Council leader rallies the troops as hospital faces 'biggest ever threat'
The leader of Sutton Council said the future of the borough’s healthcare looks "bleak" if plans to axe services are pushed through.
The leader of Sutton Council said the future of the borough’s healthcare looks "bleak" if plans to axe services are pushed through.
First it was pregnant mums, then it was babies and now the borough’s children have turned out in force to protest against proposed closures at St Helier Hospital.
An NHS document has claimed the health service will not survive unless radical changes are made to the delivery of health – such as the controversial a&e closures proposed at Epsom and St Helier Hospitals.
An accident and emergency department which could to take on thousands of patients if proposed closures at St Helier and Epsom hospitals go ahead saw a staggering increase of nearly 3,000 patients in the last year.
As the NHS marks its 65th anniversary MP Tom Brake has spoken of the value of St Helier Hospital.
Dedicated fundraisers have donated £23,800 worth of machinery to a maternity department threatened with closure.
A controversial healthcare review aiming to axe A&E, maternity and children’s services at Epsom and St Helier hospitals has again been delayed based on concerns about its financial viability.
Mums who daubed their pregnant bellies in protest against closures at St Helier hospital have recreated their famous photo with their babies.
Exclusive: A 24-hour urgent care centre (UCC) proposed to replace St Helier's under-threat accident and emergency department could in reality open for only 12 hours a day, it has emerged.
Ruth Dombey, leader of Sutton Council, has renewed calls to abandon proposals to shut St Helier’s A&E, after NHS leaders warn A&E units are on a cliff edge.