Save the Whittington Hospital campaign

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2723 people have signed so far - to add your name go here

Name	Date signed	Comment
Ben Soffa	24th Nov 2009
Graham Copp	24th Nov 2009
Elaine McDonald	24th Nov 2009
Jack Parker	24th Nov 2009
R Wannous	24th Nov 2009
Tom Ogg	24th Nov 2009	Outrageous that the bureaucrats think they can get away with this.
Mark Ferguson	24th Nov 2009
lisa spall	24th Nov 2009	The whittington has been the hospital that all 4 generations of my family have used for many years. In the past few years since the refurbishement it has got better. Why spend all that money and then try and shut it. Its purely wrong.
K A Myers	24th Nov 2009
kate buffery	24th Nov 2009	The hospital facilities, including the A&E services are vital to our local community. This is not area where cuts should be made.
Janet Burgess, Labour Councillor for Junction Ward	24th Nov 2009	I will do all I can, working with my colleagues, to ensure that Whittington Hospital retains its services for local people, especially the Accident and Emergency facility.
Sue Cartwright	24th Nov 2009	Not only is the Whittington Hospital valuable to Islington residents but we also need to keep the A&E. A&E services in all the hospitals in our area are already over stretched and to lose one would be a disaster.
Matthew McGregor	24th Nov 2009
Mr J McKee	24th Nov 2009
Roger Nuttall	24th Nov 2009	Closing the A&E at Whittington is unthinkable. Just think of the population it serves. The next nearest A&E is miles away. It is the sort of proposal which makes the blood boil. ARN
Theresa Debono	24th Nov 2009	As a member of the Health and Well Being scrutiny committee, I strongly oppose the closure of the A&E at the Whittington.
marian Spall	24th Nov 2009	it is a great shame that we could lose the A&E as it covers a wide area in north Islington, thats is near to where local people live, this will cause people to have to travel far to other hospitals, why should they when so much money as been put in the whittington, so local people could continue to be able to go there,what a waste of govenment money that would be. SAVE OUR HOSPITAL
Gary Heather	24th Nov 2009	The A&E must remain at the Whittington for the sake of the hospital and the people whose lives may depend on it!
Joshua Fenton-Glynn	24th Nov 2009
Sinita Redie	24th Nov 2009	This is a terrible idea, its essential that Whittington Hospital does have A&E units.
Caroline Bucknall	24th Nov 2009	I have used the accident and emergency at the Whittington on quite a few occasions over the years - for my son and myself - twice with broken bones, one severe cut and one meningitis scare - the care has been nothing short of excellent and I have no idea where we would have gone if we couldn't have gone there - please keep this vital service open - Caroline and Caspar -
Roxanne Holman	24th Nov 2009
Kaya Makarau Schwartz	24th Nov 2009
L Alvis	24th Nov 2009
Ben Folley	24th Nov 2009
Paul Convery	24th Nov 2009	The Whittington is an excellent hospital. Closure of its A&E will seriously undermine its role as an all-purpose hospital serving Islington, Haringey and adjoining areas. It is very frustrating that London\\\'s health funding authorities are so opaque that no-one can either confirm or deny that closure is being considered. Another example of why local healthcare decisions should be the responsibility of democratically elected Councils.
Lee Skevington	24th Nov 2009
M Gazovali	24th Nov 2009
Mike Connolly	24th Nov 2009
Jane Roberts	24th Nov 2009
Sorrel Brookes	24th Nov 2009	We need good quality A&E services in North London. Please keep the Whittington A&E open.
William Coppola	24th Nov 2009
Cllr Gary Doolan	24th Nov 2009	I can recall when the Royal Northern Hospital was closed down residents were told that the Accident and Emergency services would be better situated at the whittngton Hospital. It was well recognised then that this was yet another ill concieved plan to reduce the cost of Accident and emergency, by making it difficult to get to the hospital that provides such a service. We must fight to kep the A&E at the whittngton, as it is of fundemental importance to the people of islington Hargingey and Camden. It would be a disaster if this facility was taken away
Dr Hermione Harris	24th Nov 2009	It is vital that the A&E services at the Whittington are retained. Injured or sick patients, including children, would have to travel to Hackney or Hampstead for alternative attention - lengthy and costly. The facilities at the Whittington have now been improved. KEEP THEM OPEN!
Patsy Bradbury	24th Nov 2009	When you use A&E you're usually in a panic and a great hurry.Not the time for getting to out of the way, to me, hospitals which mean to me several changes of bus through heavy traffic.
Kato Solomon	24th Nov 2009	We need these familities in Islington as this is the only hospital which is close to a number of residence in Islington and it is accessiible to everyone in the local community. Closure would be a disaster and we need labour to help in protesting of the closure.
Dot Gibson	24th Nov 2009	I support this petition. As a pensioner, I am increasingly concerned that access to emergency services is becoming more and more difficult with "reorganisation" and privatisation of the NHS.
Rosemary Plummer	24th Nov 2009	Whittington Hospital serves the local area and other area's very well. I would be sad if they were to close A&E. Older people with disabilities would have to travel if you are unwell this is not fair.
Martin Carrick	24th Nov 2009
Tom Arnold-Forster	24th Nov 2009
CHRISTINE MABEY	24th Nov 2009	The Whittington A&E is an invaluable local resource which as a family we have had reason often to use including receiving first class treatment in the last 18 months. Given that it - and UCH A&E- always seem to be full whenever I have visited I can't see how closing the Whittington could do other than put intolerable burden on the hospitals left open and an inferior service for Islington people.
Andrew Wilson	24th Nov 2009
Jessica Asato	24th Nov 2009	It's really important that patients and residents in Islington get a say about the future of services provided in Whittington Hospital. I am supporting this campaign to ensure that we are not bounced into accepting a raw deal from NHS bureaucrats.
Graham Vine	24th Nov 2009
Johanne Price	24th Nov 2009
Alex Smith	24th Nov 2009	The Whittington hospital has, literally, saved my life. My experience there was of a dedicated and professional team of medical staff, from A & E all the way through to longer-term well-being. Every member of my family, as I grew up, has needed the care and attention of the exceptional people at the Whittington at least once. Without that service on our doorstep, it would have been immeasurably more difficult for us to receive the timely and high-quality health care we needed. I know that countless others across Islington and beyond feel the same way. We as a community must now speak up to save our A&E department - before it's too late. Alex Smith Labour candidate, St George's Ward
Pete Firmin	24th Nov 2009
Lucy Openshaw	24th Nov 2009
Laurie Whelan	24th Nov 2009
David Sooby	24th Nov 2009
Paul Rosser	24th Nov 2009	I oppose this vandalism
Kath McQuail	24th Nov 2009
Ruth Hughes	24th Nov 2009	It is comforting to know that there is an A and E service nearby.
Michael Ann Mullen	24th Nov 2009	Vital to keep A&E at Whittington. It's A&E is very crowded as are those of Royal Free and UCH. People who attend A&E need medical attention quickly . At the moment, wait is often over 4 hours. Without the Whittington the A&E at the other two hospitals would be totally overwhelmed. In addition, the Whittington A&E provides service to the north of Islington and much of Haringey. Royal Free and UCH are relatively far away and not accessible quickly from these areas.
Kim Farrelly	24th Nov 2009
Theresa Nakyazze	24th Nov 2009	My children and my nephew who has sickle cell attend the whittington hospital, it is the nearest to our home and if we were to attend the royal free, the journey will be long and costly for us. My first born was also saved by the whittington hospital, he arrived 10 weeks early and the whittington hospital did a great job saving my son.
Nino Bukhari	24th Nov 2009
Jeffrey till	24th Nov 2009	My Mum had great service from the A&E unit when she needed it, please do everything you can to keep in open
Peter & Dorothy Ellis	24th Nov 2009	Durign the 30 years we have been residents here we have seen just how necessary the Whittington A&E has been to the well-being of the community. Any idea that is not vitally necessary must be fought by all means at the disposal of the caring and responsible people in the community.
Jo Saul	24th Nov 2009	The PCT should definitely NOT close the Whittington's A&E. For one thing, it will put extra pressure on the ambulance service as more people will call 999 rather than make their own way to hospital for something less serious. Also, it runs the risk of people who don't want to make a fuss not being seen as they don't want to call 999 & can't travel to either UCH, Homerton or Royal Free.
helen spall	24th Nov 2009	please save this wonder hospital that does very good work in my commuity
Teme Teme Wanga	24th Nov 2009	MY FAMILY AND MY SELF CONSIDER THE WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL AS OUR MAIN HOSPITAL AND THAT FULFILL OUR HEALTH NEEDS AND ADDRESSE OUR HEALTH ISSUES. HEARING OF THE CLOSURE IS HEART TAKING. I REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I PERSONALY WENT THERE WAS WHEN I JUST FINT OR COLLAPSE AND I WAS SEEN BY A DOCTOR AND AFTHER SEVERAL TEST THE DOCTOR CAME TO TELL THE CAUSE OF WHAT CAUSE AND SINCE I FILL OK. MY FAMILY AND I WILL OPPOSE WITH FORCE THE CLOSURE OF THIS HOSPITAL OR ANY PART OF THE HOSPITAL. THSI HOPITAL IS LOCAL AND WE WANT TO PRESERVE IT FOR FUTURE AND FOR OUR BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON.
Dianne Hill	24th Nov 2009	It would be very sad to lose this hospital which is used by many, many people around London. With family in that area they would be devastated.
shosh Morris	24th Nov 2009
Cllr Richard Greening	24th Nov 2009
Barry Edwards	24th Nov 2009	Since the demise of the Royal Northern the Whittington has been my 'family hospital'. Barry Edwards
Abidha Rahman Liza	24th Nov 2009	I do not agree with the closure of the whittington hospital accident and emergency department and woul actively campaign against this decision. I am a sufferer of a long term health conditions which requires going in and out of hospital, alot of the time the A&E department, whittington hospital is convenient in location for me and provides great care to patients.
Prof. Mandy Merck	24th Nov 2009	The Whittington's Accident and Emergency and intensive care services are essential for this residential region. UCH is much too far away for the residents of Upper Holloway, Archway, and Crouch End.
Cllr Richard Watts	24th Nov 2009
Oli Blackaby	24th Nov 2009	I have lived within 2 miles of the Whittington for many years; in Highgate and previously in Tufnell Park. We have been intermittent visitors to the hospital - with tiny twins with infantile asthma, to slightly older twins launching themselves off ladders with the inevitable blood, to scratched retinas for our daughter to sports injuries - it is an essential part of our north london life; the idea that the top layer of management can earn hundreds of thousands when there is any suggestion of shutting an essential service like this is beyond belief. Lli
Trevor Pearson	24th Nov 2009	I write in support of your campaign to save our local hospital.
Angela Cairns	24th Nov 2009
Hilary Ayling	24th Nov 2009
John Denton	24th Nov 2009
Sue Glover	24th Nov 2009	Outrageous! It is a much needed and much used service. You only have to go there to see that.
Wendy Stock	24th Nov 2009	We are poorly served as it is for A&E units. NHS London please note that it is supposed to be this government's policy that hospitals like the Whittington have A&E units. NHS London we want guarantees that the Whittington will continue to exist with its major services intact. How about focussing on patient need rather than the salaries of highly paid managers.
Sheila Cohen	24th Nov 2009	Just another in the endless, senseless parade of "New Labour" policies which most damage the very people who they look to to vote for them. When will it end?
Kerri Deegan	24th Nov 2009
Rachel Roberts	24th Nov 2009	Does what it says on the tin: Save The Whittington.
julia coyne	24th Nov 2009	The Whittington Hospital is an invaluable local service ...my eldest son, very prem. would probably not be here today without it... and over the years, as my young family grew up the Whittington Accident and Emergency Unit proved invaluable... supporting, soothing, reassuring, comforting, mending, stiching, plastering and bandaging. Please don't even think of closing it!
Madeline Miller	24th Nov 2009	We lost the Royal Northern, and with our ever increasing North Islington population we cannot afford to lose another A & E. This will undoubtedly overload the already very busy Royal Free.
Hilary Crew	24th Nov 2009	Whilst I live in the south of London I work in the North of London and would not want to lost the excellent services of the Whittington hospital should I be ill at work.
Valerie Leach	24th Nov 2009
Jennifer Horne-Roberts	24th Nov 2009	It is essential we have an A&E at the Whittington, which serves 10s of thousands of Londoners, to avoid lives, perhaps many lives, being lost in future years.Other hospitals are miles away,and,with traffic conditions as they are, may be inaccessible for North Londoners in emergency and life-threatening situations.
Elizabeth Phillips	24th Nov 2009
Zara Moran	24th Nov 2009
ayshen gazovali	24th Nov 2009	With endless problems with my health, I've visited the A&E at the Whittington many times...if the A&E wasn't there any more, it would affect the way I rely upon the wonderful service and emergency doctors there. I've also taken my baby to the A&E department at whittington, where the paediatrics are some of the best in London! Don't close the Whittington A&E service...it's one of the best A&E's in London.
eoin quiery	24th Nov 2009	save our services!
ersoy rasit	24th Nov 2009	where would people go in need of an emergency?? The next nearest place is too far away, and you are risking peoples health/lives by making them travel to a further destination when they are in need of emergency aid. Disgusting!
Victoria Chalard	24th Nov 2009	I live close to the Whittington hospital and I think it is essential to keep the A&E deparment as part of the services that it provides for the community. Where are we to go if we need help urgently? You have my full support. Please contact me if you need more support campaigning.
Monika Schwartz	24th Nov 2009
kate cogdell	24th Nov 2009
Simon Francis	24th Nov 2009
Michael Rees	24th Nov 2009	I've seen the chaos caused by other closures around the country and it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Think!!
Tricia Clarke	24th Nov 2009	It is essential that this proposal to close the A+E at the Whittington is defeated. We live in one of the most densely populated areas in the country and also the poorest we demand that the A+E stays open and is improved.
Jennifer Bruno	24th Nov 2009	I strongly support this petition.
Sisi Gast	24th Nov 2009
Colette Nuttall	24th Nov 2009	Closing down services at the Whittington hospital such as A & E and intensive care would put lifes at risk. It is essential to keep these services intact.
Kate Calvert	24th Nov 2009	The NHS is a public service and as such should not make it ever harder for patients to make use of it. Access to the Royal Free is very difficult and it is inappropriate that patients and their families should be required to undergo the additional effort of reaching it from east of Hampstead Heath. Transferring key services from the Whittington to the Royal Free would be effectively transferring a significant cost of provision from the provider to the customer. I trust that the PCT will understand that enforcing this would constitute an abrogation of their responsibility to their users.
Wally Burgess	24th Nov 2009	It's outrageous that the quangocracy can even THINK of removing major facilities such as A&E from the Whittington. Our family have been helped again and again by this LOCAL and EVER-IMPROVING hospital. The Royal Free is in the back of beyond and UCLH is 6 tube stops from Archway. Islington people have learnt to love and rely on the Whittington. It's a good hospital getting better. Long live the Whitty!!
Eileen Fair	24th Nov 2009
David Burgess	24th Nov 2009	Islingtonian in exile. Save the Whitty!
Ian Shacklock	24th Nov 2009	If it wasn't for the NHS's A&E services then I wouldn't be alive today. It's a no brainer to fight to keep my local hospital.
Louise Miller	24th Nov 2009	We need those services in the local area. It would be really worrying if they were withdrawn.
Matthew Creamer	24th Nov 2009
Clare Bull	24th Nov 2009
Archie Onslow	24th Nov 2009	The A&E is the backbone of the hospital and after the A&E closed at the Royal Northern Hospital, the rest of the hospital closed soon after. The Whittington has improved enormously in recent years and does not deserve this fate.
Anna Fairbank	24th Nov 2009	Although the distances to other hospital do not sound great, congestion means ambulances cannot move around the streets quickly. The loss of emergency services at the Whittington would therfore put local people at risk.
John Black	24th Nov 2009	I needed emergency treatment earlier this year and was immediately admitted to the hospital. Family and friends wre able to visit me, which would have been far more difficult if I had been further away.
sasha kaplin	24th Nov 2009	I am incredulous & horrified at the possibility of the Whittington being dismantled or 'reconfigured' ie cut. UCH etc is good, but N19 & all the people in the areas served by the Whittington, NEED it there, as it is. Many people struggle by bus or even on foot, to A & E. At night, to access the Camidoc service, you have to journey to it; GPs do not come to you! The prospect of more specialist/higher tech services elsewhere would not make up in any way for the loss of Whittington services. I am a social worker and know at first hand what people need.
Kate Hyde	24th Nov 2009
Anna Murray	24th Nov 2009	I can't understand the press reports about this: how will working more closely with the Royal Free REDUCE patient numbers? People won't just disappear! NHS London need to understand our commmunity: people need the most important services in the community they know and can get to. If you don't If you drive, the Royal Free isn't far, but you can't park. If you don't drive, waiting for the one bus service isn't going to work.
paula hollings	24th Nov 2009	With NHS management consuming all the resources it's not surprising there's nothing left for medical care
Sarah Evans	24th Nov 2009	We should be expanding A&E provision - not cutting back. There is a constant threat to A&E departments across the country and this must stop. We need to ensure that patients have access to expert medical care as quickly as possible in order to avoid access to emergency healthcare becoming even more of a postcode lottery.
Ms Rehema Ndamana	24th Nov 2009	please save the whittington
John Strawson	24th Nov 2009	The A&E department is a vital local service. I have used as have my family and friends. Our community deserves a local hospital that can offer all services.
Erdal Zinc	24th Nov 2009	Myself and all my family members are opposed to Accident and Emergency and intensive care services being withdrawn from the Whittington Hospital.
Annette Thomas	24th Nov 2009	We cannot afford to lose any more of our hospital facilities in this area, least of all a service used to such a huge extent as the A&E at the Whittington
Henry Villiers	25th Nov 2009	I live off the Holloway Road, with my family and the walking distance or public transport in an emergence to the Royal Free is just too much and potentially life threatening.
Christine Stammers	25th Nov 2009
Caroline Kelly	25th Nov 2009
Michael O\'Sullivan	25th Nov 2009
Fred Simpson	25th Nov 2009
Ceri Nicholas	25th Nov 2009	The A&E at the Whittington is an essentail service for a large catchment area. It has access by public transport and is therefore accessible by the elderly and the disabled. If the emerging Govt agenda of reducing "big" government is to have practical meaning for people then at its core should be the retention of key facilities like the A&E within its community base
CLARE TOYNBEE	25th Nov 2009
eve gannon	25th Nov 2009	I fully support the petition
Debbie Briggs	25th Nov 2009
Carol Clinton	25th Nov 2009	The Whittington has become an impressive building and an impressive health care facility in the last couple of years, giving users of all services an outstanding service. A friend needed emergency treatment at the weekend recently and it proved to be the prompt diagnosis of a life threatening illness. That is what we need in this area.
Joern Janssen	25th Nov 2009	I have regular appointments at the ophtalmology.
B Rhodes	25th Nov 2009	I feel the absence of an A&E at the Whittington would leave tens of thousands of local residents very vulnerable and underprotected. All A&E's in the area are already crowded.
Helen Greaves	25th Nov 2009	Save Whittington A and E. we won't be safe without it.
Ansar Khan	25th Nov 2009
Kate and Andy Hobsbawm	25th Nov 2009	Please don't close A&E! We have needed to visit is a few times and would have been in big trouble without it!
Jill Moore	25th Nov 2009
margaret metary	25th Nov 2009	it is a vatal part of our community helth services and must be maintained at all costs
Ms A. Zounis	25th Nov 2009	This is a disgrace. I can\'t believe they are considering closing such a vital service.
Fee McNamara	25th Nov 2009	The A&E services are fantastic, especially for children, and have provided us with quick medical help and reassurance for our 2-year old son on a number of occasions. Seeing it go would be a major loss for the area, and given the current waiting time both at the Royal Free and the Whittington, it is hard to see how one hospital would cope with the number of patients.
