Save Ealing Hospital A&E - Public Meeting
April 8, 2010 12:28 PM
Chris Lucas, Lib Dem PPC for Ealing North opposes threat to close A&E unit at Ealing Hospital
Last night (April 7th, 2010), all three Ealing Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidates attended a public meeting at West London Trade Union Club to hear Dr. John Lister, Director of London Health Emergency speak about the threats to front line NHS provision across London, in particular Ealing Hospital, Central Middlesex Hospital and West Middlesex Hospital. Dr. Lister explained how the government had engaged the services of US management consultants to advise them on how to make "cost efficiencies" in London hospitals. As a result he went on to say that secret leaked documents reveal that there are plans to severely cut services at all 3 hospitals, with the A&E unit at Ealing Hospital being earmarked for closure.
Chris Lucas, Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate for Ealing North asked: "We have a Labour government, with 3 Labour MPs representing the 3 Ealing constituencies and many people in this room are associated with the Labour party. So where are Messrs Pound, Sharma and Slaughter on this issue? They should be our voice in Parliament, representing our interests and defending our NHS. At this time more than ever, they will listen. So you should use your influence and get them to commit to keep all the services at Ealing Hospital in tact. Between now and the general election, I am due to share a platform with Stephen Pound and I for one shall be asking him to state categorically where he stands on this issue. I suggest we all do the same if we see any of our MPs on the campaign trail".
Lib Dem policies on Health and the NHS are the most defined and unambiguous of all three main parties. We pledge to cut waste not services and we will re-invest the savings in to maintaining frontline services. It's also wrong that local hospitals and services can be closed without the communities affected having any real say. That's why we will give local people the power to take control over their local NHS through elected health boards. This also means local people will be able to hold their NHS to account if the quality of care isn't up to scratch.
Please support our "Save Ealing Hospital and Central Middlesex Hospital A&E Units" campaign by signing our petition: http://ealinglibdems.org.uk/petitions/8.html
NB, an interview with Dr. Lister and part of last night's speech will be aired on Newsnight tonight (April 8th, 2010 at 22:30, BBC2).
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