Save the Whittington Hospital campaign » Public Meeting

Hundreds join public meeting

Catherine West — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:31:41 +0000

Here is a few, quickly edited, short clips of the Save the Whittington meeting last night. Lots more to follow later.

Public meeting: Save the Whittington

Catherine West — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:43:21 +0000

Come to the Save the Whittington public meeting called by Jeremy Corbyn MP on Monday 25th January 2010 at 7.00pm.

The meeting will take place in Archway Methodist Church. You can find a map to the venue here.

The meeting is to organise our campaign and to get answers to the questions we asked NHS Islington last year.

And don’t forget, if you haven’t already signed the petition, please click here.

Packed meeting says save Whittington

Catherine West — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:06:47 +0000

Almost 300 local residents met in a packed Archway Methodist Church last night to campaign against the possible closure of the Whittington Hospital’s A&E department. The meeting saw the first signs of the campaign’s pressure paying off.

The meeting was called by Jeremy Corbyn MP, who was joined by MPs Emily Thornberry and David Lammy as well as Karen Jennings, UNISON’s National Secretary for Health.

Also speaking at the meeting was Rachel Tyndell, who is chairing the review into health provision in North Central London, who explained what the regional NHS is planning.

The standing-room-only crowd told their stories of what the Whittington means to them and why they oppose any closure.

The meeting also saw the first signs of a shift from NHS London as retaining A&E was included as one of the options that the review will now look at.

Over the coming weeks and months, we will campaign to make sure that the option of a viable A&E service at the Whittington is taken.

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