Josh Feldberg	25th Nov 2009
Beatrice A. Addo	25th Nov 2009	Help save the Whittington A & E Thank you.
John Burgess	25th Nov 2009
Ray Westcott	25th Nov 2009	I know of friends and family, including myself who have used A&E at the Whittington on many occasions. It has always been very responsive and deals with peoples needs efficiently and professionally. This is an ill considered burearacratic proposal that is without sense or good reason.
denise mcguire	25th Nov 2009
Robin Chapman	25th Nov 2009
Jose Lapre	25th Nov 2009
Shirley Franklin	25th Nov 2009	It is vital that the Whittington is saved in its entirety. We must have a local A and E - residents of Haringay have already lost theirs. If local 'stakeholders' were consulted, no-one would say goodbye to a local hospital. Keep the Whittington Hospital!
Richard Schunemann	25th Nov 2009	This is one thing that must not be allowed to happen, or we may come to regret it if we ever need to get to hospital in a hurry!
ANNA LYNCH	25th Nov 2009	Please do not shut our local A&E. I have three young children and it is reasuring to know that the A&E is not to far from home....
V King	25th Nov 2009
Andrew Peacock	25th Nov 2009
Shirley Meredeen	25th Nov 2009	It i s essential to save the a. and e service particularly. I have always had good service from the Whittington and it is more difficult to get to the Royal Free.
Lydia Maher	25th Nov 2009
NORMA FRENCH	25th Nov 2009
Linda Torpey	25th Nov 2009
Patrick French	25th Nov 2009	Two members of my family and a close friend have received excellent care at the Whittington A and E department in the past three months. All three of my children were born at the Whittington where again the care was superb - this included treatment in the special care baby unit. It would be a tragedy if the A and E was closed. We all know that closure of an A and E is almost invariably the prelude to closure of a hospital.
Bernadette King	25th Nov 2009
Alison Oswald	25th Nov 2009
Dr Indrajit Ghosh	25th Nov 2009
Robert Weinberg	25th Nov 2009	I had to attend the A&E at Whittington only yesterday and was very impressed by the level of care and the very obvious and efficient professionalism shown by all the staff, reception, nurses, and doctors with whom I came into contact. Where excellence exists it should be retained and nurtured.
Richard Lansdown	25th Nov 2009
Professor Richard Taffler	25th Nov 2009	The need for an A&E department locally is vital for all of us living in the area.
Charlotte Burck	25th Nov 2009
David Bromley	25th Nov 2009	Two years ago the A&E did a fantastic job of looking after me following a motorcycle accident. In this type of incident fast attention is essential. This is only possible with local service which is precisely what the Whiitington provides.
Corinna Honan	25th Nov 2009
Dr Meeta Rani Jha	25th Nov 2009
Wallach Yair	25th Nov 2009
Eva Luthi	25th Nov 2009
David Lammy MP	25th Nov 2009
Steve Jones	25th Nov 2009	The rentention of A&E at the Whittington is vital. I know many people in Haringey that have had to use this crucial service and we already feel that the distance we need to travel for an emergency is too great. To increase the journey time even further will be intolerable and potentially put lives at risk.
Mattie Silman	25th Nov 2009	I can't imagine why anyone would think that this service was not vital for this area. Where would we go in an emergency?
Bill Willingham	25th Nov 2009
Mary Blake	25th Nov 2009	I lived in the local area for over 30 years and still work in the local area. The service is extremely valuable to the local community.
theo chandon	25th Nov 2009
Cllr Roger Robinson	25th Nov 2009	As a local disabled resident I am opposed to the end of the AE depty being removed from the Whittington.
Emma Demblon	25th Nov 2009
Kiffer Weisselberg	25th Nov 2009
Chris Ford	25th Nov 2009
Leonard Weinreich	25th Nov 2009
Claire Eden	25th Nov 2009
Idit Arad	25th Nov 2009	i am a pattient of the gyni departmnt at thr Whittington. i also live in archway. doctore working hard nough there without any more cut downs on their services. I find it shocking that the thought of making it harder both for them or people living in this area should enter anyone's mind.
Nick Guest	25th Nov 2009	Services should remain intact!
Mayerlene Engineer	25th Nov 2009	It's insane that even as London's population keeps growing, services continue to be withdrawn, in the name of 'rationalisation' and 'modernisation'.
Frances Weinreich	25th Nov 2009	This hospital serves the community well. Don\'t cut essential services
Charles Ware	25th Nov 2009
Louis Mackay	25th Nov 2009	Although not for the moment living locally, both our children were born at the Whittington, and for years we depended on it as our local A&E, so know absolutely how important it is to people in North London. It must be kept and defended.
Ruming Mackay	25th Nov 2009	Although not for the moment living locally, both our children were born at the Whittington, and for years we depended on it as our local A&E, so know absolutely how important it is to people in North London. It must be kept and defended.
Hannah Mayall	25th Nov 2009
Cllr Martin Klute	25th Nov 2009
Barry Turner	25th Nov 2009
Mr Robert Burbidge	25th Nov 2009
Andrew Berry	25th Nov 2009
kristen aldridge	25th Nov 2009	i have 4 children and live local to the whittington. i have used the A and E services on one or two occasions and feel very safe knowing that it is around the corner on one circumstance, where an ambulance took me from my home to the royal free, it took a good 15-20 minutes i was losing alot of blood and really feared for my life please reconsider and keep this much needed service
Anna Cambiaggi	25th Nov 2009
Frances Singer	25th Nov 2009	Local services need to be accessible in the locality especially emergency services where time is often a crucial element. This densely populated area needs more not less availability of these vital services.
Pam Zinkin	25th Nov 2009
Kate Poulter	25th Nov 2009	Keep the A & E Department - a very important local resource.
Caroline Jones	25th Nov 2009	My 88 yr old dad is in need of help (for various conditions) every so often and without the Wittington E & A, I don't know what we will do. I think it is a very bad idea to close this unit.
Abigail Thaw	25th Nov 2009
Sinead Chapman	25th Nov 2009	Please do not take away this vital local resource.
Naomi Lipscomb	25th Nov 2009
Manju Jobanputra	25th Nov 2009	I certainly oppose to closure of A & E and intensive care services including its major services from the Whittington Hospital. Many of us are not fortunate enough to fork out for private health service. We need to rely on the NHS and Whittington is well managed provides good, caring service at present, none of the services should be withdrawn.
Tracy Ismail	25th Nov 2009
Sue Coulson	25th Nov 2009
Liz Puttick	25th Nov 2009
Judith Cook	25th Nov 2009
Harriet Yudkin	25th Nov 2009
James Poole	25th Nov 2009	The Whittington saved my life 5 years ago when I contracted MRSA in The London Clinic!
Jennifer Rockliff	25th Nov 2009	We do not have a car and closing the Whittington A&E would make life much more difficult for us or our children. We would have to go all the way into the West End to UCH as this is the only A&E we could reach easily by public transport. We have had to use the A&E a number of times for our children once in the middle of the night with a distressed child. Have some consideration for peope without cars.
Kate Tyndall	25th Nov 2009	I value the Whittington A&E greatly and have used it many times
Andrews Tete-Donkor	25th Nov 2009
Susanna Butterworth	25th Nov 2009	Please save our local services!
Clare Palmer	25th Nov 2009	I think downgrading services at the Whittington will have a detrimental effect on Islington residents. I am shocked that the A&E dept has not been upgraded or refurbishes for many years and is sub-standard.
Peri Batliwala	25th Nov 2009
Richard Kuper	25th Nov 2009
Katharina Severin	25th Nov 2009
MORAG PEBERDY	25th Nov 2009	Please keep the A&E services open!
M MacDonald	25th Nov 2009	Stop the cuts!!!!
Avis Saltsman	25th Nov 2009
Kate Weinberg	25th Nov 2009
Ken Baldry	25th Nov 2009	Thanks, Whittington, for sewing me up after I fought an armed burglar.
Natasha Cendrowicz	25th Nov 2009	Please, please keep Whittington A & E. I've had to use it a couple of times in recent years and it is much, much better than the Royal Free's. Parking at the Royal Free is a nightmare for those of us who are not in a position to walk there, ie a real emergency. I have 2 young children and would be horrified if I had to traipse over to the RF if I needed to seek emergency treatment for them.
Joss Miller	25th Nov 2009	It's a disgrace.
Pippa Cosin	25th Nov 2009	I oppose any reduction in local services and of closure of the A and E at the Whittington or the Royal Free. Surely the Whittington has only just been refurbished. What waste of public resources is this?
Ruth Hayes	25th Nov 2009
Russell Smith-Becker	25th Nov 2009
alex chandon	25th Nov 2009	twice my pain has been eased after serious injury by the staff at a and e at the whittington due to its proximity. please do not cut the a and e. cut holistic medicine and management fees.
Jane Campbell	25th Nov 2009	I would feel very worried if there were no A& E services in the Highgate Crouch End district where I live. I have used the Whittington Hospital all these last 35 years for my children and my family and friends and feel a great sense of comfort to think it will be there in the future as I grow older. We have always had very good service at the Whittington.
Joy Chamberlin	25th Nov 2009	First the Northern now the Whittington? No No NO
Katie Dow	25th Nov 2009
dorothy boswell	25th Nov 2009	Please keep the whittington hospital open
Judy Cumberbatch	26th Nov 2009	This an absolutely vital service and must be maintained
Chris Brown	26th Nov 2009	The reason the A&E unit at the Whittington is busy is because it is needed.
Gill Pengelly	26th Nov 2009
steve brown	26th Nov 2009
Marjorie Mayo	26th Nov 2009
Kathleen Greaves	26th Nov 2009	Feel very strongly about this
Dr Eva Jungmann	26th Nov 2009	This is a highly valued local service and withdrawal of A&E would have a considerable impact on our service provision.
Sue Hanson	26th Nov 2009	Essential service. Is far enough to go in an emergency. I thought that the A&E had recently been refurbished.
Nick Alexander	26th Nov 2009	I have ben using the Audiology Department for several years, in old and worn premises but with a steady team of dedicated people. I bet this is the sort of facility they might want to "rationalise", merging it with other facilities miles away. I would strongly oppose that.
Celia Kent	26th Nov 2009	This is a vital community service and should be retained.
Leah Schmidt	26th Nov 2009
Ronnie West	26th Nov 2009	A @ E and Intensive care services are crucial. I have visted The Whittington a @ e many times for myself,my wife and children and other friends and judging by the queues every time i've visited suggests that these services are paramount. What is the option? UCH. Is that it! In a wealthy major city like London. Doesn't make any sense.
Tom Weinberg	26th Nov 2009
Francesca Nixon	26th Nov 2009	I have had cause to use this hospital on many occasions and am very thankful for that.
Marion Rose	26th Nov 2009	We have used the Whittington's A&E service several times in recent years. The new, state-of-the-art critical care unit at the same hospital saved my husband's life. Both services are excellent and always, in our experience, busy. It is unthinkable that they should be reduced or dismantled especially after recent investment programme.
Suzanne Burbidge	26th Nov 2009	I use this Hospital all the time. if you close whittington A&E you will be killing people as this is a great hospital UCH is to far to get to when you need help
Kenneth Murray	26th Nov 2009	Shame on "NHS London" to them money is more important than people.
Dr Pauline Rennie Peyton	26th Nov 2009	This is too important to the community to lose.
marc linton	26th Nov 2009	It is essential that this department is kept open, to service the wide catchment area that depend upon it. Please do not force us to travel great distances to receive emergency care.
Dave Waters	26th Nov 2009
Caroline O'Driscoll	26th Nov 2009
Leah Royall	26th Nov 2009	I have used the A&E department – for everything from an infected toe to a miscarriage to my son's forehead wound that needed stitches – at least five times, sometimes in the middle of the night, and it has been a salvation. I am always grateful for the attitudes and professional skills of the staff. Long may this vital service continue!
Sheila Fitzgerald	26th Nov 2009	We need more services from the Whittington, not fewer. Thank you.
Robert Miller	26th Nov 2009	Keep A&E at the whittington
Teresa Plant	26th Nov 2009
Laura Ford	26th Nov 2009
james otoole	26th Nov 2009
stuart bentham	26th Nov 2009	we need the whittington
Pat Tuson	26th Nov 2009
Barry Carr	26th Nov 2009	A&E is a manadatory requirement for the Whittington
Vanessa Baraitser	26th Nov 2009	I have been to the A and E department at the Whittington with my 7 year old daughter twice this year. It was incredibly efficient. We walked there. This would not be possible if the department is closed. Please don\'t do it.
Sarah Marshall	26th Nov 2009	The Whittington saved my life when I had meningitis and septicaemia three years ago. With such an illness, time is of the essence and if I hadn\'t had an A&E department nearby I could have died.
Theo Stavrinou	26th Nov 2009
James Thompson	26th Nov 2009	This hospital saved my friend's life! A&E is very important, taking this away will endanger lives.
Susan Budd	26th Nov 2009
Anabel Inge	26th Nov 2009
John Butcher	26th Nov 2009	The Whittington A & E saved my life in 2007. Since then I have had recourse to emergency treatment on three occasions. Its proximity has been a lifesaver.
anthony farrell	26th Nov 2009	Keep it open!
Corinne McCulloch	26th Nov 2009
Beverley Rowe	26th Nov 2009
Jane Hutton	26th Nov 2009
Victoria Corbett	26th Nov 2009
Karina Holm	26th Nov 2009	A&E is an essential service at the Whittington, and we have visited with all our 3 children, receiving wonderful care. Please do not reduce the service.
Arthur R Wood	26th Nov 2009	Quite simply - NO !!
Jennifer Wilson	26th Nov 2009	Our family have used the Whittingto A& E at least four times in the past 12 years and it was literally a life-saver!
Sophie Hanscombe	26th Nov 2009	Oh no - I've had to rush to the Whittington A&E with my daughter (now 8) on three occasions and although I live 5 minutes away, they seemed among the longest journeys of my life! Can't actually bear to think about transporting a sick child to a more distant location. And they looked after her wonderfully, by the way...
Stephanie Till	26th Nov 2009
Steve O'Hear	26th Nov 2009	It's the best A&E I've been to in North London. Please don't close it.
shazzy carey	26th Nov 2009	i dont live here,,but i wish u luck,,with ya petition
DESMOND RILEY	26th Nov 2009	What labour is doing for islington residents is fantastic and we as a community need someone like you to fight on our behalf.please keep up the good work.
Kai-Lu Hsiung	26th Nov 2009
Adele Prince	26th Nov 2009
Alan Murray	26th Nov 2009
Joan James	26th Nov 2009	The Whittington hospital is a very important provider of our health care in this part of Islington. Over the 43 years of being an islington citizen and having lived in this part of Holloway from September 1974 therer have been a reduction in the amount of health services. The A&E is a life line to my family especially to my seven year old daugher who is often rushed to A&E at the Whittington Hospital with ongoing medical needs since she was born. I am pledging my support in saving the A&E at the Whittington Hospital.
Philip French	26th Nov 2009	The Whittington is a vital party ofthis area, neighbourhood and communiy.
Daniel Merriman	26th Nov 2009
Cathy Daniels	26th Nov 2009	We need a local hospital with A&E. The population of Islington is expected to increase significantly and once a hospital goes, it is gone for ever. The Royal Free is too hard to reach and UCH serves a very wide area already. Why should the public pay for the new PFI development if we don't get what we want from it?
Helen Wright	26th Nov 2009	Whittington A and E is a valuable service. We could get to A and E within 10 minutes if needs be. It could take 20/35 minutes to get to Royal Free or Longer to get to UCH. This could make the difference between life or death.
Maggie Black	26th Nov 2009	A&E Dept. must be saved. I have had experience of the service as an emergency and I hate to think that I could have been sent out of the neighbourhood. It is essential for the local community to have this service.
Leonie Northedge	26th Nov 2009
Shirley Prince	26th Nov 2009	You must keep this hospital open. Don't the powers that be understand it is essential. The staff are life savers.
Nicolas Peake	26th Nov 2009
Peter Owen	26th Nov 2009	The A&E Department is vital to our community it must stay
Lily Goodwin	26th Nov 2009	I live in Holloway and used the Whittingdon A&E twice when I was seriously ill in pregnancy. It would have been a serious health risk if I had had to travel to another hospital.
Julie Asbridge	26th Nov 2009	Good Luck with petition - yet another barmy idea from this government
Amanda Paulley	26th Nov 2009	It seems crazy to close the A & E, It has always been extremely busy when I have visited it(and with four children I have visited often enough) It will only mean the A & E that is designated to serve this area will be massively overloaded.
Reverend Stuart Wright	26th Nov 2009	We had to use the Wittington A&E for our 10month year old baby today. It was excellent service and I don't know what we would have done if it was not there. Please, please keep it open.
Peter Hollman	26th Nov 2009	I had no idea that closure is a possibility
Karen Glaser	26th Nov 2009
Sophie Humphreys	26th Nov 2009	I have made many a trip in the middle of the night with my kids to the Whittington A and E, particularly my daughter who suffers from asthma , I would be horrified if it were to close down. The service has always been excellent.
Professor John S Yudkin MD FRCP	26th Nov 2009	I have recently retired having been a Consultant and senior academic at the Whittington Hospital for 27 years, and before that during my undergraduate training and junior doctor posts. I have lived in North Islington for 38 years, and I and my family have used the Whittington on many occasions as a consumer. It is a local hospital serving a local population, combining dedication and personal care from a predominantly local workforce, while at the same time contributing to excellence in clinical care, teaching and research. Its catchment area, comprising north and central Islington, Wood Green and other parts of Haringey, makes it very difficult to imagine alternative accessible A and E care provision should the service be removed. Moreover the planning blight which would follow such a move would undoubtedly undermine integrated service and training in many specialties.
Sarah Sutcliffe	26th Nov 2009
Estela Thorp	26th Nov 2009
Rebecca Daynes	26th Nov 2009	Please don't close our local Whittington A&E. It would be to far & difficult to travel to other A&Es. The Whittington A&E is always busy and well used so why cut a service that is so necessary to us in this area?
Will Roche	26th Nov 2009	Government's plans to downsize our NHS are a disgrace. We must not let them make us, the general public, pay for their crisis. We must fight to save the Whittington Hospital.
caroline rose	26th Nov 2009	we need the whittington do take any of it away .
amanda keane	26th Nov 2009	i used to live next to the whittingham hospital and all my children were born there, it would be awfull for the a&e to be taken away, if i needed a hospital i would still go there even thou i have moved away.
Andrew Filis	26th Nov 2009
Jenny Fisher	26th Nov 2009
karen parrott	27th Nov 2009	When services are over stretched everywhere as it is, how can they think about closing these vital services? The area has lots of social housing and needs a local hospital which also serves neighbouring boroughs. Absolutely ludicrous decision!
David Poyser	27th Nov 2009	If you have young children, you need A&E for your piece of mind if nothing else. It took over an hour to take a child in car who could hardly breathe from Highbury to UCL on a Sunday. If she hadn't recovered in the car, I don't know what we would have done The Whittington A&E once saved the life of a suicidal partner
Aziz Raji	27th Nov 2009	It was the only one in this community
Dan Read	27th Nov 2009
Jo Dickinson	27th Nov 2009
Alison Memmott	27th Nov 2009	It's vital that this A&E is kept open. If this closes then who knows what other services provided by the hospital will be next?
Ben Memmott	27th Nov 2009
simon winchcombe	27th Nov 2009
Angela Royston	27th Nov 2009	It is essential that Whittington Hospital continues to provide high-level services in all areas, particularly in A&E and intensive care.
Christine Dyer	27th Nov 2009	Cannot believe that they are even thinking about this - just where do they want people to go when they have to go to hospital? They should try putting people first for a change - especially the elderly and those with long term illnesses - don't they think its hard enough for them. Try putting politics aside for a moment and think of the people living in this area.
