Monday, August 20, 2007
NHS - local update
The cross- borough group of councillors, set up to scrutinise possible changes in our local NHS services, has already had many meetings. Currently, the focus is on proposed developments within NELMHT (North East London Mental Health Trust), including their plans to move to Foundation Trust status.
There has also been an important preliminary meeting of the group with Professor Sir George Alberti, who has the important task of leading a clinical review of the "Fit for the Future" proposals which have caused so much local concern - not least because of the possible downgrading of local hospitals, involving fewer wards and departments and the closure of one of the three A & E departmwents in the 4 boroughs involved (Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Havering, Barking & Dagenham).
Cllr. John Beanse (Vice-Chair of Health Scrutiny in Waltham Forest) and Cllr.Ralph Scott (Redbridge), another Lib Dem councillor, were among those raising particular concerns about the direction we seem to be heading.
There has also been an important preliminary meeting of the group with Professor Sir George Alberti, who has the important task of leading a clinical review of the "Fit for the Future" proposals which have caused so much local concern - not least because of the possible downgrading of local hospitals, involving fewer wards and departments and the closure of one of the three A & E departmwents in the 4 boroughs involved (Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Havering, Barking & Dagenham).
Cllr. John Beanse (Vice-Chair of Health Scrutiny in Waltham Forest) and Cllr.Ralph Scott (Redbridge), another Lib Dem councillor, were among those raising particular concerns about the direction we seem to be heading.
# posted by John Beanse @ 9:10 AM 
