I sent the below to Redbridge Councillors earlier
Dear Councillors
Dear Councillors
1) Doodle poll for photo shoot
On Wednesday 22nd May BHRUT published the £25M "Capital Plan Resubmission" (including £6M PFI money) below. My belief is this resubmission is to fund the new plan to close King George A&E. This plan is outlined in the East London Health and Care Partnership at (1). Three bids went in to implement the plan in 2018, all were knocked back. It seems likely that the the resubmission monies will partially progress the plan to close King George A&E. The way to stop such speculation is to publish the plan.
We own the NHS, and to ensure it is our NHS we need to know about the plans that are being made by NHS managers for our hospitals. A sports club, faith group etc would consult its members before seeking monies for an extension. Our NHS should be no different to allow consultation and the opportunity to put forward amendments and alternatives.
I have written to BHRUT asking for the plan to be published and have been ignored.
If you agree that the "Resubmission" made on 15th May needs to be published in full, I would be grateful if you could complete your available dates for a photo shoot at the doodle poll at the link.
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Extract from Board Papers below
2) Are BHRUT deceiving the Department of Health by implying Havering Council Support for the £49M bid to close King George A&£?
The statement in question which appears bogus is at page 34 of the failed £49M bid
I can find no evidence of this planning application being made or agreed by Havering Council. After going through the usual channels and got no satisfactory answers I have written an open letter per the link to Henry Black and Matthew Hopkins, the co-authors of the £49M plan. The letter asks for evidence to support their claim for planning application approval by 28th May. If no evidence can be provided of this claim then BHRUT need to write to the Department of Health to withdraw the claim on the 29th May as it may influence the new bid for £25M. More at:
Further examples of deception by BHRUT about the King George A&E closure, none of which have been challenged by BHRUT are at:
3) The petition calling on a consultation on the new plan to close King George A&E is at
1500 signatures by June 5th secures a debate at Redbirdge Council on 20th June,
Regards
Andy Walker
1) Extract from http://www.eastlondonhcp.nhs.uk/downloads/ourplans/estates/STRATEGIC_ESTATES_PLAN_summary.pdf Queen’s Hospital Queen’s Hospital has one of the busiest and largest emergency departments in England, and so development at Queen’s will be focused on emergency and acute medicine, emergency surgery and acute children’s services. In addition, maternity facilities could also be expanded and developed to manage the continued growth in the number of births in north east London. To facilitate this development, the renal unit at Queens could be moved to the new St. George’s hub with non-acute care of older people, and some elective surgical services moved to
King George Hospital. King George We aspire to develop a new centre of excellence for healthy ageing, working in collaboration with community care, primary care and social services to offer a fully integrated model of healthcare for older people. Centralising planned care will increase the use of beds and theatres. These changes, together with the adjacent Goodmayes Hospital site, create a strategic opportunity to develop a coherent masterplan for housing, education, community and primary health care, maximising land value across the two hospital sites.
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