Christine Rawson	27th Nov 2009
Caroline Gaskin	27th Nov 2009	Whittington A & E has served us well many times. Would be a dangerous move to withdraw the A & E dept at the Whittington. Highly likely many lives would be lost.
Robin Walsh	27th Nov 2009	No cuts!
Kevin Kelleher	27th Nov 2009
Manuel Reichetseder	27th Nov 2009
Maria-Concetta Sidoti	27th Nov 2009
Sevgul Ibrahim	27th Nov 2009
Ian Jackson	27th Nov 2009
David Wilson	27th Nov 2009	Archway / Holloway / Islington needs to retain this A& E at Whittington. There is no rational reason for closure.
Mike Calvert	27th Nov 2009	It is a disgrace that the Whittington is threatened like this. We need high quality free medical care for all, not axing of our services on the altar of profit and loss. Mike
Kerem Nisancioglu	27th Nov 2009
Dr. Brian Klug	27th Nov 2009
Fiona Monkman	27th Nov 2009
Colin Finney	27th Nov 2009	This department must not close. It is vital for the community and the sick. My Father has been in the Whittington A&E and without the dedication and professionalism of the staff, his life may not have been saved.
natasha kerr	27th Nov 2009	For such a residential area of london it is vital that we keep our emergency services and Intensive Care units..... I have spent many a night in the Whittington with friends who are unwell in A+E and the service is amazing.
Paula Hamilton	27th Nov 2009
Angela Reith	27th Nov 2009	Please don't put people's lives in danger by closing the Whittington's A&E
Zozi Goodman	27th Nov 2009	It is unacceptable that the Whittington should lose its A&E department. It is situated in a much poorer area than that of the Royal Free or UCH, and is needed by its community who cannot easily access the Royal Free by public transport - it's in the middle of nowhere. It's also impossible to imagine taking anyone who needs urgent medical treatment by road to the Royal Free or UCH -even by blue-flashing ambulance. Lives could literally be lost if this happens, let alone the impossibility of low-income families trekking to see sick hospitalised children in other areas of the borough. It's a matter of justice and inequality as much as health.
Alan Wylie	27th Nov 2009	I have used the A&E Dept several times over the years and rate it as excellent. Cut bankers bonuses not health care.
Michele Hanson	27th Nov 2009	The Whittington is my local hospital, it saved my mother's life, the A&E and intensive care departments have been vital to my family on numerous occasions. It is a great comfort to know that it is there, looking after the local community, and we will all feel less secure without it. Please leave all its services where they are. We need them all.
Maggie Fuller	27th Nov 2009	how can they think of closing down a very busy locally accessible A and E and sending vulnerable and elderly patients to other sites well outside the local area. It does not make sense, local people in islington require the A and E to remain where it is.
Dion Goncalves	27th Nov 2009	Please rethink this seriously, it will be a great loss and at a cost of someone's life if this happens.
Charlotte Beckett	27th Nov 2009	Sometimes its reputation preceeds it, but the Whittington is a good local hospital, and removing a vital service such as the A & E seems like a false economy. It has a wide catchment area, and removing it will put extra pressure on the already busy UCH and Royal Free.
Charlie Shillibeer	27th Nov 2009	Totally outraged by this, taking away A&E from the people of Islington,Camden,Kentish Town,Highgate..ect ect..... What are these people thinking of, where the hell is the nearest A&E to the public of these borough's..? Doh...!!!! What bunch of berks... Probably life threating, a bloody joke....
Lucy Paul	27th Nov 2009	I oppose to the possibility of major services, of accident and emergency and intensive care departments at the Whittington being withdrawn.
Tollington community association	27th Nov 2009	Please please for the sake of everbody do not close the A&E at the Whittington Hospital. Our community are extremely proud and have every right to this A&E Think carefully about the consequences and public outcry even at this early stage of the potential closure.
Anna Limerick	27th Nov 2009
Anne Aylor	27th Nov 2009	I fiercely oppose the closure of the Whittington's A&E and ICU. It is my local hospital and I want to have it operating (pardon the pun). Lives will undoubtedly be lost if the Whittington's Accident and Emergency and ICU are withdrawn.
Damian Kelleher	27th Nov 2009
tricia leathem	27th Nov 2009
Francesca Simon	27th Nov 2009	I am appalled at the thought of withdrawing A and E services from a major teaching hospital. The Whittington serves a huge area of London and the lack of A and E services would leave many of us with a long distance to travel in case of emergency.
Joan Grant	27th Nov 2009	Whittington is an essential and very useful hospital in the community.It is very near for regular users who can make their own way to the hospital in case of an emergency.
Lesley Brookis	27th Nov 2009
felicitas onwuta	27th Nov 2009	please save the service
Evie Winter	27th Nov 2009
Candy Gourlay	27th Nov 2009
linda geary	27th Nov 2009
Stephanie Meth-Gibson	27th Nov 2009
Natascha Gunnell	27th Nov 2009	Why did they bother doing it up?
Virginia Clee	27th Nov 2009
William Gaminara	27th Nov 2009
d.c.thomas	27th Nov 2009
Olly Parker	27th Nov 2009
Michael Gwinnell	27th Nov 2009
Sharon McDuell	27th Nov 2009
roger michell	27th Nov 2009
Chris Ray	27th Nov 2009	As a past resident in N6 I appreciate the need for a local A & E that is readily accessible to all who live and work in this heavily populated location.
Catherin Buckley	27th Nov 2009
victoria harper-ward	27th Nov 2009
Monica Whitlock	27th Nov 2009	My son has asthma. He can get instant treatment at the Whittington in an emergency. UCH is half an hour away.
Jane Blundell	27th Nov 2009	The area round the Whittington is home to a lot of people with complex and demanding needs, including people without access to private transport, and people with young children. We need a hospital we can get to rapidly and easily, which is on the doorstep in emergencies and not miles away from us and our families.
E. Jenkins	27th Nov 2009	These proposals are beyond belief!
P. Msimang	28th Nov 2009
Ed Bober	28th Nov 2009
Antonia Benedek	28th Nov 2009	The Whittington has a significant catchment area especially for A and E. For example anyone living on or near the Holloway Rd would find it almost impossible to get to UCH or the Royal Free as fast and as easily as they can to the Whittington
Jane Steedman	28th Nov 2009	The Whittington is the a and e I have used for over twenty years for myself and two children. Because I live near I did not need to call for an ambulance. Being able to pick up and run to the hospital saved time, and possibly saved medical services because of the excellent and swift treatment there, e.g., for burns and a child's breathing difficulties, an allergic reaction needing instant attention.
Professor C W THOMPSON	28th Nov 2009
Anna Kruger	28th Nov 2009
Antonella Mancini	28th Nov 2009	The A&E are vital services for londoners and especially local people.
sabohat khamroeva	28th Nov 2009
Val Rutt	28th Nov 2009
frank sinnott	28th Nov 2009
andrew smith	28th Nov 2009	INSTEAD OF SPENDING ALL THAT MONEY ON THE OLYMPICS SPEND IT ON WORTH WHILE CAUSES LIKE THE NHS, ME AND MY FAMILY HAVE USED THE WHITTINGTON MANY TIMES A GREAT HOSPITAL LEAVE IT ALONE
MICHEAL SMITH	28th Nov 2009	keep the hospital open
Anne Williams	28th Nov 2009	It is essential that the Whittington retain A&E services. My sons and I have on so many occasions received outstanding care there. We have no car, and it is important to be able to access a hospital by mini-cab or bus - one of my sons had a throat abcess last month - an ambulance wasn't needed, but emergency care was, in the middle of the night. Two summers ago, he broke his collarbone: again, you don't need an ambulance for that, but you do need an easily accessible A&E. More and more housing is built in Islington every year. We need MORE services, not fewer. Thank you.
Judith Matheson	28th Nov 2009	The Whittington serves a large local community and if A&E and intensive care are withdrawn people will have to travel great distances for treatment. Surely having spent so much money updating the hospital it is vital to keep these major services?
Peter Rodgers	28th Nov 2009	They should stick to government policy - a major hospital such as the Whittington without A&A makes no sense.
Christine Peters	28th Nov 2009	I was most upset to hear that there is talk of closing the Whittington A&E department. It is a fundamental service to local people. I have been there on occasions and had to wait for more than 5 hours. If we all have to go to the Royal Northern it will be a nightmare. Not only that, is it far away and difficult to get to by public transport from Crouch End and Archway. What are the justifications for the possible closure?
THomas Cooper	28th Nov 2009	A&E is a front line service - cut something else!
carolyn cohn	28th Nov 2009	this is a worrying development. the whittington is very convenient for public transport and there are some streets not too far away where it is possible to park. neither of this is true of the royal free. it is extremely hard to travel across london from eg crouch end/muswell hill to the royal free by public transport. the hospital is not even near a tube. i don't think people will feel confident of being seen in time in an emergency.
Saba Rahi	28th Nov 2009	I am also against any privatisation!
Ruth Valentine	28th Nov 2009	There is now no general hospital and no A&E in Haringey. If the Whittington A&E closes, we will be forced to add to the already excessive queues at the North Middlesex. The Whittington serves a large area, and does so with skill and sensitivity. If it is downgraded to 'local,' it will inevitably decline, with highly qualified staff attracted to the more high-profile hospitals.
Barbara Newman	28th Nov 2009
Pete McAskie	29th Nov 2009	Do we want a budget health service or a quality one? For me spending on a good quality health service is a top priority. Pete McAskie Green Party candidate Hornsey & Wood Green
Janet.Maer	29th Nov 2009
Nasser Baston	29th Nov 2009	We have to fight tooth and nail to defend and improve our NHS.
Wendy Keenan	29th Nov 2009	The search to uphold the hopes and aspirations for public health that brought the NHS into being have not been exhausted by any means . . . decisions affecting access to public health cannot be led by the interests of profit - this is about people . . . they need to be included in the debate, properly . . .
Carmel Elwell	29th Nov 2009
colin tull	29th Nov 2009
V. Anne Macdonald	29th Nov 2009	The A & E Department at the Whittington Hospital provides a vital, excellent, and readily accessible service to a large community from a large geographical area. It should not only remain open but the plans to refurbish it, along with the newly built and recently refurbished areas of the Hospital (which are excellent), should continue. To shift A & E services from the Whittington either to the Royal Free, the North Middlesex or UCLH will only emphasise the west/east class/income divide in north London as well as making access to A & E very difficult indeed for many. An excellent A & E Department at the Whittington MUST be included in NHS plans.
Will Rodgers	29th Nov 2009
Kate Macdonald	29th Nov 2009
Colin Sutherland	29th Nov 2009
Elize Truter	29th Nov 2009
Ian Aitken	29th Nov 2009	I am staggered that anyone would even think about closing the Whittington's A&E department. It should be literally unthinkable. But how odd that the idea has come up so soon after the completion of the preposterously expensive---and entirely useless---atrium, which now requires us all to walk substantial distances from the bus stop to get to the entrance.
Peter Budge	29th Nov 2009
Anthony Roberts	29th Nov 2009
Sue Berger	29th Nov 2009	I support it staying open but only if it is properly resourced. I know from acquaintances who have used it that there have been some serious errors in A+E in the last year due to a lack of sufficiently senior staff being available outside Mon-Fri 9-5.
Suzanne Wilson	29th Nov 2009	It is essential for their safety, health and wellbeing that the people of North Islington have a good local hospital with a full range of clinical services. It is not good use of public money to be constantly reorganising healthcare; safeguard the health services we currently have.
Elizabeth Stevenson	29th Nov 2009
Liz Ixer	29th Nov 2009
Peter Wilson	29th Nov 2009
lizzie shannon	29th Nov 2009	I am totally opposed to any depletion in our a&e services - we need them locally and we need them at the Whittington.
Chris Ashby	29th Nov 2009	A&E's save lives!
Bruce Robinson	29th Nov 2009
Jill Dougan	29th Nov 2009
Georgia Rodgers	29th Nov 2009
Jayne Forbes	29th Nov 2009	It is important to have our local hospitals local. I have used this hospital for many years, had both my children there and as I am now getting older, feel even more the benefit of being able to go somewhere which is close to me.
nafisa	29th Nov 2009
Adam Cook	29th Nov 2009	What evidence base can support the value of local acute services- It would be most inconvenient to relocate A&E.
Madeline Lyne	29th Nov 2009
e.m. armstrong-perlman	29th Nov 2009	I wish to back the campaign for retention of the A&E at Whittington Hospital.. It is a significant resource. I am eternally grateful for the prompt care fort my son who was diagnosed with appendicitis.
linda booth	29th Nov 2009
Eugenie Denchfield	29th Nov 2009
grace newby	29th Nov 2009
Henry Mott	29th Nov 2009
Koullis Kyriacou Mr	29th Nov 2009	It is absolutely vital that this service remains open. I am acutely aware of its value having had two elderly parents so well taken care of recently.
susie sutton	29th Nov 2009	It is outrageous to think of closing the A&E unit at the Whittington. Millions of pounds have recently been wasted on building the glass atrium at the front of the hospital which is an entirely superficial addition to the building and doesn't help to save anybodys life. This money should have been spent on updating and modernising the A&E department which is extraordinarily grim. Perhaps plans already existed then to close it down? No doubt the closure of A&E at the Wittington will be described as 'improving services". This is what happened when local post offices and police stations were closed and everyone knows that the end result has been anything but an improvement in services for the public.
Jillian Sharp	29th Nov 2009
Dr Jane Wheatley	29th Nov 2009	It would be foolhardy and dangerous to close this A&E department - it is very busy and this community relies on it. The ITU department is a vital part of any modern hospital - it would be madness to close it. I can't think what people are thinking proposing to close these key services. Ludicrous.
Deborah Shewell	29th Nov 2009
Paula Kitt	30th Nov 2009
kirsty reid	30th Nov 2009	My family has used the Whittington A+E department on a number of occasions. Child's broken arm, husband's torn miniscus ligament...I would feel very insecure knowing that there was no A+E within easy reach of our home and our children's school..
Theresa Ward	30th Nov 2009
Paula chung	30th Nov 2009
Ian Denchfield	30th Nov 2009	Accident and Emergency departments are being closed at numerous hospitals in London, which results in greater travelling distances both for the public and the Emergency Services which inevitably results, in real emergencys such as strokes, heart attacks, motor accidents etc, in medical complications or indeed deaths.
Neil Jenkins	30th Nov 2009	The withdrawal of an A&E service at the Whittington would not merely be an inconvenience to those in the catchment area of the Whittington but also I would suggest have a seriously detrimental (possibly life-threatening) effect on those who are forced to travel further to receive this service.
Mationesa Shoniwa	30th Nov 2009
Ian Mckay	30th Nov 2009	I have twice needed to visit the A&E department at the Whittington and am extremely grateful to the staff for their help on both occasions. Had that facility not been available to me I hate to think what the consequences might have been.
J Cadisch	30th Nov 2009
Anne Gray	30th Nov 2009	The closure of the Whittington would be a disaster for residents of Haringey, who already have NO A and E facility within the borough boundary. The N. Middlesex and Royal Free are too far away for safety particularly given current levels of traffic congestion.
Pamela Welson	30th Nov 2009	Rather than closing this down, there should be more investment in this essential facility.
Rebecca Longworth	30th Nov 2009
Jeremy Taylor	30th Nov 2009
Celine Vousden	30th Nov 2009
Dr. Monica Lascar	30th Nov 2009	This hospital provides great services to it\'s local people, many of whom are from a diverse ethnic background, often with multiple socio-economic challenges. Such closures would clearly limit options for many of the residents in this area.
Dr A Yunus	30th Nov 2009
sybil ashton	30th Nov 2009	It is a shocking fact that unelected people from the house of lords can decide on anything to do with our health service. We pay for it through our taxes all our working lives whilst they sit on high, possibly using private facilities (until they need intensive care services of course) and seem to think they're entitled to make any decisions at all. This is the result of a 'labour' government that has decided to let the market take over from the commonsense running of the economy to keep things looking good: but its come a cropper recently so they'll have to make the workers pay for their mess.
srinivasulu narayana	30th Nov 2009
Rakhia Ismail	30th Nov 2009
Amanda Tata	30th Nov 2009
Alexandra Davidson	30th Nov 2009
Louise Power	30th Nov 2009	We have used the Whittington A&E a few times in the past and always had excellent care Thank you. It is our nearest A&E and we would not wish it to be closed.
Rosalind Nowell-Smith	30th Nov 2009	The Whittingtom A&E is an important local resource which must not be lost
David Nowell-Smith	30th Nov 2009
Geoffrey Nowell-Smith	30th Nov 2009
Susan Robinson	30th Nov 2009	There seems to be a risk that A&E services will be reduced at North Middlesex, so retention of A&E at the Whittington is absolutely vital
Darshna Patel	30th Nov 2009
kate lock	30th Nov 2009	It must not happen. We rely on the Whittington A&E. Let it be said that all who work in that department have served us well, and the local community trust in you and could not manage with out you.
Andrew Dicker	30th Nov 2009
Paul Harder	30th Nov 2009	The current accident and emergency unit is important to the whole community and should remain. My family have all had to use the facility at sometime. Not everyone has has a car and this hosital has good transport facilities.
Laura Collier-Dyson	30th Nov 2009
louiseloft	30th Nov 2009	yes i support this campaign 100 percent
Julia Mountain	30th Nov 2009
Desmond Smith	30th Nov 2009	I am against this potential closure and this hospital should be saved for all
m.sully	30th Nov 2009	The threat to The Whittington Hospital and to the North Middlesex Hospital A and Es in terms of closures or reduction of services will cause deaths. Tens of thousands attend the Whittington A and E every year how will the other hospitals ever cope with these extra people without care and services being affected. I live in Harringay, if I have an accident or heart attack at home I will be doomed as the extra time to go to other hospitals through traffic will be too great.
Ann Anderson	30th Nov 2009
Ben Swift	30th Nov 2009
Nicki Schmiegelow	30th Nov 2009
Gareth White	30th Nov 2009
Susan Davis	30th Nov 2009	This is an outrageous move and can only be seen as a cost cutting reason for the possible closure A&E. This is a teaching hospital and the needs of the community are at risk by this possible closure. I recently went to the A&E with what was thought of at the time a heart attack. Fortunately for me this wasn't so but the care and attention I received was excellent and confidence building in the NHS
George Binette	30th Nov 2009
Conor Dignam	30th Nov 2009	Generations of my family have received care and treatment at this hospital - including both my young sons. It is vital for the community in that area of north London and must be retained.
Nikki Shepperd	30th Nov 2009
sara	30th Nov 2009
Alison Wren	30th Nov 2009	The Whittington A+E department has provided an invaluable service to the local area including superb quality paediatric A+E which my family and friends have had to use a number of times in the last 4 years. In my experience the quality of this service is infinitely superior to that at the Royal Free Hospital. The end of the A+E at the Whittington would mean the downgrading of all acute medical and surgical services on this site and should not be allowed to happen. If this goes through I will certainly be using my vote to help to ensure that the current government is no longer in power after the next general election.
John Nunney	30th Nov 2009	The dense population of North London and its frequently jammed streets means that ambulances must not have far to travel take accident and emergency victims to suitable treatment centres. The Whittington should retain its Accident and Emergency Department despite the cost . I realise that this will necessitate associated specialities also being retained, for example Intensive Care, but the costs should be maintained.
