 2018. This is NHS manager code for closing King George A&E per the extract provided below.
I asked for the document sent to the Department of Health to support the failed bid for £49M but as yet it has not been sent to me. If you agree with me that the public have a right to see this document I would be grateful if you write to your group Leader to request that this document is published. There seems no excuse for East London Health & Care Partnership to have made this bid for £49M to help close our A&E when they meant to be reviewing the closure. The bid document will show how the East London Health & Care Partnership see the future of King George A&E and sight of it will allow MPs, Cllrs and the public to counter the arguments within it. It is key evidence of advancing the new plan to close King George A&E and should be published immediately.
Pete Mason of the Socialist Party and RoseMary Warrington of the Green Party have also confirmed for the save King George A&E meeting on 30th March for 3pm at the Lambourne room at Ilford Town Hall. It would be great if representatives from the major parties could speak too.
In 2017, East London Health & Care Partnership made a promise to review King George A&E, yet in 2018 they bid for substantial works to close it. The East London Health & Care Partnership have shown their bias for closure, it must be right they step aside from running the review re-announced last month into the future of King George A&E. Experts independent of East London Health & Care Partnership should run the review.
The event page for the 30th March is at Stop the new plan to close King George A&E
and the petition is at https://www.change.org/p/redbridge-council-stop-the-new-plan-to-close-king-george-a-e-support-the-walk-and-meeting-on-30th-march
Regards
Andy Walker
On Tuesday, 29 January 2019, 17:02:39 GMT, Cllr Mark Santos <mark.santos@redbridge.gov.uk> wrote:
Andy,
For purposes of clarity I would like to advise my responding to this email does not mean I will be engaging in debate on this extensive email distribution list.
Your assessment of this situation could not be further from reality. The paper does lift the closure threat on KGH A&E. We are in a very different position to where we have been in the past.
It is a moment to celebrate. And you are deserving of some of the credit for your contribution - thank you!
However there is still a job of work to be done about reviewing and refreshing the broader BHRT clinical strategy which the Council will have involvement and will be subject to public consultation. It is my view that now broadening our focus to the wider health system (and not just one part of our acute trust) will ensure we get results we need and our residents deserve.
with best wishes
Mark
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