The campaign for a new wing for King George Hospital

In November 2017, BHRUT launched a review into the future of King George Hospital. per the link here https://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/health/watershed-moment-as-review-announced-into-stupid-king-george-hospital-a-e-closure-plan-1-5300904

This review has evolved into the clinical services strategy review : BHRUT are on the record as welcoming input per the extract from their site

"We will soon be refreshing our Clinical Services Strategy and look forward to working with our patients, public, partners and staff to develop this.

We welcome your comments and input..."

At the start of the clinical services review in November 2017, PWC were commissioned a report into the future of A&E at King George and Queens Hospitals. While no definitive solutions were offered, PWC offered an estimate of £125M to upgrade our hospitals.

The clinical services review is important as the current one says KGH A&E must close.

Our campaign wants the new strategy to commit to KGH A&E as a type 1 unit and the building of a new wing to replace the 160 emergency in-patients beds closed as a consequence of the plan to close KGH A&E. Emergency inpatient beds have been closed in part to make way for rehabilitation beds closed at Wanstead and St George Hospitals.

The long delay for the production of the new clinical strategy is unacceptable. It meant that BHRUT did not have a plan in place when the Government announced an upgrade for 20 hospitals. Commentators have argued about whether the 20 upgrades are new or old money or a cynical election ploy. 

Leaving all this to one side, the fact is BHRUT did not have an agreed bid on the table to upgrade KGH backed up by a new clinical services strategy. This needs to change as soon as possible so that when the next round of capital funding becomes available BHRUT has a plan to submit for approval, regardless of whoever is in power.

To this end, the campaign is asking save KGH A&E supporters to publish draft submissions for a new wing at King George by the end of September, to send these drafts to members at the beginning of October, with a view to making final submissions by the end of November.

The campaign aims to organise a meeting in September to publicise the need for the Clinical Services Review to be finished in November and a second larger meeting to promote a submission based on feedback from campaign supporters in trade unions, political parties and resident associations.