Marcia Lord	30th Nov 2009
Luci Davin	30th Nov 2009
Maureen Carey	30th Nov 2009	Although the Whittington is located in the west of Haringey, the A & E also serves my area in North London. I happen to live closer to the North Middlesex in Edmonton and that A & E would probably be my first point of call. However there could be future possibilities of me being referred to the Whittington for a specialized treatment or in case of accident on the west side of Haringey, be taken to Whittington's A & E. Therefore this life-saving A & E for so many residents in Haringey must stay open, as is. Health emergencies to the public must not suffer during this economic downturn and recession. This financial crisis was not the public's fault and therefore they should not suffer health service reductions due to central government directives for money-saving health service cutbacks. Healthcare should remain a top priority--for everyone. Thank you.
Stephen NG	1st Dec 2009	We have been using Whittington for a long long time, the demand is increasing and not decreasing. It is vital to the local community.
ANNE MACKIEWICZ	1st Dec 2009	These are invaluable services and should not be closed.
Matt Burge	1st Dec 2009	Whittington is essential to our young family, including having an A&E dept close by to where we live. Bus access is very good. For the alternatives bus access is not good at all from Haringey. The Whittington must keep its major services.
clare finnigan	1st Dec 2009
Paul Formosa	1st Dec 2009
Angus Evers	1st Dec 2009
Sian Errington	1st Dec 2009
M. Ulltveit-Moe	1st Dec 2009
Johanne Mills	1st Dec 2009
shreena patel	1st Dec 2009	save it
Frederick Clark	1st Dec 2009	A&E and Intensive Care Services are needed at the Whittington and must be kept
Katherine Parcell	1st Dec 2009	Save the Whittington!
Lucy Rigby	1st Dec 2009
richard downes	1st Dec 2009	don't close it without having a good alternative. I've used A&E at the whittingham and found it to be a very good service bearing in mind how many people go through the doors
M.Cooke	1st Dec 2009	It is vital that these services are kept open-lives will depend on it.
Diana Holland	1st Dec 2009
Bob Goldsmith	1st Dec 2009	Locally accessible accident and emergency units are the bedrock of the NHS, valued by their local communities and vital. Do not close the Whittington's Unit, the travelling times to the more distant Royal Free Hospital could jeopardise the health of local people in times of emergency.
Munni Begum	1st Dec 2009	Please do not close the A&E Service as we will require this service in emergency cases.
Angelo Weekes	1st Dec 2009	Islington Labour will do everything in there power to keep A and E services at the Whittington.
Abdur Choudhury	1st Dec 2009	I can not believe how a proposal of closing A & E can come about.I and my wife and children visited this hospital for several time a year over the last 35 years i am living in this address. Please do not close it
Charles Pottins	1st Dec 2009	The area around the Whittington is both residential and very busy with traffic, workplaces, pubs, schools etc. It needs an A&E handy for both local residents and people visiting or travelling through the area.
Farzad	1st Dec 2009
SARAH CLARK	1st Dec 2009	We need our hospital in this area
Geoff Moody	1st Dec 2009	These services are essential to the local population and must not be closed. NHS London need to think again about their proposals before they cause permanent damage to the best public service ever done for this country.
simon barlow	1st Dec 2009
Verity Bullough	1st Dec 2009	It is vital that A&E services remain at The Whittington. Having recently given birth (at The Whittington) I need to know that emergency care for my baby would be within easy and expert reach.
Carolyne Worman	1st Dec 2009
Jean-Roger Kaseki	1st Dec 2009	This is why we should all campaign and fight to save the Whittington Hospital's A & E department. Whittington Hopital's A & E depatrment offered better health for everyone in need of emergency treatment. Thousands and thousands of patients who are received every year by the A & E will not received accessible healthcare services they would need. This is one of the best A & E in London as patients are seen, diagnosed and treated within the A & E Hospital waiting time targets. Closing the A & E would make Whittington Hospital miss the Quality care commission national standards. Every year, Whittington Hospital's A & E treats cancer patients, refers stroke patients for treatment to the National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, treats patients in maternity, neo-natal and other health services. Referrals from the Whittington Hospital's A & E to other specialist hospitals are vital because they are saving thousands of lives. A stroke is a sudden weakness or other loss of function in a part of the body caused when a blood vessel blocks or bursts, depriving part of the brain of its blood supply. The most urgent issue when a patient arrives in hospital with a stroke is to act fast enough to save surrounding brain tissue which may be damaged, but not destroyed, by restoring blood flow to the area and minimising the damage. If the Whittington Hospital's A & E is colsed, how could it be possible to act swiftly and urgently to save stroke patients? Without an A & E department, Whittington Hospital will not be able to transform stroke care. When I had my sroke couple years ago, I was saved by the A & E at the Whittington Hospital as they quickly diagnosed I was having a stroke after a CT Scan and I was referred straightway to the National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery for emergency treatment. Without the A & E , I would have not survived. So, keep the A & E at the Whittington Hospital to continue saving lives.
G Morton	1st Dec 2009	Please keep our Whittington A and E open.It is good;it is serving a significant area;it is needed.
Alice Richards	1st Dec 2009
Kate Barker	1st Dec 2009
Helen Poplett	1st Dec 2009
Lucy Whitman	1st Dec 2009	I strongly oppose proposals to withdraw accident and emergency and intensive care services from the Whittington Hospital. This would lead to a much longer journey for both patients and family visitors, which could be dangerous for the patients and extremely inconvenient for family members visiting. The local population of Haringey and Islington need a responsive and reliable local service.
Louise Lewis	1st Dec 2009	We have used the Whittington from time to time and each time it HAS been an emergency where we wouldn't be able to go to the local GP or Health Centre. the Whittington A&E was excellent but the one time I had to go to The Royal Free A&E, it was appalling. I certainly do not think they could cope with the extra numbers when they can't cope adequately now. There used to be an A&E in Highgate itself but it closed. We need an A&E that is close.
Kathleen Conneally	1st Dec 2009
Eileen Willett	1st Dec 2009
Tamara Joseph	1st Dec 2009
Philippa Manby	1st Dec 2009
Lucy Reese	1st Dec 2009	I think the Whittington is a wonderful hospital that does a fantastic job of serving the local community. Both my children were born there and I will do everything I can to protect all its services
V Loesch	1st Dec 2009	The Royal Free & UCH will not be able to cope with another 80,000 A&E patients, even between them. And what would happen if there was a pandemic or a serious incident?
Margaret Coffey	2nd Dec 2009
FIONA IRONS	2nd Dec 2009
theresa tettenborn	2nd Dec 2009	i have use the service a few times with my daughter and realy need it.
John Grant	2nd Dec 2009
Tricia Kelly	2nd Dec 2009	If Whittington A & E were to close, many people - the old and disabled especially - would be deprived of reasonably easy access to emergency services within that part of north london, with all the difficulties that would cause.
Sue Godsell	2nd Dec 2009
David Abse	2nd Dec 2009
Henrietta Snoaden	2nd Dec 2009	I had not heard that the A & E at the Whittington Hospital may be in danger before now and can't believe that this could be a consideration.
Frank Pycroft	2nd Dec 2009	My wife and I use the Whittington a lot - the idea of going by public transport to the Royal Free from Upper Holloway is a nightmare. After being told by the management of the Whittington what a superb hospital it is - and it is - how come we suddenly get told that the NHS want to cut it to bits! The sheer cheek of it astounds me. If the bankers are at the root of all this nonsense, then send them the bills!!
Elizabeth Bryant	2nd Dec 2009
Janet Sangster	2nd Dec 2009	We need the A+E in the local area
Katie McCrory	2nd Dec 2009	I was born in the Whittington, as was my Dad. It's important that it retains it's ability to handle all levels of care, from emergency through to the elderly. Having an A&E department is a fundamental part of this.
Neela Moorghen	2nd Dec 2009
Monica Shortt	2nd Dec 2009
Sarah Derry	2nd Dec 2009
Julian SIlverman	2nd Dec 2009	FIGHT THE CREEPING PRIVATISATION OF THE NHS. STOP THE CUTS. KEEP PRIVATE PROFIT OUT OF HEALTH CARE. FOR A FULLY SALARIED HEALTH SERVICE. NATIONALISE THE DRUG COMPANIES. RESTORE FULLY ELECTED HEALTH MANAGEMENT BOARDS. SAVE THE NHS
Jan Pollock	2nd Dec 2009	I am a resident of South Haringey. As an insulin-dependent diabetic, a range of Whittington depts - including A&E have kept me fit and active as a teacher and active trades unionist all my working life. Whittington A&E brought me back to consciousness just a few months ago ; the staff were fast, efficient and full of care. I am not in any political party, but demand to know why the Government is willing to spend many billions a year on foreign wars, and now wants to cut billions from London NHS emergency services! No wonder Jeremy Corbyn, myself and many thousands of others have signed www.thepeoplescharter.com
Darren Sanderson	2nd Dec 2009
Louise Meldrum	2nd Dec 2009
Imogen Pennell	2nd Dec 2009
Alexander Gardiner	2nd Dec 2009	This is madness.
Dr K Modha	2nd Dec 2009	closing the whittington will have dire consequences for the local population, furthering health inequalities. keep it open!
sarah boyle	2nd Dec 2009
Vanessa Farinha	3rd Dec 2009	My Father may not have been alive is this hospital wasnt so close.
Peter Miles	3rd Dec 2009
Narendra Makanji	3rd Dec 2009
Angela Bachini	3rd Dec 2009	The Whittington\'s A&E department provides a vital service to the local community. It should not be closed.
Robbie de Santos	3rd Dec 2009	The community needs it! To the North and the East there's no A&E for miles and miles....
Tim friedman	3rd Dec 2009	I have been to A&E at the Whittington about 4 times in the past 4 years, and every time I have been I have had to wait for hours to be seen because it is so busy. They should be expanding it, not closing it down. How are people supposed to get all the way to the Royal Free from Archway? Ridiculous.
Sandy Marks	3rd Dec 2009
Paul Bernays	3rd Dec 2009
Kristine Rank	3rd Dec 2009	I live in South Tottenham and have used the now revamped and dedicated childrens A&E which works very well. How far are you supposed to travel with a distressed child? It is important to keep vital services within the community. And the numbers speak for themselves: 80 000 people have been treated in the A&E department each at the Whittington and the Royal Free. How would the service be if you just had the one facility? Think about waiting times and the overstretched and overworked staff as it is already?!
James Bradley	3rd Dec 2009
John Weller	3rd Dec 2009	It's a long way from Archway to Belsize Park.
C.J.P. Clayton	3rd Dec 2009	If this service were to be lost, it would impoverish a very considerable area. It is feasible, however difficult it may be in some cases, to plan to travel for specific treatments - but everyone needs A&E to be as local as possible. The NHS should be aiming for more local A&E, not less; other services/departments might conceivably be candidates for centralisation, but not A&E.
zadoc nava	3rd Dec 2009	The Whittington is a fantastic hospital and vital to the needs of the local community. We certainly require the A&E services and if would be grossly unfair on the surrounding area if the services at the hospital were scaled down.
Caroline Walton	3rd Dec 2009
Lisa Stillman	3rd Dec 2009	I strongly object to the A&E and intensive care services being removed from the Whittington Hospital
Clive Boutle	3rd Dec 2009
Anne Schlottmann	3rd Dec 2009
Suzanne Newcombe	3rd Dec 2009	The Whittington needs its A&E department, although it might be near the Royal Free as the crow flys - the huge expanse of Hampstead Heath means that the two hospitals serve very different geographical catchments considering most people come by car. Getting around the Heath at rush our to the other hospital could take an hour.
Mike McKinlay	3rd Dec 2009
Matteo Mazzola	3rd Dec 2009	The Whittington A&E unit saves lives daily, closing it would endanger the public Heal & Safety. SAVE LIVES NOT MONEY.
Dafne Solera	3rd Dec 2009	SAVE LIVES NOT MONEY
Karen KOCH	3rd Dec 2009	The Whittington Hospital is a valuable asset to healthcare in North London and has undergone a major rebuilding programme. The Whittington receives into its accident and emergency department alone approximately 80,000 patients annually and offers services including maternity, neo-natal, cancer, day surgery and more. The threat of a merger is a disgrace and will damage healthcare services in the area.
Jacqui Shields	3rd Dec 2009	I oppose the closure of the services because as a local resident I have found it to be of huge benefit, especially when my children were younger and the GP was unvailable. It is reassuring to know that the service is there to be used by the public and I am happy that my taxes go towards it. Our health service is under threat and this is one more "rationalisation" too far. The provision of these services seem to be heading towards a third class service and not the first class one we all deserve. The Royal Free is already a nightmare to get to and the parking charges absolutely outrageous. NO to any closure.
Caroline Oakes	3rd Dec 2009	This would be a total disaster: emergencies need quick access. The Royal Free is not conveniently placed for patients coming from Archway, Crouch End and beyond. Judging by how busy A & E at the Whittington always is, how can another hospital cope adequately with all its patients? I thought a large amount of money had recently been spent on upgrading Whittington: is this money going down the drain along with all the other wasted initiatives from our government?
Marianne Cadbury	3rd Dec 2009	To lose this irreplaceable local facility would be a dereliction of duty to future generations for their well being.
Helen Kwan	3rd Dec 2009
Bisi Williams	3rd Dec 2009	A&E at the Whit is a vital local resource. NHS London must give our community the guarantee it needs - that we will continue to have the hospital services we so badly need.
S.L.Wheton Rus	3rd Dec 2009	it would be a disaster to close the A & E and intensive care units at the Whittington. Yet another service being taken away by the tax payer!
John Dowsett	3rd Dec 2009
Maxine Ball	3rd Dec 2009	We have a lot of older and vulnerable people who live close to the Whittington and i fear if the A&E is closed these peoples lives would be put at risk.
philip lewis	3rd Dec 2009	Best of luck in your campain Philip Lewis Camden UNISON C&E Convenor Camden UNISON Labour Link Officer
Katie Plews	3rd Dec 2009
Laura Fallace	3rd Dec 2009
Neeta Kataria	3rd Dec 2009	Please do not cut services ..Keep Whittington
Stan Pound	3rd Dec 2009
Les Levidow	3rd Dec 2009
Frank Jacobs	3rd Dec 2009
Natasha gomperts	3rd Dec 2009	The Whittington is accessible to a large urban population who cannot easily access the Royal Free. It has huge support in its community and is an invaluable local resource. The proposed cut would be huge compromise to those whom it would effect directly. It takes decades to build the facilities and knowledges of good practice of Hospitals such as the Whittington. The loss of such a universally important facility would be a step backwards in our modern society.
Anna Kusner	3rd Dec 2009
John Black	3rd Dec 2009
Tony Baker	3rd Dec 2009	When will the politicians learn that people want LOCAL services - school, hospital, chemist etc - and that this is good for the environment because of reduced travelling requirements; and that large size often does not produce economies of scale but a lack of management focus and staff commitment so producing lower quality of service.
Hannah Essex	3rd Dec 2009
Sarah Salmo	3rd Dec 2009
Stephen Hill	3rd Dec 2009	After all the investment in remodelling the hospital, this feels like a kick in the teeth for people who live round here, and gives the impression that the NHS hasn't a clue what it's doing. So much for giving NHS trusts freedom! More of the hypocrisy that makes a nonsense of the Labour and Conservative promises about choice. The only real choice I want is a decent hospital that serves the part of London that I live in, and that I can get to quickly and easily by public transport. What more do we need?
Ian Bucknell	3rd Dec 2009	The investment in the Whittington means that its is arguably the best hospital in the area and its A & E unit has improved out of all recognition. Given the poor local road quality, humps etc it is difficult to see how an acceptable service could be provided to this large area of London. The Royal Northern A & E was closed some years ago to allow the W to take over. The Royal Free seems to be in melt down.
Manuela Bruce-Clayton	3rd Dec 2009	We must not let this absurd and irresponsible plan to go ahead. Haringey residents need to have a A&E they can go to in a reasonable time. The Royal Free is not exactly around the corner in an emergency!
Lisa Syne	3rd Dec 2009	We need to keep this local service. Are we all expected to go to royal free?
Neil Rogers	3rd Dec 2009
Stephanie Allison	3rd Dec 2009
Cathy Hayward	3rd Dec 2009
Alan Perry	3rd Dec 2009	I got a cab to the Whit A&E when I was having a heart attack (in consultation with my GP). I am sure the proximity greatly assisted my recovery (to say the least). I have also enjoyed potentially sight saving surgery at Moorfields, just half an hour away by bus. It struck me that the decision to close overnight stays there took no economic account of the value of the time of patients, partners, parents and carers in making the extra trips to and fro for the inevitable followup checkups. Ditto the putative move to Pond Street.
Diana Oppenheimer	3rd Dec 2009
Martin Underwood	3rd Dec 2009	A&E facilities are desperately needed in this area and needs cannot be adequately met at other hospitals, which are already overstretched. Lives will be lost if these services are withdrawn; to function efficiently, A&E services must be LOCAL. There is also a real fear that closing of A&E services would be the start of a process leading ultimately to closure of the Whittington Hospital.
Katy Gold	3rd Dec 2009	I am horrified at the possibility of the Whittington Hospital losing its A & E department. The hospital is ideally located and so well served by public transport that it is accessible from most of north east London. Removing A & E would be a crime!
Catherine Holly	4th Dec 2009
Zafer Ogur Arslan	4th Dec 2009
Anita Colloms	4th Dec 2009	I have spent the last year following up a complaint I made to the A&E for the purpose of improvement and local access. I have had thoughtful and courteous responses after some delay for which I have received an apology. The Whittington is well located by public transport which the RFH is not. Please save and improve.
Moira Doherty	4th Dec 2009	Please keep the A&E and intensive care services at the Whittington. Many local people would not be able to easily get to a hospital further away in an emergency. Having to go further afield would also really add to the distress and stress of having a family member or good friend in intensive care.
Carol Vincent	4th Dec 2009
Elif Kaban	4th Dec 2009	We think it is an absolute priority for Whittington to keep its A&E unit. We pay our Council Tax exactly for vital services such as this and we feel very strongly they must continue.
Claire Tunley	4th Dec 2009
Dodie Lerpiniere	4th Dec 2009
Sandra Cashmore	4th Dec 2009	I am against the closure of A & E and intensive care services from Whittington Hospital.
Steve Cross	4th Dec 2009
Andy Burrows	4th Dec 2009
Dr Gill Yudkin	4th Dec 2009	I am a retired GP (Kentish Town) and some of my patients lived in the catchment area of the Whittington and valued its service. I have lived in N Islington for 38 years and I and my family have all used the Whittington because it is our local hospital. it is widely agreed that the closure of an A&E department sounds the death knell of a hospital. this must not be allowed to happen. Travel around London either by public or private transport is difficult and takes time. The reality of current A&E users being as easily able to access the Royal Free is nonsense. My patients found the RFH A&E department difficult in terms of waiting time ? 500,000 more patients a year?... the mind boggles!
Deborah Woodford	4th Dec 2009	It is essential that we keep an A&E and intensive care unit at the Whittington. This is a very densely populated area (getting denser every year) and needs this local facility. At times of emergency any delay is very stressful and possibly harmful - making people travel further, many of whom will not have their own transport, is unfair and will end up putting greater stress on the ambulance service.
Mary Collins	4th Dec 2009	I think it is essential the Whittington continues to exist and to have an A&E department - the greater time taken to reach the Royal Free could be vitally important in an emergency.
Natalie Alexander	4th Dec 2009	I think it is disgusting, that now they have revamped the whittington there are plans to trim it down. First the A & E what next?
abdul hamid	4th Dec 2009	i want whittington Hospital to syay forever.
Mr Anu Mitra	4th Dec 2009	I owe my life to the Whittington and its staff. I developed meningitis immediately after I was born and was in the SCBU for a month. My mother was even asked to organise last rites at one point. Since then I have gone back to work in Whittington A&E as a doctor and have seen what a well-run department it is, and how a large part of North London depends on it. Closure would both be a disaster for North London and for the neighbouring A&E departments of The Homerton, UCH and the Royal Free.
