Eastbourne Trades Council: DGH: Still Time to Act !

Tuesday 25 September 2012

DGH: Still Time to Act !

The public consultation on services at the District General Hospital ends on the 28th September. There is still time to have your say !

Eastbourne Trades Council are proud to be supporting the cross-Party Save the DGH Campaign, which is fighting to defend core services at Eastbourne District General Hospital:

Acute medical emergencies (eg Heart attacks and Strokes)
Acute surgical emergencies (eg severe abdominal pain and fractures)
Acute psychiatric emergencies (eg psychoses and para-suicide)
Consultant led Obstetrics
Acute Paediatric emergencies (eg epiglottitis, croup and fractures)
Diagnostic services to support all of the above

The campaign believes that ALL of the above MUST be retained at the DGH, to properly serve Eastbourne and District.

Please take a few moments to take the following action:

1) Take part in the public consultation, and make clear that you are not in favour of any single-siting of these core services. Suggested answers to the consultation can be found here.

2) Write to the Secretary of State for Health urging him to take action to intervene and instruct the Board to retain services at the Eastbourne site. There is a model letter you can download here.

3) Visit the Save the DGH website, and show your support on Twitter, Facebook etc.

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Trades Councils in the Community

Your union branch speaks up for your members and potentialmembers in the workplace. Whether it’s pay, rights at work, healthand safety or lifelong learning, your branch exists to get a better dealfor your members.

Unions also need to raise their voice in the world beyond the workplace when:
• the public services delivered and used by union members come under threat
• racists and fascists try to divide local communities
• local authorities seek to reduce democratic control of education or housing.

That’s where your local trades union council comes in. Trades councils bringtogether local union branches to campaign across a community on issuesthat matter to working people.

Facing closure?: Your trades council can provide practical support and solidarity.
Tackling racism? Your trades council can help unite local people against the haters.
Privatisation problems? Your trades council can help campaign for public ownership and democratic control.

Eastbourne Trades Council represents workers in public and private sector employment across the Borough of Eastbourne and the parish of Willingdon and Jevington.