Come to 3rd June 7:15pm photo shoot at KGH to say the £25M plan for our hospitals be published

BHRUT are seeking £25M to invest in King George & Queens hospitals, but we don't know what it is for.

There is a Facebook event page below

https://www.facebook.com/events/2308456852752433/

The suppression of the £25M bid for the monies undermines our local democracy. I explain why in the email sent to BHRUT earlier today.

Dear Trust Secretary and Joe Fielder

After the last set of £70M bids for capital funding took months to be in the public domain, it is a welcome small step towards transparency that the public at least know in the same month the bid was made that BHRUT is seeking £25M of capital funding.

However, after consulting with others, the save KGH A&E/don't overload team have called a photo shoot for the £25M capital plan to be published now

The issue is that the NHS belongs to all of us, therefore we should know what is being planned for it so we can comment upon it, ideally before decisions are made.

I ask you publish the full plan later today. The focus of the photo shoot may then be supporting the BHRUT bid, although the £6M PFI component appears wrong, or to lobby for the £25M to be spent elsewhere.

£25M of public money is a substantial investment for our local health economy, I can see no reason why your plans cannot be published. The public cannot lobby our elected representatives to ask the department of health to release the funds until we know what the £25M is for. For instance, the £25M may be for new equipment to improve patient care, something everyone will want to support.

Councillor Berlin is the first senior elected representative to say the £25M plan should be published, I hope others will come on board too.

I have been speculating on social media and at a meeting yesterday on my Facebook page as to what the money might be in connection with the plan to close KGH A&E, The way to end speculation is to publish the £25M plan in full.

 I am sure others will speculate too about what this £25M is for until the plan is published.

The Francis report saw openness and transparency as the way forward to improve our NHS. BHRUT refusing to even say how much of this £25M you seek to invest in Queens and how much at King George runs counter to your duty to disclose information to the public. I am baffled as to why you will not share your plans for the £25M with us.