Eileen O\'Dwyer	4th Dec 2009
Mary Ryan	4th Dec 2009
Gemma Egan-Perkins	4th Dec 2009
Judy Smith	4th Dec 2009
Julian Smith-Becker	4th Dec 2009	The Whittington has received international attention and respect as an example of investment in health and of the excellent care delivered by the NHS. Eliminating the Whittington's much-needed A&E department will change the Whittington from a symbol of the strength of the NHS to a symbol of the NHS failing to deliver where it is needed most.
lawrence schneck	5th Dec 2009
John Ball	5th Dec 2009
Ruth	5th Dec 2009
Lydia Tischler	5th Dec 2009
Joanna Warren	5th Dec 2009	The existence of A&E and intensive care units are absolutely essential in this area and it's unimaginable that they could cease to be provided
Diane Taylor	5th Dec 2009
Peter Droussiotis	5th Dec 2009
Margaret Doherty	5th Dec 2009
Esin Evcimen	5th Dec 2009	this is the only A & E in islington and one that is very important in our community.
Victoria Leanse	5th Dec 2009
Claudia Cotton	5th Dec 2009	We need a hospital within easy reach of north Islington. The Royal Free is too far away in an emergency and lives may be lost for this reason.
Tanja Doeller	5th Dec 2009
Kelsey Braha	6th Dec 2009	This would be a disaster
Ruby F	6th Dec 2009	The Whittington Hospital has a huge catchment area. The load put on other hospitals -staff, facilities,would be intolerable, if services are cut. The load put on patients with longer journeys, to even-more streched hospitals, would be life-threatening. These discussions are NOT about patient care, they are about the philosophy that treats medical care as if it was a business.
Siobhan Scott	6th Dec 2009
Nicolas Martin	6th Dec 2009	It is imperative that the Whittington retains it's A&E. We cannot keep reducing hospital services.
Mohamed Nacer	6th Dec 2009	We oppose the closure of A&E department at Whittington hospital.
Michelle Dovey	6th Dec 2009	As a regular user of the A and E department for my young son, now 3, who has asthma attacks, this is very upsetting news.
Sandra Bush	6th Dec 2009
louise jeffrey	6th Dec 2009
Jennifer Flavell	6th Dec 2009
Josh Hillman	6th Dec 2009
jules tiley	6th Dec 2009	Having moved to southend after living in Archway for over 30yrs i still feel the closing of whiitington hospital would be a big mistake with having had 2 children in the whittington and having found the a&e being more than a life saver for myself and my family over the yrs. I stay in archway once a wk with my mother who has had on going health problems for over 40 yrs and apart from having to go to the whittington at least twice a month for various tests (blood,ears,eyes etc)she has also had to reley on the a&e on more than one occassion and i do feel that without the whittington my mother would no longer be here to be a loving mother to myself my children or her family so on my mothers my familys behalf as well as the rest of the local area the closing of the whittington would come of a loss of lives
Noreen Brown	7th Dec 2009	This should not happen The journey to Barnet A&E is far to long for the people from Archway Lives will be lost Please save all our A& E s We cant get a GP appointment as they are overworked What is it? We pay high NI contributations
Jo Murray	7th Dec 2009	What if - there's a major accident or terrorist attack for example and gridlock traffic jams - hundreds of lives could be put at risk if A&E departments are too widely spaced. With an aging population, local services are key. Money would not be saved, in a few years time something else would have to be created to fill the need.
Sarah Saunders	7th Dec 2009
Anne Hughes	7th Dec 2009	We need an A & E in this area - lives will be lost if the whittington A & E is closed.
clare smith	7th Dec 2009
Cathy Welsh	7th Dec 2009	The Whittington Hospital serves a very immportant roll in our community. It is easy to access and provides a service which benefits us all. Hospitals such as UCH are already massively oversubscribed in Accident and Emergency it is essential that we retain local services.
Sophia Toumazis	7th Dec 2009	This would be a disaster - my husband has been admitted to A&E after having had a stroke and it saved his life. Travelling to the Royal Free or going into town would have severly complicated matters - or even worse.
Jenny Mackley	7th Dec 2009	The hospital provides an essential and invaluable service to the residents of Islington, including over 90,000 people attending casualty every year. In order for Islington residents to continue to receive timely and quality local health care services the Whittington Hospital must stay open and be properly resourced.
Naomi Peck	7th Dec 2009	Like so many others, if I ever needed to use A&E services, having to use those further away to me than the Whittington's could literally be a matter of life and death.
Ros Davies	7th Dec 2009
Rebecca Murdoch	7th Dec 2009
geraldine bailey	7th Dec 2009	I currently attend the Whittington on a regular basis for a chronic condition. The general atmosphere and services at the hospital have improved immeasurably over the years. I am appalled to hear that there are proposals to cut back services... and strongly urge cuts to be dropped immediately. G Bailey
Karen Dalziel	7th Dec 2009
Ricky Haggett	7th Dec 2009
tracy jones	7th Dec 2009	We need to keep this open! Its a MUST!
Dr Andrew Turton	7th Dec 2009	As a resident in Islington for 45 years I oppose most strongly any proposal to close the A&E and intensive care facilities at the Whittington Hospital. I have received treatment on at least two occasions in Whittington's A&E and the promptness and standards were of the highest order.
Andonis Violaris	7th Dec 2009	My family and I have used the A&E at The Whittington Hospital for over 55 years and it is a neccessary and imperative service that must not be shut down on any account. The Whittington can count on the support of me and my immediate family of four.
Beatriz Echeverri	7th Dec 2009	The Whittington and its Accident and Emergency is an essential service for all people living and working in its surrounding areas. I strongly support the campaign to save our A&E services. NHS London is obviously out of touch with what goes on locally.
Tom Cox	7th Dec 2009	Invaluable local resource - Axe a third of the useless NHS management instead to save money.
Andrea Streit	7th Dec 2009
MICHAEL ELLMAN	7th Dec 2009	As a regular local user of the Whittington (for myself and relatives) I would deplore the closure of the A & E and intensive care depts. there
ric lee	7th Dec 2009
Karen Haslam	7th Dec 2009	The A&E at The Whittington is always crowded and waiting times are hours - they need to expand it, not close it!
Eleni Violaris	7th Dec 2009	I support this petition.
Caroline Harty	7th Dec 2009	Please keep this wonderful hospitals A & E department open.
Richard Krupp	7th Dec 2009
Josiah Carrier	7th Dec 2009
Lisa Copp	7th Dec 2009
Alison Braganza	7th Dec 2009
Robert Bodden	7th Dec 2009
Emily Cramp	7th Dec 2009	I & my family have had use Whittington A&E on several occasions & it is excellent. (much better than Royal Free) & closer to me. Save it.
Joan Gard	7th Dec 2009	Over time all of my children have needed the services of the A&E dept at the Whittington, and so have I. Now its the turn of the grandchildren. Were it not for this service being close by my eldest grandson would have died of meningitis and my great grandson possibly too, when he contracted Whooping cough at 3 weeks old. We need all of the services at the Whittington to remain open.
Pablo Uribe	7th Dec 2009	I strongly oppose the closure of the Whittington AE and intensive care services. I have 3 young children and have used this service many times in the past. We need to know that we can use this service if in need in the future.
Jacqui Gellman	7th Dec 2009	We've had cause to use Whittington Hospital's A&E on a number of occasions. The thought of having to travel further in such stressful circumstances fills me with horror.
Dr Fred Kavalier	7th Dec 2009	Closing the Whittington casualty will be the first nail in the coffin of the Whittington (I worked in the Royal Northern casualty department, and I remember the same thing happening to the Royal Northern). A district general hospital cannot survive without an active A+E department. It is essential for the life of the hospital.
Christine O'Sullivan	7th Dec 2009	I have used the A&E department several times in the last few years with my two small children. The staff were brilliant on every occasion and the thought of having to travel to the UCH or Royal Free in an emergency is just unthinkable!
paul oakes	7th Dec 2009	please save this a and e what a gt dep
John Levin	7th Dec 2009
candy barrow	7th Dec 2009	i so think this is a bad idea i was at a&e at the whittington last week and it took 3 hours before i got seen. what will it be like at the other hospitials it will be mayhem i think u really need to look in to it. by closing A&E could put people at risk im so against this
Thomas Harney	7th Dec 2009	Really shocked if this is going to happen, we lost the Royal Northern A&E years ago but had the Whittington A&E to back us up. I Dont want to go to the Royal Free or UCH Hospitals for a Local A&E I support this group fully we need everyone in our area to be told and to get our support going !!!
Sue Alexander	7th Dec 2009	May I wish you so much success with this project. Here in West London we are so fortunate with our remarkable NHS services, I am sure you will be successful.
Bobby French	7th Dec 2009
James Smith	7th Dec 2009	Whittington Hospital is vital for our community in North London. They provide excellent care and services and this should be supported and updated, rather than closed. thank you
Kate Purcell	7th Dec 2009
Ann Short	7th Dec 2009
Rosie O'Connor	7th Dec 2009
Philip Hope	7th Dec 2009
Sally Alexander	7th Dec 2009
Maurice Mc Cann	7th Dec 2009
florence Prince	7th Dec 2009
Gillian H Gretton	7th Dec 2009	I can't believe anyone is even thinking of getting rid of these major services at the Whittington!
Andria Efthimiou-Mordaunt	7th Dec 2009	This disabled family need the services Do not close it
jimmy russell	7th Dec 2009
Elena Carballal	7th Dec 2009	The A&E is an essential need for the community in north London, we lost the Royal Northern which placed a lot of pressure on the Whittington it is un ethical to close a department which is much needed in an area where we have seen two teenagers lose their lives to knife crime and many others who have been saved in the A&E depatment of the Whiitington hospital
SolAngie Realpe Palacios	7th Dec 2009
Angela Melamed	7th Dec 2009
Georges PILON	7th Dec 2009
Christian Kyriacou	7th Dec 2009	basic services are a right of the people!
Lesley Simpson	7th Dec 2009	A fortune was spent creating a new main entrance in Magdala Avenue. It may look very nice, but is pointless if it's to the detriment of the local population. We need our A&E and other ervices far more than we ever needed a pretty building.
jane handscomb	7th Dec 2009
Dan Faber	7th Dec 2009
Peter Brown	7th Dec 2009	There is an existing shortage, this will put provision into the bounds of critical and high risk. This is an essential service.
Rosie	7th Dec 2009
Bridget Allison	7th Dec 2009	I can't believe how London will copy without the Whittington. There just aren't enough hospitals in the area.
Janet Shapiro	7th Dec 2009	Whittington Hospital is valued by residents in Haringey and Islington. many are grateful for life saving quick treatment that would be impossible if the A&E and back up services were to be reduced or removed.
Annette Ralph	7th Dec 2009	Why would an alleged civilised country want to close a life saving facility for their citizens - its beyond me .............
Alison Keogh	7th Dec 2009	I have used this hospital many times, A&E included and have found it to be a fantastic local hospital. It is imperative that the A&E department is kept open. So many people rely on this fantastic facility.
Mary Kennedy	7th Dec 2009	It is vital for the local people to know that they can go to A&E at Archway rather than trundling uncomfortably off to UCH. I have appreciated the care & skill of the staff in attending to my husband in his last months in the summer of 2008. So keep the Whittington A&E unit alive for all of us.
Helen Weeks	7th Dec 2009
Joan McLaughlin	7th Dec 2009
Ann Abdel-Malak	7th Dec 2009	I used to live in islington still work there, why is thing happening. The government to to stop all this the health service comes first to all. This is needed in that area, both my children were born there. Why is this allowed to happen?????
Jo Fisher	7th Dec 2009
Michael Baron	7th Dec 2009	I had excellent treatment at the Whittington's A&E when I went there with a broken bone some years ago: friendly and efficient.
Anna Melamed	7th Dec 2009
Jim Allen	7th Dec 2009	As a patient who has been cared for at the A&E and the hospital I hope it can be saved.
A Oluwalogbon	7th Dec 2009
Sara Hall	7th Dec 2009
Jo Tunnard	7th Dec 2009	Please preserve the services that we local people rely on. I broke my ankle last year and had a fantastic service from the Whittington, starting from the Public Holiday I ended up there and ending with the day I was discharged.
Philip Cornwall	7th Dec 2009	As a former north London resident, I'm saddened to hear of this proposal, which must be reconsidered
Kate Moore	7th Dec 2009
Sandra Chua	7th Dec 2009
Jose Nicolson	7th Dec 2009	Why?????What a crazy idea. We need to protect local services and local jobs and keep making the neccessary improvements to a great hospital.
Catherine Whiterow	7th Dec 2009
Rosalind Tyler	7th Dec 2009	Save the A&E it is a community Hospital with a very busy A&E that covers a large area for the local people.If we all had to go to the Royal Free it will be very difficult for people with children to get to as it is a out of way place.The Whittington needs the A&E Dept so plese keep it.
Jamie Hodges	7th Dec 2009
Ella Dorrell	7th Dec 2009
Martha Parsons	7th Dec 2009	My Dad spent time in the intensive care unit whilst in the last stages of his battle with lung cancer. A valuable resource that should stay open
Tanya Taylor	7th Dec 2009
Natasha Chatterjee	7th Dec 2009
Debbie Barnett	7th Dec 2009	We should not let them take our A&E away from us
Sylvia Finzi	7th Dec 2009
Madhav Chinnappa	7th Dec 2009	The new Whittington is excellent and serves the community very well. Please keep it as is!
Susan Ieronimou	7th Dec 2009
Nadine Clarke	7th Dec 2009	My mother relied heavily on the services of the A&E dept, this where she was first diagnosed with asthma aged 26 .For two decades my mother visited frequently whenever she had a bad asthma attack. As a young child I was responsible for calling the ambulance, had there not been the A&E so close to home I may of loss my mother even earlier. Hope it stays open and prolongs people lifes.
Sydney Reece	7th Dec 2009	Removing the A & E from Archway will leave many famillies who are on the poverty line having to travel further to other hospitals in an emergency. Please, please, please reconsider what you are doing to those of us who do not have a car and no support to get to these other hospitals especially when our children are at stake. The Whittington Hospital in Archway is a life line in our neighbourhood.
Rupert Perry	7th Dec 2009
Ben Monks	7th Dec 2009	The Whittington delivers in all departments - cuts would be a disaster for our area.
Oxana Davison	7th Dec 2009	I am alive today because of the A&E Dept at the Whittington Hospital - isn't that enough to justify the need to keep it open - they saving lifes!
Johnny Turner	7th Dec 2009	The A&E at Whittington is crucial to our community. Its survival is the least a civilised neighbourhood should expect.
Sarah Naqvi	7th Dec 2009	Closing the accident and emergency department at the whittington hospital will definately cause many people to lose their lives.many people depend on this service as i have on occasion when my daughter fractured her arm.the staff were excellent with my daughter and we was treated well.both my children were also born here too.the nxt nearest avalible hospitals would be the royal free or the u.c.h.if we had to use the u.c.h for example it would be a disaster as trying to get through the traffic at kings cross/euston is diabolicle.lives will certainly be lost.save the whittington,we NEED it!!!!!!!
Jennie McShannon	7th Dec 2009
Marion Carolan	7th Dec 2009	The Whitington is a great hospital and is invaluable to the local area.
Corinne Gorman	7th Dec 2009
Rapinder Dhadwal	7th Dec 2009
Sian Macfie	7th Dec 2009
Tammy Gard	7th Dec 2009	I'm agoraphobic and this is the only hospital I can physically get to without too much of a panic attack.. Leave our hospital alone!!!
Leyla Mahamed	7th Dec 2009	A and E units is very important branch for Islington people so pls don't cancel this service.
Gitika Partingon	7th Dec 2009
Deborah Balfour	7th Dec 2009
andrew Balfour	7th Dec 2009
shelley montgomery	7th Dec 2009
Leila T	8th Dec 2009
Ms McConville	8th Dec 2009	i oppose any closure of the Whittington A&E department, for emergency cases to need to travel as far away as 2 boroughs to find a hospital is a terrible london service. It will only lead to greater strain on the ambulance service which is a huge oversight.
Luul Macalin	8th Dec 2009	Whittington and all its unit including the AE are very important to islington residents and is the only nearest one to all. So pls don't cancel any part of the hospital.
Sapho Pound St.Marie	8th Dec 2009
paul duffy	8th Dec 2009	.
luci	8th Dec 2009
Priya Braganza	8th Dec 2009	Has saved my life many a time!
Phoebe von Held	8th Dec 2009
Rachel Ogden	8th Dec 2009
Jenny Compton-Bishop	8th Dec 2009
Mark Brattle	8th Dec 2009	we have lost the post office, the doctors surgery has been rationalised, we must not loose the A&E at the Whittington!
caroline hughes	8th Dec 2009	This must not happen what are people going to do ???
James Royall	8th Dec 2009
Claire Melamed	8th Dec 2009
Jasmine Sales	8th Dec 2009
Michael Stanway	8th Dec 2009	Lives will be lost if this closure takes place.
Daniel Cumpsty	8th Dec 2009
Samantha Bird	8th Dec 2009
Miss Donna Lambe	8th Dec 2009	Both my children were born at the hospital and ive always recieved the greatest care from the hospital.
Joan Fisher	8th Dec 2009	My daughter was born here on the 15th June 1980 and the staff were excellent
Debbie Burnett	8th Dec 2009	I believe it is essential that an A & E service continues at the Whittington Hospital, especially as so much money has been spent on the building in recent years.
Dave Lewis	8th Dec 2009
mrs g vastardis	8th Dec 2009
Joseph Clarke	8th Dec 2009
Alberta Gutteridge	8th Dec 2009	It is very important to me and my family that we know that there is an Accident and Emergeny and intensive care services in the area that we live. Having a member of your family in need of such care is a terrible time, but to know that it is not easily accessible seems wrong, and particularly as we live in such a highly populated area.
Lorraine Hounsome	8th Dec 2009	Me and my brother were born In the hospital and My son was in 1997. If the A and E was not there, my brother would have no little finger, My son would have been in more pain having to travel to a further hospital A and E when he broke his leg. My Cousin could have died if she had to go to another hospital. She got there just in time. The Whittington hospital is not just a Hospital its a life story for my family as well as many familys in London.
rosina cook	8th Dec 2009	i was born in the hospital in 1968 and most of my aunts uncles cousins was born there and to see it close will be very upsetting for me and the people what still live around there and they will have to travel to the nearest hospital and some people cant get to other hospital because they aint got transport or cant afford to pay the fare.please safe the hospital
Alan Harwood	8th Dec 2009	I had to use the A&E department at the Whittington not so long ago and if it hadn't been there i would have had real problems.
Riona Aiken	8th Dec 2009
Michaela White	8th Dec 2009
S Bowden	8th Dec 2009
Heather Lee-Messner	8th Dec 2009	I am alarmed to hear that the A &E department of the Whittington Hospital is being considered for withdrawal. I would be against this happening and feel it is an important and essential service for the community where I live.
Louise Newland	8th Dec 2009
Tony Sherring	8th Dec 2009	Don\'t let them do away with another essential public service.
Heloise Kareem	8th Dec 2009	As a local resident I feel it is most important to keep the A & E Unit at Whittington Hospital. I have had cause to use the unit on a number of occasions both for myself and my family and wold be lost without it.
Danuta Waydenfeld	8th Dec 2009
Lucy Palmer	8th Dec 2009	Please save the Whittington A&E department – it is vital to the health and safety of our community.
Sheila Levi	8th Dec 2009	I believe Whittington Hospital's A&E service is an essential support for very vulnerable people with mental health problems in the community.
Helen Bender	8th Dec 2009	I strongly support the A and E department of the whittington hospital remaining open
Pete G Ravenor	8th Dec 2009
Carolyne Hodkin	8th Dec 2009
PIppa Rothenberg	8th Dec 2009	We have already lost our post office now the nearest A&E is mooted to go. The whittingotn is a very good hospital and I doube that the Royal Free will cope and UCH is too far away for emergencey treatment.
hANSJORG Messner	8th Dec 2009	We strongly oppose the prospect of A&E as well as and intensive care services are being withdrawn from our local hospital.
