NO English hospital is safe
Dubbed the 'hospital closure clause' no hospital in England will be safe from financially driven closures if we don't act now.
Following the High Court ruling against the secretary of state, Jeremy Hunt’s decision to close the successful and solvent Lewisham Hospital, he is now trying to get the law changed.
Clause 118 is being rushed through Parliament. If it becomes law the secretary of state will have won. Hospitals will be shut at the whim of Whitehall bureaucrats, without full and proper consultation with patients and the public, and without even any agreement from the new GP commissioning groups (CCGs).
This means that even if a local hospital is successful and financially viable it can be shut if a neighbouring NHS trust is failing - no matter how vocal local opposition is to the plans.
We can’t let him get away with it ! Our local MP, Stephen Lloyd has a vote – the Care Bill will have its third reading in the House of Commons at the beginning of February 2014. Click here to send (and customise) a prepared email letter urging Stephen Lloyd to oppose this clause, which has potentially grave implications for the DGH and other local health services !
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