Damian Norris	8th Dec 2009	An important hospital both for Islington and wider motorway and community outposts of London. Is a no brainer - the A&E department of Whittingham Hospital must be saved.
Hannah Kempton	8th Dec 2009
Garfield Kempton	8th Dec 2009
Douglas Coker	8th Dec 2009
Simon Craig	8th Dec 2009
DONNA WIGZELL	8th Dec 2009	WE NEED OUR A&E DEPT SO HANDS OFF!!!!
Lucy baron Thomson	8th Dec 2009
Alex Sutherland	8th Dec 2009
Juliet Hopkins	8th Dec 2009
Fabienne Canale Thomson	8th Dec 2009
Lisa Porter	8th Dec 2009	How can they even think about shuting the Whittington A &E how can travelling to a emergency dept make sence when theres one in our area, How many lifes will they lose by making people travel further away when in desprate need of treatment?? Just doesnt make sence to me??
R Graham-Harrison	8th Dec 2009
Martin Bowley	8th Dec 2009
helen berksay	8th Dec 2009	what is this goverment trying to do over populate under house and strip the nationsal health services. they have and still are making this country a misery to live in no wonder so meny brits are going abroud to live.
nigel and diana miller	8th Dec 2009
Alyson Slorach	8th Dec 2009
Thomas Williams	8th Dec 2009
Jane Gaber	8th Dec 2009	This is an incomprehensible and dangerous proposal. It's hard enough getting to the Whittington A & E from where I live with my family, aged 14 to 89. Getting to the Royal Free is an even longer and much more difficult journey. This plan scares me.
Lorraine Pond	8th Dec 2009
keeley Walkington	8th Dec 2009
Richard Doran	8th Dec 2009
Jane Gillie	8th Dec 2009
Charlotte Osborne	8th Dec 2009
Jon Wedderburn	8th Dec 2009
Prof. C D Cook	8th Dec 2009	Crazy to even think about withdrawing major services from the Whittington. Please ditch the idea at once!
Steve	8th Dec 2009
Sue Gladstone	8th Dec 2009
bernadette ralph	8th Dec 2009
Susan Wooldridge	8th Dec 2009
Lucy Vaughan	8th Dec 2009
Lucy Springett	8th Dec 2009
kim reilly	8th Dec 2009	I have used whittington hospital all my life and i am 43,i would hate to have to go to another accident & emmergency,also it a good hospital.
Maggie Phelps	8th Dec 2009
Jane Palmer	8th Dec 2009	I am utterly opposed to closure of services at the Whittington, especially A&E and any reduction of Obstetric services. Alternative hospitals are too far away from Crouch End, Hornsey and Holloway in the event of an accident or medical emergency. There is no easy access to Royal Free or North Middx by public transport, and virtually no parking at Royal Free if you had to take someone there by car in a hurry. The Whittington is our local hospital and should retain these services. I believe it will put people at risk if they are lost.
MICHELLE RYAN	8th Dec 2009
Ivy Beard	8th Dec 2009	It is essential that 24/7 major A&E is retained, with consultant led maternity services in all general hospitals like the Whittington. 12 hr Minor A&E/ Polyclinics/ Urgent Care Centres/ Walk in Centres etc,highly staffed by nurse practitioners with few GPs are likely to fragment services into different sized establishments with differing provision of services. It will destabilise the NHS, leading to a void filled by expensive private finance and profits.
R Robert	8th Dec 2009
lynne friedli	8th Dec 2009
Hilary Keogh	8th Dec 2009
Eve Mulcahy	8th Dec 2009
R Massil	8th Dec 2009	Unbelievable that this could even be thought about let alone happen
enrichetta loi	8th Dec 2009
Jane Ward	8th Dec 2009
Christina Cleverly	8th Dec 2009	I cant believe they want to close the A + E dept. Its the only one for miles!
Pat Sheldon	8th Dec 2009	We have no hospitals in Haringey and closing A&E at the Whittington would mean having to travel to either the Royal Free in Hampstead or the North Middlesex - too far in an emergency.
Elle Mcdonald	8th Dec 2009
audrey bassom	8th Dec 2009	save our a&e i have young childern
Brenda Goldstein	8th Dec 2009	PLEASE do not close this vital and well-run service.
Judith MacBean	8th Dec 2009
Emma Johnson	8th Dec 2009
Mrs A Saddington	8th Dec 2009	Please keep this hospital open and say no to the closure we need this hospital in this area.
m m Hendrickse	8th Dec 2009	Keeeping the A7E and internsive care unit open is very important, it already serves a large area and is situated at the end of one on Englands buiest roads The A1 and M1.
Linda Ross	8th Dec 2009	What is the point really???
annaliza gaber	8th Dec 2009
Chrysoula Worrall	8th Dec 2009	Badly needed, an essential service.
Harriet Jaine	8th Dec 2009	This is the A&E where my father in law was treated after a brain haemhorrage earlier this year - to have had to go to the Royal Free or UCH could have added hours when we really didn't have time to mess about... I can't believe they're thinking of closing A&E in Archway - which serves so many people and is such a central point in North London.
Samantha Haycock	8th Dec 2009
Ethna Travers	8th Dec 2009
Vincent Henry	9th Dec 2009
Anita Poulter	9th Dec 2009	UCLH A&E is already under pressure and the closing of the Whittington A&E will significantly impact on local health services ability to respond effectively to emergency's...lives will be lost.
Anthony Brown	9th Dec 2009	This is another attempt to run the NHS on finanicial management lines and not on quality management principles starting with customer focus.
Jean M Lewis	9th Dec 2009
Mrs Sadhana Mitra	9th Dec 2009	35 years ago, The Whittington Hospital saved my baby\'s son\'s life when he contracted meningitis shortly after he was born. He was born by emergency Caesarian section. He was in an incubator for nearly a month and they let me sleep in a room next to SCBU all that time. From the obstetricians and midwives right through to the paedtiatric staff they worked together to save my son\'s life. My son is now an A&E registrar. Please don\'t close emergency services at The Whittington.
nicola nunan	9th Dec 2009
Jan Newman	9th Dec 2009	As my local hospital I feel that it is vital to keep all services going at the Whittington
Cee Rowlands	9th Dec 2009
Ms S M Bhat	9th Dec 2009	This department is essential for local residents and for the well being of staff in other A&E departments who will have to take on the extra patients. It is completely impractical - this has to be reconsidered and prevented.
Rosie	9th Dec 2009	Where are we meant to go! Pay better wages, give better training before you go down this route. Lives will be lost and put at risk if the A&E closes. This is very wrong!
Trudi Gard	9th Dec 2009	With the average waiting times in the A&E already about 6 hours, how can they even concider closing it? They need to be expanding the services, not cutting them, it's outrageous!
Natalie	9th Dec 2009
Liz Carter	9th Dec 2009	Please guarantee the continued existence of the Whttington Hospital, including its major services, this is very imporant to us Thank you
Julie Tully	9th Dec 2009
Charlene Miller	9th Dec 2009
timberlake wertenbaker	9th Dec 2009	I went to the A and E of the Whittington when my daughter broke her wrist and they were wonderful and kind and had her in plaster in an hour. What I remember most was the care from the nurse and the kindness of the doctor.
Tracy bailes	9th Dec 2009
Helina Eccles	9th Dec 2009
Louise Rooney	9th Dec 2009	i have had to attend the a+e department at whittington on many occasions. one of them was when my son had suspected meningitus. i feel that if i would have to tavel further or if the ambulances had to ttravel further to get to us those extra minutes could be the most important life threatening ones.
peter le faucheur	9th Dec 2009
Dorothy Macedo	9th Dec 2009	we need this resource!
John Man	9th Dec 2009	The place has just been rebuilt. Buildings should be to preserve and upgrade services, not price them out of existence.
Louise Wright	9th Dec 2009
Dr Duncan Connors	9th Dec 2009
Sarah Gillingham	9th Dec 2009	This A & E is great, it services so many families, I was brought up in Hornsey Rise and my family still live around Archway - Crouch End and have used the A & E service at Whittington, it's a comfort blanket to know it's there ! Where it should be !
Mrs Anne Lawton	9th Dec 2009	I have worked at the Whittington for a majority of my career and am now retired. It\'s a great A & E and it\'s good and comforting to know it\'s there. Please don\'t take it away !
Abby Cronin	9th Dec 2009	It is a false economy to close the A&E at the Whittington Hospital. The density of the population served by the Whittington Hospital requires a comprehensive service. To merge with the Royal Free Hospital would result in endless queues of people - many urgently in need of medical attention. SAVE THE WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL--and save the NHS in our area!
Gillian Hawkes	9th Dec 2009	the Whittington has saved my life twice, once when I was born 10 weeks prem, 59 yrs ago, the second was 6 yrs ago when the A&E discovered I had vascular disease, when I had been treated for sciatica by the other local hospital in Hampstead. To close the A&E dept would be a travesty, and I'm sure I am not the only person to be grateful to them for one thing or another
Jo Stevens	9th Dec 2009
Rita Das	9th Dec 2009
Andy de la Tour	9th Dec 2009
Brian bell	9th Dec 2009
Kasia Muszynska	9th Dec 2009
nour afaneh	9th Dec 2009	i have visited the a &e department a number of times when my kids were ill in the middle of the night and i have found it so helpfull. please save it
Jean A G Bayne	9th Dec 2009	The A&E ay the Whittington hospital is essential to the locality
Patricia Mangan	9th Dec 2009
carylle adams	9th Dec 2009	Locally we need the A and E dept as Haringey residents will in emergencies have to travel to far off and pressed services in the Royal Free or UCH. Also losing an A and E dept is the begining of the end of a hospital which needs acute services to make departments viable apart from training medical and nursing staff.
Rebecca Bayne	9th Dec 2009	Don't close it because it is essential to all of us
Nelly Moschona	9th Dec 2009
Daniel Allen	9th Dec 2009	This A&E covers a vast area and serves a large population throughout North London, ques and waiting times are already past breaking point in all London A&E\'s. Surely expecting other A&E\'s to cope with the extra burden would be a tragedy! Also the increased journey time for patients would be unjustifiable and dangerous.
Hialry Woods	9th Dec 2009
Amanda Chapman	9th Dec 2009
Rosemarie Wilson	9th Dec 2009
Hilary Lyon	9th Dec 2009
K Neil	9th Dec 2009
viv acious	9th Dec 2009
Ms G Thompson	9th Dec 2009
Susie Haiste	9th Dec 2009
Peter Kennedy	9th Dec 2009
Alan maddox	9th Dec 2009
Marjorie Isabelle	9th Dec 2009
laurence guillez	9th Dec 2009	Please save this hospital & many others
Dr. A.J.C. Dalton	9th Dec 2009	The Whittington A&E is 1 able to access staff/ beds in all specialties on site. 2 easily reached by local people by bus, train & on foot. 3 familiar to local vulnerable children, adults & elderly. 4 in walking distance of resident working population. 5 it's an excess/unacceptable delay to other A&E Depts
Jane Clarke	9th Dec 2009	I have lived in Islington all my life and know the Whittington well. It's absolutely vital to keep the A&E Dept open - the next nearest hospital is much too far away.
Adrian Whittaker	9th Dec 2009
D Carnegy	9th Dec 2009	This is the nearest A&E to me and such an efficent service is provided. Barnet is much further and not nearly such a good department.
John A Hartley	9th Dec 2009	This is a vital service locally and must not be removed
Pam Isherwood	9th Dec 2009	I live in Haringey, the only London borough without an A&E dept. Whittington would be the nearest hospital to me so closure of its A&E would be very threatening.to me.
Siobhaun Clohessy	9th Dec 2009	Please keep the A&E open, my step-son who is ten was in there on Sunday night with a bad throat Infection and my 7 month old boy is prone to chocking fits, if you take this away and my little boy has a problem with it i will only have the Royal Free Hospital to go to which is about 20-30mins away, the Whittington is across the road. Please please think about the cost of NOT having the ICU and A&E as they are vital to the community and you will leave us in desperate need. Thank you.
Michael Trinder	9th Dec 2009	Removing A&E from The Whittington Hospital and suggesting UCH as the alternative replaces a unit in a residential area of London with one in an urban centre. UCH is packed out even at quiet times. How can this change improve ANY aspect of emergency care for North London?
David Michaels	9th Dec 2009	We have to have an A&E Dept. at the Whittington.
Frances Willson	9th Dec 2009	We all need these basic services and I am absolutely opposed to cutting them
Mrs. N.Bhat	9th Dec 2009	We cannot afford to lose this precious A & E Department.
CLARE GIBBS	9th Dec 2009	I FEEL IT WOULD HAVE A BIG EFFECT ON OUR BOUROUGH IF YOU CLOSE THE A&E DEPARTMENT OTHER HOSPITALS ALREADY STRUGGLE WITHOUT ADDING TO THAT BURDEN THEY ARE ALSO TWO FAR APART!!!
Sarah Tyce	9th Dec 2009	The Whittington A&E is the last A&E in Islington. This is not just about wanting somewhere local this is about NEED!
Hilary Kitchin	9th Dec 2009	I am strongly opposed to any proposal to close the A&E department at the Whittington Hospital. The journey to the publicly discussed alternative of the Royal Free is wholly unmanageable from where I live.
david sparks	9th Dec 2009	maddness is the only way to describe these idiotic idea that our local area can simply do with out these vital services on our door step please think again those of power we will fight this to the top
Shaheen Hosany	9th Dec 2009
Caroline Plummer	9th Dec 2009
Sarah Boardman	9th Dec 2009	I have always used the services of the Whittington hospital., over the last 30 years and have felt very satisfied with the treatment received. I would be very upset at any loss of service. especially after all the refurbishment.
Diana Miller	9th Dec 2009
Ros Alexander	9th Dec 2009	This proposal is a death warrant. It's inconceivable that this option is being considered by the NHS. Would the NHS want local residents to commit suicide as a cost-cutting exercise.
Giovanni Bonfanti	9th Dec 2009
Janet Betham	9th Dec 2009	Disgraceful that yet another cutback is considered after all the recent expense of updating the Whittington. We cannot rely on the narrow roads of Hampstead to get us to emergency a and e at the Royal Free who are desperately overworked, by ambulance or car. We NEED to keep this local casualty covering a vast area.
Stephanie Lee-Dwyer	9th Dec 2009
Denise Rickard	9th Dec 2009
Deena Omar	9th Dec 2009	A&E and intensive care are essential services at this hospital. Withdrawing them is complete madness. I did my nurse training here many years ago and have used the hospital services myself when living in the area. It's important to remember that there is no shortage of funds - just short-sightedness in the way funding is distributed. Nothing is more important than saving lives and ensuring health - nothing.
Jean McNeil	9th Dec 2009	not ony will this make life difficult for old and disabled people but it will lead to an increase in traffic and ambulances.
Alan Piachaud	9th Dec 2009	The Whittington is a major hospital and as such should provide an A&E service. Having been to both the Royal Free and UCH A&E in the recent past they could not cope with the increased load without the service deteriorating.
Annette Pennington	9th Dec 2009	The Whittington should continue to have an A & E dept. Both my husband (after a stroke) and my daughter have been successfully treated in A & E. Travelling further could be very dangerous under such cirmcumstances, causing the need for patients to have additional medical treatment. Keep A & E local.
Peter Cambridge	9th Dec 2009	Its important that local hospitals have a close enough A&E service for its local people.
denise fallon	9th Dec 2009	Think its awful that the government can even consider closing this down
lewis spitz	9th Dec 2009	All A&E Depts in the area are already overstretched Closure of the A&E at the Whittington will clearly increase congestion and waiting times will increase
christine halsall	9th Dec 2009
C.W.Maltz-Klaar	9th Dec 2009
Isabelle Wise	9th Dec 2009	We NEED our local hospital. SAVE THE WHITTINGTON!
H Durbin	9th Dec 2009
Da Silva	9th Dec 2009	Please save it before it's too late.
B. Addo	9th Dec 2009	Please help save the A&E, NHS, and Whitthington. Thank you.
Toby Sharpe	9th Dec 2009
Margaret Renn	9th Dec 2009
caroline	9th Dec 2009
Mark Taylor	9th Dec 2009	Despite not living locally it is awful when any A+E is shut down so my support is firmly with you.
Barbara Cohen	9th Dec 2009
Kamal otuwehinmi-moulton	9th Dec 2009	save it we need this
julie saunders	9th Dec 2009	I am a Nurse who trained at the whittington in the 1990's. This wonderful local Hospital and it's acute services must be saved.
John Wheeler	9th Dec 2009	This A & E must not close, it is needed
natasha burn	9th Dec 2009
Louise Court	9th Dec 2009	As a patient at the Whittington I must protest at any proposal to close the A&E service at the Whittington. It provides a fantsatic service that North London cannot afford to lose. If it was only the Royal Free that would place an intolerable burden on those services, the residents and also families and friends (not least in trying to park there!)
Lucy Rathbone	9th Dec 2009
Bonnie Groves	9th Dec 2009
Susan O'Leary	9th Dec 2009
christina triantafillou	9th Dec 2009
Karen Sayers	9th Dec 2009
Ella Boswell-Green	9th Dec 2009
Mathew Green	9th Dec 2009
Donna Boswell	9th Dec 2009
Andrea Goldstone	9th Dec 2009	It is a false economy to shut the Whittington ED. It is a very bad decision for the community. It is almost beyond comprehension that this idea could have been suggested in the first place.
Vicky Feeley	9th Dec 2009	Its alarming when our NHS even considers leaving a borough as full as ours without an a & e! Surely it would waste ambulances for those who have no way of reaching a nearer hospital whilst obviously experiencing an emergency!
claudette morgan	9th Dec 2009	There is aneed for quality service. So if it is kept open given them a better service, better staff better resources.
Nicolette Moonen	9th Dec 2009
mandy wesley	9th Dec 2009
Caroline Talbot	9th Dec 2009	The A & E is very much needed service,it has been in this location for as long as I can remember and has been of great help and comfort to me,my family and my friends on numerous occasions and it would be a great loss to the area and the local community if it were to go. Save the Whittingon A&E....Please!
Selina O	9th Dec 2009	I think it's quite appalling that this is even being considered. What could possibly be the reason for this? Aren't hospitals there to help the sick? This will cause great problems for local GP services. And I should know having worked for a GP as a receptionist. What will be put in place of the Accident & Emergency services? I suppose the government don't have the funds to keep it running. Or whatever EXCUSE it is that they seem to hide behind. NHS... What a joke!
A Harding	9th Dec 2009	This is such a valuable asset to the area and surroundings - where a very good service is given at all times. Please Save the Whittington !
Miss tayyaba sajid	9th Dec 2009
Shweta Otiv	9th Dec 2009	How could anyone even contemplate closure of such a valuable and necessary service? It has been a life saver for each of my parents and I wouldn't want to see it disappear - in fact surely the service needs to be increased.
Jenny McKenzie	10th Dec 2009
Judith Waldman	10th Dec 2009	The huge public outcry should show the government how unpopular and inhumane closing the A & E services at the Whittington could be. Keep this excellent and essential service open!
tina regent	10th Dec 2009	my boyfriend lives in islington and as i work in the nhs i know how vital an a&e department is to the local community
Madeleine Paxman	10th Dec 2009
jane turner	10th Dec 2009	it sounds likes what they done to barts years ago
Colin Jones	10th Dec 2009	A vital service under threat? No money? No wonder, we've spent it all on banker's bonuses and a war no-one wants. As my old Dad used to say, no matter who you vote for the Government always gets in.
Jenny and James Taylor	10th Dec 2009	do not close down the whittington Aand E. It provides an essential service for a very large area, and would be madness to expect the Royal Free in it\'s poor location to be able to cope with the increase in numbers. Pity the poor people of Southend Green.
JENNIFER HILL	10th Dec 2009
Danielle Burke	10th Dec 2009	I am shocked to hear of proposed plans to close the A & E department of Whittington hospital. As a local resident of 9 years standing I have used the A & E department and was happy with care I received. We need a local A & E department in order to ensure that local residents continue to receive a good level of care and treatment isn't delayed by having to travel further to a different hospital. I am also worried about the long term future of this hospital if the A & E department is closed.
Patricia Jensen	10th Dec 2009	Please do not close the A & E at the Whittington, It is a desperately needed service,
J Faure-Brac	10th Dec 2009	Recently, a close friend badly broke her leg in an accident at home. She was taken to the Whittington A&E and received really excellent attention. I hate to think that this service would be withdrawn and don't know what we would have done if this hadn't been available for Kate. I feel really strongly that this vital operation should be preserved and given the resources it needs to continue its life-saving work. Please don't close the Whittington A&E.
Tanith Slay	10th Dec 2009
C. F. Burke	10th Dec 2009
Mick Doherty	10th Dec 2009	This one cut too many - it will cost lives!!!
Sheeta Dandgey	10th Dec 2009
karen mcgonnell	10th Dec 2009
Michael Joyce	10th Dec 2009
Jane Torday	10th Dec 2009
Nuno Cordeiro	10th Dec 2009
Cllr Kate Wilkinson	10th Dec 2009
DAVID PRIOR	10th Dec 2009
Lucy Mavriano	10th Dec 2009
Keira Finn	10th Dec 2009
Fiona Dunlop	10th Dec 2009	We talked about this in Full Council - so let's have action not feeble words...Royal Free is not an option...Keep the Whittington A & E OPEN!!!
Jenny Norgrove	10th Dec 2009
Myles Burke	10th Dec 2009	I strong oppose to the closing of the A&E and intensive care services of the Whittington Hospital, which have provided excellent care for members of my family, and I feel lucky to live near to.
Dot Sanders	10th Dec 2009	the whittington has just had major works to improve the the hospital, and know they want to close some of the improvements this is just a waist of the the NHS funds and tax payers money,
Michael Clift	10th Dec 2009	It is most commonly people from deprived areas who become acutely unwell. That is one reason whu it is the Whittington that should be the acute care trust for the area. It is also situated on a major arterial rd and as such is better situated to deal with major accident and incidents. There is romm for expansion here as well as a committed and high-performing staff delivering a high standard of service to the local community who most need this type of care.
Rachel Webster Brake	10th Dec 2009	Outrageous to close this essentail hospital to the community.
ELISABETH EIDINOW	10th Dec 2009
JOHN EIDINOW	10th Dec 2009	By far the most accessible and convenient A&E resource for the area. All the alternatives will mean long delays in access, increased dependence on 999 calls and will put people's lives at risk.
Richard Chester	10th Dec 2009	I fully support this campaign and appreciate the service provided by A&E at the Whittington hospital. The NHS has a responsibility to safe guard this unit and continue to develop.
Matt Whelan	10th Dec 2009	The A&E department at Whittington Hospital is a vital resource for a huge chunk of the most needy and underpriviledged people of North London. I have used it as a parent and as a headteacher of a school for children with special needs. The only viable alternatives will cost more in travel and time than these people can afford to spend. keep it open!
Deborah Kaplinsky	10th Dec 2009	The Whittington Hospital serves a large residential area which includes some of the most disadvantaged families in the London area many of whom do not have cars and so rely on public transport. The people living in the area need to have a good local hospital which is easily reached by public transport or on foot. A&E and intensive care are services which are particularly important in terms of quick easy access and location.
Matt Whelan	10th Dec 2009
Emma Robinson	10th Dec 2009	The Whittington A&E saved my life with minutes to spare!
Christopher Savvides	10th Dec 2009
Andrew Whelan	10th Dec 2009	I cannot believe they would attempt to dismantle a valuable, important service like this. Please let\'s keep this excellent hospital on full battery!
Nicki Foster	10th Dec 2009
Julia Tomei	10th Dec 2009
Kathy Welch	10th Dec 2009
Dave Samson	10th Dec 2009
john bellamy	10th Dec 2009
Sarah Buckley	10th Dec 2009	Without the Whittington we would have no local A and E provision, which is a priority as the parents of two young children.
michael cullen	10th Dec 2009	they have helped me out afew times when i was local . madness to close this.
Angela Panayi	10th Dec 2009
J.Raffles	10th Dec 2009
Sofia Charalambous	10th Dec 2009
Nina Halton	10th Dec 2009	It is a place vital for lives, which should over rule any debt or other propositions where the money would be spent. This is one of the few absolutely essential services that people rely on and need emotionally, physically. It just CAN'T shut down.
Julia Bailey	10th Dec 2009
Kyle Charles	10th Dec 2009	this department did all they could to save my cousin and i think it should stay up
diane doody	10th Dec 2009	it does not make any sense at all...........
Carolina Sanchez	10th Dec 2009	I've been to the A&E quite a few times, my family don't have a car, so I'd hate to think what whould of happened on those occations if we had had to of traveled futher! It's always been busy so it is obvious that its needed!
Sue Marston	10th Dec 2009
Isabel Halton	10th Dec 2009
Tamsin Oglesby	10th Dec 2009
Linda Flanagan	10th Dec 2009
Gavin Sexton	11th Dec 2009	The Whittington has been a lifesaver for me and my family and to see it close would be devastating.
Tim Newark	11th Dec 2009	My family have made use of the A&E service and we would hate to see it go.
Marisa Varma	11th Dec 2009	It is essential to keep the A&E at the Whittington Hospital open. I have used the service on many occasions for family members and friends. What will be the alternative in our area?
Clare Farquhar	11th Dec 2009
Marc Robinson	11th Dec 2009
Tomas Curtis	11th Dec 2009
Kate Pitt	11th Dec 2009
Sarah Joy	11th Dec 2009
Cllr Kieran McGregor	11th Dec 2009	We need to preserve all existing A and Es in North London. The Save Chase Farm campaign group supports the campaign to save the Whittington.
Ken Fletcher	11th Dec 2009	This place saved my life twice. We nearly lost it through Thatcher. Now her political progeny are trying again. New Labour my posterior. New Thatcherites
Jason Fallon	11th Dec 2009
vicki ashby	11th Dec 2009	A local necessity. Always found it efficient, polite.
Neil Devlin	11th Dec 2009	Could it be that the words life & death enter this discussion?
Nicole Ryer	11th Dec 2009
Kim Farrelly	11th Dec 2009	I find it unacceptable that a major hospital serving a great swathe of North London should loose its A & E and intensive care facilities. Current and future needs of the local population and beyond should come first.
Robert Smith	11th Dec 2009
Bunny Page	11th Dec 2009	My son was very ill for almost 15 years. He was a regular patient at the Whittington. He received a lot of care and excellent treatment. Sadly he died there just over 2 years ago. They did absolutely everything they could but he had reached the end. It is scandalous that the A&E should close down. Is Islington to have no hospitals with an A&E department? One can't all rely only on University College Hospital and the Royal Free. The pressure on them will be worse than it already is. This is shocking and I do hope sense and reason will prevail.
kim porter	11th Dec 2009
leah Browne	11th Dec 2009
Maria Koval	11th Dec 2009
Tony Saggers	11th Dec 2009
Suzanne Cooper	11th Dec 2009	In terms of the logistics for ambulance access, I cannot see any logic in closing an A&E department which is yards off of the A1 which allows quick access from both north and south without having to negotiate residential streets.
Holly Gillaim	11th Dec 2009
Naseem Khan	11th Dec 2009
Sheila Lawton	11th Dec 2009
Jake	11th Dec 2009	Why close it you ............
Jane Price	11th Dec 2009	The Whittington A&E serves such a wide area and is already very busy. Closing it down will mean a real loss of amenities and endanger the lives and wellbeing of local people.
Tina Mtandwa	11th Dec 2009	People without transport will be seriously affected - we need this service and we pay for it!
Greg Cleary	11th Dec 2009
Leo Gregor	11th Dec 2009
Andre Demetri Bernal	12th Dec 2009	The Whittington Hospital A & E department is crucial to the hospital, the local communities and the boroughs as there is no nearby service for some miles and this means that sick and nearly dying patients have to travel to receive medical care. I think this is a wrong decision of the NHS to do this just to balance their financial books, as they are playing with peoples lives not to mention taking away many jobs from many experienced and dedicated doctors and nurses. If the NHS wishes to save money, how about scrapping their expensive IT system and find a cheaper and more effecive alternative? The Whittington is essential to all, so please leave it alone.
David Mansell	12th Dec 2009	The most ridiculous thing in the world is that key services like this will suffer whilst completely pointless twaddle the like of which the big-wig Government and Public Sector employees seem to think is important these days will go completely unchecked. It's an Accident and Emergency service. The decision to keep it or not is a complete no brainer.
N Gordon	12th Dec 2009
Jonathan Page	12th Dec 2009	Please take this comment as my firm support for the A&E unit at the Whittington Hospital remaining open, being kept up to date and modernised and working as an efficient A&E should
joseph smith	12th Dec 2009
Margie Jaffe	12th Dec 2009	Talk of closure has nothing to do with providing the service our community needs and everything to do with budget cutting.
Mr Alan Kenny	12th Dec 2009
Gabriel Henry	12th Dec 2009
Colin Hutchens	12th Dec 2009	I had an operation at the Whittington in October 2005. Although some of the ward facilities needed updating, I was very please with my care. I still attend the Whitington for checkups, which is very convenient as I live in Central Islington.
Gerard McMullan	12th Dec 2009	The local community should have the say in what local services they need and should have all the facts to make the decision that fits those needs.
Lisa	12th Dec 2009	Without it I'd have to go miles away to get to an A & E.
Glenn and Jane Melrose	12th Dec 2009
MARIE WALKER	12th Dec 2009
HARRIET RATHBONE	12th Dec 2009
Carl D'souza	12th Dec 2009
Bram van der Velden	12th Dec 2009	Absolutely essential ingredient of the local community and excellent A&E services which I can testify to when my wife was diagnosed with a life-threatening disease. It would be a disgrace if the A&E closure went ahead and surely the start of further dismantling of the hospital in its entirety.
Dhun Silverstein	12th Dec 2009
Emma Grower	12th Dec 2009
cecile grebil	12th Dec 2009	Please could you please leave this departement open ! Thank you
WENDY LEWIS	12th Dec 2009	I think it a disgrace that they want to shut down the A&E, They have saved many peoples lives , The nearest hospital is Royal free which for me is not so near ,And Its those minutes that are so crucial. In a emergancy
jon tyce	12th Dec 2009	save the whittington, it is a great hospital, they have helped me & my family many times, we are very greatful, and would be losted with out the great work they do. thank-you.
Daniel Tyler	12th Dec 2009
Ben Gerrans	12th Dec 2009
sheila jeffreys	12th Dec 2009	whittington saved my life , if i had had to go any further to another hosp i dont think i would be writing this ..
Tony Abbott	12th Dec 2009	This hospital cannot go - it would be madness
Terry Gilliam	12th Dec 2009
Sheila O'Hanlon	13th Dec 2009
Phil Jackman	13th Dec 2009
David Collins	13th Dec 2009	To close this vital local service is sheer lunacy. Journey times to the Royal Free Hospital and UCH in an emergency at certain times of day are much greater and potentially life-threatening. The Whittington offers a huge range of care to both in and out patiernts; every time I use a clinic they are bursting with patients. Where will these people go if the Whittington closes or is down-graded ? I have been using Royal Free outpatient clinics recently - again, bursting at the seams! Local public transport is not geared to easy movement across town to the Royal Free. Any reduction in Whittington services must be fought hard
E Candler	13th Dec 2009
Ann Wilsdon	13th Dec 2009
John Wilsdon	13th Dec 2009
SUSAN ROSE	13th Dec 2009	This plan takes no notice of public transport. Royal Free has little connection with areas to the East which are served veyr well by Whittington.
Ali Akcay	13th Dec 2009
Hasan Akcay	13th Dec 2009
Kate Cadby	13th Dec 2009	Having lived in Finsbury Park for almost 30 years I have seen great improvements at the Whittington Hospital. For the A&E department to close and intensive care services being withdrawn is scandalous, and a huge step backwards in healthcare. We local people deserve a local hospital that provides the fore mentioned services, we should not have to travel to already oversubscribed hospitals in hospital for emergency treatment or to visit our loved ones.
Ruth Grimberg	13th Dec 2009
Julia Cameron	13th Dec 2009
Tim Preece	13th Dec 2009	It is inconceivable that closure of the A&E at the Whittington Hospital can be considered - whenever I have been there ( I used to live in Archway) it has been overcrowded, clearly it is very much needed.
Harry Small	13th Dec 2009
Vincent Moore	13th Dec 2009
Gillian McIver Evans	13th Dec 2009	I've had cause to use Whittington a&e both for myself and my daughter Charlotte, operated on suddenly and discovered to be a Crohn's sufferer (subsequently treated with much skill and compassion at Whittington). Every time used (friends equally report this) the department has been crowded, though the system mostly efficient (though in the past could have been cleanedr). It's unimaginable what life would be like for North Londoners without this facility, and how other hospitals forced to share facilities still more might suffer. OUr GP practice offers no out of hours consultation and few small medical applications and would be no substitute. Improve do not close this vital facility. Please.
Albert	13th Dec 2009
Pat Allen	13th Dec 2009	I am deeply alarmed by the proposal to reduce services at the local hospital
Stephanie Sutherland	13th Dec 2009
Martine Lignon	13th Dec 2009	I fully support the above statement and the necessity to question funding priorities.
gary marshall	13th Dec 2009	when i had a heart attack and died,the a&e at the whitt fought to save me . they deserve to be saved
Apala Chowdhury	13th Dec 2009
Carol Cameron	13th Dec 2009	I have had long painful waits in Whittington A&E. They get busy. This is dangerous area. I have been taken with injuries after being attacked by gangs. There is no support but they did neat stitches round my eye. If it is closed what happens if you get strangulated hernia, wasp allergy? Some things cannot wait. And young men with families get killed and maimed in faraway places to keep us safe from tribesmen. I am paranoid about the Pentagon. I have lost the plot but I am sure there is one. There must be if they are closing Whttington A&E.
Christopher D Freudenberg	13th Dec 2009
Marina and daniel sowray	13th Dec 2009	My son daniel was born at the whittington and have been very good to him in the 3 years of he life he was born with a heart problem and has got a feeding problem if we need a+e and it was shut were would we go so please keep it open.why has is been done up if you want to take it down.so please keep it open.your sincerly miss marina and master daniel sowray
Helen York	13th Dec 2009
Andreas Poyiatgi	13th Dec 2009
Nicolas Jackman	13th Dec 2009
Gideon Feldman	13th Dec 2009	Ridiculous to close the A & E at Whittington Hospital.
Patricia Dinnage	13th Dec 2009
Raheem Gbolahan Bello	13th Dec 2009	What is this world coming too when frontline NHS services are being scrapped to save a few pennies. Those wanting to close down the A&E and Intensive Care Unit of the Whittington Hospital should be ashamed of themselves!
Lola Bello	13th Dec 2009	I want to know why you are closing down A&E and Intensive Care Unit of the hospital? It is for people who are ill and who are old. Do you want to see them die?
Kathryn Summerside	13th Dec 2009
vicky kirkham	13th Dec 2009
Mina Hunt	13th Dec 2009	Of course we need that Department. It is a vital component of the whole hospital.
Diane Pearson	13th Dec 2009	I am opposed to the Accident and Emergency and Intensive Care services at the Whittington being withdrawn.
m. williams	13th Dec 2009
jem	13th Dec 2009
Viv Whittingham	13th Dec 2009
Jane Calliste	13th Dec 2009	Where would I have taken my kids? or my old mum, without the Whittington A & E? Removal of A & E and intensive care services unthinkable. There will be a serious fight, you can be sure of this. NHS is now in hands of gangsters and money-men?
Merilyn Moos	13th Dec 2009	If you want the BXP to take votes because poor and working peopl do not see what the point is in voting Labour, close Whittington A n E. If you want to see the mortality rates for the very young, infirm and old to rival Third world rates, close Whittington A n E. If you want the rich to have a better health care than everybody else, because they alone will be able to afford it, close Whittington A nE
Katie	14th Dec 2009
Saffia Malik	14th Dec 2009
Ceinwen Hilton	14th Dec 2009
Pamela Nathan	14th Dec 2009	The A&E unit must stay to help safeguard the population. Its closure would be a danger to the hospital as a whole .
Catherine Tookey	14th Dec 2009
tracey gardiner	14th Dec 2009	Keep the Whittington A&E open for its local community and all who live and work in Islington.
Sue Smith	14th Dec 2009	Keep the A&E dept at the Whittington Hospital open. it is an essential service for the local community
Susan Loppert	14th Dec 2009	Why did they spend all those millions on modernising the Whittington if the only A+E serving millions of people in north-east London is to be closed? Doubtless the money saved will go towards more weapons of mass destruction, to killing people rather than saving lives.
simona candiolo	14th Dec 2009
Professor Lynne Segal	14th Dec 2009	As is obvious to all, it is a disgrace to have spent so much money updating the resources at the Whittington one year, only to close it down the next. This facility is very much needed by North Londoners.
Jennifer Hurstfiel	14th Dec 2009
Anand Kumria	14th Dec 2009
pani matsangos	14th Dec 2009
andrene mills	14th Dec 2009
Demetrios Hadjidemetriou	14th Dec 2009	Far too many A & E departments have closed and are closing at the expense of all our health. Let's stop Whittington's A & E department closing, it bad enough as it is.
Magdalena Pickton	14th Dec 2009
Dean Bouhsine	14th Dec 2009	just showing my support against the closure of the Whittington a&e dept. Its wrong. Many people know the importance of keeping this wing active. Timing is everything,too long a distance too little time. you know the score.
Nicola McLean	14th Dec 2009	I think that is is terrible that the NHS is thinking of taking away such a vital part of a hospital. With such busy boroughs surrounding the Whittington it can only lead to fatalities because the appropriate services are not available.
LESTER MOSES	14th Dec 2009
Ruth Petrie	14th Dec 2009	This proposed closure is shocking and completely indefensible!
B. Tesfaye	14th Dec 2009
christine halsall	14th Dec 2009
Dr. Steve Overy	14th Dec 2009
Rosalind Lettman	14th Dec 2009
Caroline Smith	14th Dec 2009	Please don\" cut any services at the Whittington Hospital,we need them all!!!!
Brian Mack	14th Dec 2009
mary havens	14th Dec 2009	the very thought of closing is disgracefull.its constantlty busy in a and e no matter what time you get there,there is no way people will be able to travel further out for emergency attention,you just need to lookat the surrounding area the family housing and traffic to now we need to keep this department open.
Annelies Kramer	14th Dec 2009
Clive Bradley	14th Dec 2009
Marie Mulley	14th Dec 2009
Christina Bell	14th Dec 2009
MELINA	14th Dec 2009
Rachel Adema	14th Dec 2009	The Whittington's A & E is a fantastic service. we should have more, not less.
Melanie Sanders	14th Dec 2009
Norman Ellis	14th Dec 2009	Over the years the A&E dept at the Whittibgton has provided an invaluable service to local residents and it is hard to see how their health and safety can be safegurded if it is closed. I hope and trust those responsible will ensure that these services continue at the Whittington with at least the current servicice provided.
Sarina Turner	14th Dec 2009	The Whittington has served me and my family well and conveniently over many years though many major and minor emergencies. It would be a huge loss to people like us living in central Islington.
barry brinklow	14th Dec 2009
Melissa Panays	14th Dec 2009	During the past year my family and I have had to use Whittington A&E four times. Three of these occassions were potentialy life threatening. For me the proximity of the Whittington alleviated the stress of travelling alone at night as well as speeding up the process of getting medical help-try getting to the Royal Free by bus or car during the day! There are also the problems of travelling on the Northern Line. Another point to consider is it\'s proximity to Highgate mental health centre and Islington community mental health teams. Some years ago we had a very negative experience whilst attempting to get help for a psychotic patient at the Royal Free. We were advised to go there as the Whittington had a waiting time of several hours. Surely this would indicate the need for an extended service in this borough instead of withdrawing vital services.
genc rumani	14th Dec 2009	No way u want to close the a&e
Joan Woddis	14th Dec 2009	It's vital that the Whittington A&E remains open. Without it lives could be lost and futures irrecoverably damaged.The effects of such a short-sighted move could be disastrous.
kim dowling	14th Dec 2009	myself and twin brother were born in da whittington and were there a few times as kids.. this wud be awful to close a&e down
I.hogg	14th Dec 2009
Miriam Waltz	14th Dec 2009
Bernice rubenstein	14th Dec 2009
Ms C Gleeson	15th Dec 2009	It is a disgrace that the A&E at Whittington Hospital is being threatened with closure.
Denise Douieb	15th Dec 2009	The NHS is under attack with more services being eroded. There should be more investment in public services not more closures.
sharon chambers	15th Dec 2009	The A & E dept at Whittington provide an invaluable, already over run service. If they were to close the nearest A & E would be too far away for people (too sick to travel too far but not an emergency enough to call the ambulance service). This would be catastrophic. Please
Deborah Smith	15th Dec 2009	I think it is dreadful that this is even being considered. I am totally opposed to the removing of any services from the Whittington let alone A&E. Where are we supposed to go to - UCH - that place is a total and utter nightmare. I've had four children in the Whittington, my father was treated for cancer there - the service I received was fantastic. LEAVE IT ALONE!!!!
Brigid Sheppard	15th Dec 2009	I am a GP working locally in the area of the Whittington hosp. we use the a&e there on a daily basis. given the constraints of the NHS, they run a wonderful service for the local community, as does the hospital as a whole. Closing the a&e would be a disaster for the hospital and for our patients. I cant believe there is a serious proposal to close it.
Duncan Kramer	15th Dec 2009	The most vunerable to accidents (children, elderley, manual workers, pedestrians, cyclists) need local A & E cover. Increasing distances for A & E cover will ultimately fail patients and next of kin.
Catherine Howard	15th Dec 2009	Both my children were born prematurely, and one spent weeks in the special care baby unit there. We've since made various trips to A&E for various childhood ailments (including my daughter being unconscious & having trouble breathing). We've moved from London now but out friends haven't. Please, please don\'t close the A&E!
Emma Kingsley	15th Dec 2009	The Whittington has a first-rate A&E unit which has come to the rescue of our oldest child many times. He suffers from epilepsy and speed is of the essence if he has a major seizure. Without this unit so nearby, his life would be in danger. Moving services to the Royal Free or UCH would dangerously overload them. It would also place huge pressure on the ambulance service. People can often drive members of their families to the Whittington because of its proximity, but they would be forced to call an ambulance instead for safety if the unit was further away. Millions have already been spent on the refurbishment of the Whittington- let's not have another white elephant sitting in our midst when it should be serving the needs of local people and giving us real choice.
michelle tyler	15th Dec 2009
Mary Browne	15th Dec 2009
Celia Da Silva	15th Dec 2009	I am saddened that once again there is so much disregard to help people achieve the day to day convenieces of living in a country that is happy to run and help maintain a war that most people do not want or understand and is loath to help people at home in their own country achieve the basics of not having to travel 3 hours to find a hospital in an emergency. There is no sympathy for people being upset and ill and having to endure journeys before they find help in the shape of a hospital. Is it once again people don't matter they can travel horrendous journeys, difficult, time consuming journeys lets just try and make it harder to get to a hospital in an emergency. Why should we have any expectations that is the trick dissilution everyone and lets make even a journey to the hospital in an emergency difficult then maybe people won't use the hospitals. Then what.....
John Challinor	15th Dec 2009	Although I don't live in the area I have used the A&E there and have friends in the locality who are rightly very concerned about this proposed reduction in emergency services.
Jo De Miguel	15th Dec 2009
Diana James	15th Dec 2009
Victoria	15th Dec 2009
Tom Woods	15th Dec 2009
Ralph Gibson	15th Dec 2009	It cannot make sense to close A&E facility for such a large local population. And it terms of emergency planning, surely it makes sense to maintain A&E in as many relatively central hospitals as possible. Whittington is on main artery out of town and only 15/20 mins (?) from North Circular and M1.
Charlotte Davies	15th Dec 2009
Troy Gallagher	15th Dec 2009	The Whittington has been instrumental in saving the lives of many people in Islington; now it it time for us to pull together as a community to save the life of the Whittington
Robin Wallace	15th Dec 2009
Adrian Howard	15th Dec 2009
Helen McCarthy	15th Dec 2009
Tanja Doeller	15th Dec 2009
J Clewlow	15th Dec 2009
Virle Paterson	15th Dec 2009
Corinne Vaughan	15th Dec 2009
Chris Tully	15th Dec 2009	The potential loss of the Whittington A&E is a truly ludicrous act. For residents in Crouch End and surrounding areas there is no viable alternative. The Royal Free or the North Middlesex are simply too far away geographically to be suitable alternatives. I strongly oppose any plans to withdraw the service from my local hospital, and in an age where we are constantly told of our freedom to choose, my choice is to have a top quality A&E department within ten minutes of my front door.
Sarah Gray	15th Dec 2009
Damian Donnelly	15th Dec 2009
Jackie Turvey	15th Dec 2009
Ilka McCormick Smith	15th Dec 2009	The residents need the A&E and ICU. Please keep them open!!!
Jack Rebaldi	15th Dec 2009
Michelle Hussey	15th Dec 2009
Michael Gabbay	15th Dec 2009
N. Wray	15th Dec 2009
karen	15th Dec 2009	An invaluable service that cannot be closed
sebnem mehmet	15th Dec 2009	I want to save the A&E at Whittington, as my friend nearly died and they saved her life.
Heidi GIbb	15th Dec 2009
Eden Fikitor Tesfom	15th Dec 2009
david vandepeer	15th Dec 2009
Peter Chambers	15th Dec 2009	I believe the process of deciding the future of A&E services within Medium Acute facilities should be transparent and public. It is imperative that the general public have confidence in A&E arrangement within their area. Clearly abritrary withdrawal of services on a perceived cost agenda will not provide this confidence.
Roger Chapman	15th Dec 2009
Sarah Berman	15th Dec 2009
sharma	15th Dec 2009
Frances Wood	15th Dec 2009	The area would be very poorly served. One of the best things about the Whittington is access (for patients, whether accidents or otherwise and for visitors). This is not the same for the Royal Free.
Rosemary Seton	15th Dec 2009
Diana Clements	15th Dec 2009	1. Waiting times are now reduced, by amalgamating hospitals the service would inevitably be drastically worsened. 2. Access to the Royal Free Hospital is very difficult for Islington residents as it is cross country so there is no hope for the walking wounded. The Whittington, on the other hand, is well served by public transport. There may be a case for amalgamating some specialist services, but please, please, not the A&E
Emma Hodgeon	15th Dec 2009
Elizabeth Padovan	15th Dec 2009	My friend uses your facility often and it would be a hardship for her if it closed. Please keep it open, its needed badly for the people in the district.
Anita Frizzarin	15th Dec 2009	The waiting times at the Whittington A & E are bad enough has it is. Having to travel further will make things worse. We could all exercise our market choice and hop over to France when we get a heart attack, of course.
Susie Cottee	15th Dec 2009
Bronwen Manning	15th Dec 2009	The Whitington is well located for public transport -both U/G and buses unlike the Royal Free. Both units should be kept open to serve their very different hinterlands.
Eileen Aird	15th Dec 2009
Will Pearson	15th Dec 2009
Mark Briggs	15th Dec 2009	I suffered a collapsed vein about 12 months ago whilst in Highgate. Having A&E services at Whittington meant that I received care within minutes. I cannot praise the team highly enough. It would be a great loss to the local community if services were withdrawn
sue george	15th Dec 2009	This is fantastic hospital, please keep it open
Naomi Ward Hurford	15th Dec 2009	This cannot happen. My daughter survived meningitus due to the speed of the Whittington A&E dept.
Toni Fox	15th Dec 2009	Me, my husband and my first son was born at the Whittington Hospital please save the Whittington Hospital.
Rose Hala	15th Dec 2009	Don't make people travel further than they need to for urgently required medical attention. Shame on you council for even considering this proposal...! File it in the bin and keep the clinic open.
Deirdre Krymer	15th Dec 2009	This A&E serves a wide area of north London, including residents of Islington, Haringey in particular, with some Camden residents and beyond. I lived in Islington, close to the Whittington, (N19) until very recently. It has been expensively modernised, so incredibly wasteful to now re-trench by removing surgery (effects on all surgery at the hospital).
Ruth Cohen	15th Dec 2009
simone Ward	15th Dec 2009
Michele Harrison	15th Dec 2009	For many people in North London this is the closest A&E facility and to travel to other hospitals may mean more lives are lost. A&E facilities are already severely stretched at the other hospitals - this will only worsen the situation. This cannot be allowed to happen.
Dr Rory Conn	15th Dec 2009
Anne Gillespie	15th Dec 2009
Jess slamon	15th Dec 2009	Don't downscale any depts at the Whittington!
Dr Stephen Till	15th Dec 2009
Mrs S Langley	15th Dec 2009	The other nearest hospital with A & E will be too far to trave to. Lives wll be lost.
Judi Sarna-Howard	15th Dec 2009
Michele Jogee	15th Dec 2009	The A&E at Whittington hospital serves a large percentage of the local communities and it would be tragic to loose this crucial resource that saves lives!!
Mrs Anne Jones	16th Dec 2009	I took my husband to the Whittington A&E and received excellent service from our local hospital.
Laura Parfitt	16th Dec 2009	This is a vital and much appreciated service in the area. I strongly feel that this unit shouldn't be shut down.
Graeme Salaman	16th Dec 2009	Lives will be lost and treatment delayed and impaired if the Whittington loses its A&E.
Linda Clarke	16th Dec 2009	The Whittington A&E is indispensable to our area. What madness would put lives at risk by threatening this?
Catherine McSweeney	16th Dec 2009
Jennifer Cowan	16th Dec 2009
Dr M M Till	16th Dec 2009	We need the whittington A&E- please keep it
Katie Baird	16th Dec 2009
Steve Ripley	16th Dec 2009
Claire Widgery	16th Dec 2009	This is a vital resource that we use from college. With traffic as it is in london we need local services.
Claire Bolderson	16th Dec 2009
Janet Stanway	16th Dec 2009
Sofia Buonvino	16th Dec 2009
Anthony Woodhouse	16th Dec 2009
Selim Muhiuddin	16th Dec 2009
Jan Whelan	16th Dec 2009	The Whittington is our local hospital. During our sons' childhoods we have spent many hours in the A&E department. If it is closed, we would have to go to UCLH or the Royal Free - both quite a way away, and both surrounded by traffic. In addition, the A&E is the lifeblood of a hospital. Without it, other services and expertise fade away. What a waste of a newly-built hospital.
Minette	16th Dec 2009	Please do not remove the A&E services from the hospital Please give the people of this neighborhood the chance to survive an emergency. Hope you will reconsider.
Catie Barclay	16th Dec 2009	This is an essential resource vital for all north Londoners. Please do not close it down.
Lex Wykes	16th Dec 2009	I am very concerned that the whittington may close it's A & E as it's one of the nicer and closer ones and I worry that this will also cause a poorer service in other hospitals that will take the overspill in an already stretched service.
Bindi Harris	16th Dec 2009	I cannot believe anyone is even thinking of shutting down the A&E in the whittington? This is amazing to me, accidents happen all of the time and people HAVE to have somewhere they can go locally to be cared for, A&E units save lives, and time is of the essence. To think of having to travel even further and to put even more pressure on another hospital is rediculous and impractical!
Joanna Taylor	16th Dec 2009
Dr Berry Beaumont	16th Dec 2009	As a local GP who has worked in the area for many years, I was extremely dismayed to learn of plans to close Whittington A and E and thus downgrade the status of the hospital from an acute unit. The Whittington is an excellent hospital, the care and treatment gets better and better. What a waste of investment in staff and buildings to propose this radical change.
kelly hunn	16th Dec 2009	this is my local hospital they cant close it down its central to all islington people,and if you have young children its a must to keep this open for all people in the area.
Catherine Gollop	16th Dec 2009
Sheena Davies	16th Dec 2009	If the Whittington closes its services especially A&E there will be significantly longer travelling times and lives may well be lost.
Patrick Clements	16th Dec 2009
Garland	16th Dec 2009
Lucy Jones	16th Dec 2009	I object to these proposals. The Whittington serves a large area and is easily accessed by transport i.e. road and ambulance
Jonathan Pennington	16th Dec 2009	Whittington is an excellent hospital and its A&E department provides a vital service to this part of North London Please keep it open!
Nic Watts	16th Dec 2009	Save the Whit!
Claudia Dulak	16th Dec 2009	I am strongly opposed to A&E and intensive care services been withdrawn from the Whittington Hospital. I grew up close to the hospital and unfortunately my recently deceased father had occasion to visit the A&E department there several times over the years and we were so pleased to have those facilities close by. It would be an awful and ludicrous loss to the community if it was removed.
Chrissy Dulak	16th Dec 2009	I live very close to the hospital and would be very concerned if we were to lose the A&E department.
Carol Burgess	16th Dec 2009	It is imperative that we have the A&E retained at the Whittington. I and my family have used it on several occasions, and the lack of any other A&E in Haringey makes it invaluable. Nor do I accept that I could go to the Royal Free as an alternative.It is too far away. While the Government seems to wish to remove more and more local amenities such as post offices ,so that the service to the consumer is reduced even more, to cut our local A&E service is totally unacceptable and will lead to even more dicomfort, queues, and delays if they try yet again to put a quart into a pint pot. Have you had any patient or doctor supporting this proposal?At a time when the population of London is continuing to expand ,to try and remove the one area of local hospital services that most people come into contact with, is unacceptable.
Stephen Nugent	16th Dec 2009
Catherine Crowther	16th Dec 2009	A & E services should remain local. I wholeheartedly support the campaign to save the Whittington's local A&E and intensive services
Sue Mohamed	16th Dec 2009
sujal zaveri	16th Dec 2009
Christine Adali	16th Dec 2009	Where would the next A&E be... it is essential to have easy and quick access to mediacl care in case of an emergency!!!
Deborah Tudhope	16th Dec 2009	This is a local resource we cannot afford to lose. Other A & E Departments are too far for Islington people.
ann willifer	16th Dec 2009	There should be no further reduction in A&E services
Mrs Leila Hodge	16th Dec 2009	It seems extraordinary to have spent all this money on improving facilities at the Whittington and in particular the intensive care unit, to then to move accident and emergency to the Royal Free. The best cardiac is at the Whittington and it is significantly easier to move north south than to move east west in London.The Whittington is much easier to get to and find parking than the Royal Free. Both hospiatals have their strong points but it seems clear that the Whittington should not be the hospital to lose its A&E.
Norah Martyn	16th Dec 2009	The Whittington has been a hospital that has served the community since before I was born, it is also a great Teaching Hospital and should be saved!
Lindy Sharpe	16th Dec 2009	I definitely don't think the Whittington should lose its A&E department -- it is much more accessible to people in this part of London, including by public transport, than hospitals closer to the centre. I have had good treatement at the unit on several occasions.
Guy Scadding	16th Dec 2009	This is crazy. The Whittington is a busy place - where will the patients go?
Hanna Heffner	16th Dec 2009
Dr Antke Hagena	16th Dec 2009	As a doctor I strongly oppose the plans to close the Whittington A&E department, knowing that easily accesible emergency health care is crucial to provide care for the public in general, but for vulnerable patients in particular , especially after the recent changes in GP's out of hours cover.
Antony Ellman	17th Dec 2009	Despite all the talk of "NHS being safe in our hands" both main parties seem ready to whittle away vital health services ignoring local people's needs and expressed priorities. Closong A & E and ICS at the Whittington will cause great hardship especially to poor and older people. Listen, and keep them open!
Janice Bowmer	17th Dec 2009
Elizabeth Goold	17th Dec 2009	We have no adequate public transport, ( we have none by bus, and a lengthy circular connection by tube with a walk from the tube) to get to the Royal Free in an emergency and there is no parking, either. The North/East needs it own A and E centre. The Royal Free serves the North/West. This is an extremely ill thought out proposal.
Sarah Mulligan	17th Dec 2009
YVONNE FORWARD	17th Dec 2009
Sarah Wrightson	17th Dec 2009	I support the Whittington as my local Hospital. This means that I think essential that it retains emergency services and the usual outpatients, medical and surgical facilities. Both St Ann\'s and the Royal Free are almost an hour away by public transport!
Janet & Mike Hurford	17th Dec 2009
denise thorburn	17th Dec 2009	It serves the local catchment area well, closing would mean further travel for the more vulnerable and socially excluded community.
Sarah Andrew	17th Dec 2009	The Whittington A and E option is essential for this community as all other A and E options are dangerously far from this heavily residential area. This community used to be served by The Northern Hospital which was closed down and the Whittington asorbed its services. We cannot risk another closure when our options would be UCL, the Royal Free or Homerton. Lives would be put at risk. I have used A and E twice in the last two years, once for an emergency review of a head injury for my 3 month old baby and once for stiches to my face afer a fall. On both of these occasions I was well served but the department was full, there is no question its services are needed.
Sarah Barker	17th Dec 2009	Islington NEEDS our last A&E. All the others have been closed down. We need to keep the Whittington open.
Dylan O'Mahony	17th Dec 2009
Alina Dumitru	17th Dec 2009
Melissa Thompson	17th Dec 2009
Clare Woodward	17th Dec 2009
Lindsay Buchanan	17th Dec 2009
Saba Choudhury	17th Dec 2009
Trish O'Flynn	17th Dec 2009
clive richards	17th Dec 2009
Phil Mongredien	17th Dec 2009
Shelley Morgan	17th Dec 2009	This A&E dept is the closest to my daughters school so I want to be sure that in the event of an emergency the facility is available for the children.
Adam Chaker	17th Dec 2009
caroline royds	17th Dec 2009	The Whittington is a crucial part of Islington and serves a huge catchment area. I'm not sure that local people will be able to get to A&Es further away or that it makes sense to downgrade an institution on which so much money ahs recently been spent.
Elaine Leake	17th Dec 2009
Judith M. Steiner	17th Dec 2009
Cristina Cunchillos	17th Dec 2009
simon taylor	17th Dec 2009	the most densly populated borough in london without A&E? have any of these people ever tried to get from say N5 to the royal free by public tranport or car?
Witold Ficinski	17th Dec 2009
Barry H White	17th Dec 2009	What a crazy idea What idiot thought of it
Judith Dexter	17th Dec 2009
lesley bluberg	17th Dec 2009	please save this A & E the alternatives are just too too far!!
Mrs Angela Brown	17th Dec 2009
Tanesha Duah	17th Dec 2009	I was born in Whittington Hospital 21 years ago so not happy about any part of the hospital being closed down!! Its stupid!!!
sue	17th Dec 2009
Ellen Brush	17th Dec 2009	We must save the Whittington A&E -- a great team, I don't know what I would have done without them when family have needed treatment......how crazy to be going all the way to Royal Free!!
Stephanie Thompson	17th Dec 2009	Although I do not live in London any more I have had very positive experiences of the Whittington and friends to whom it has been vitally important.
The Walters family	17th Dec 2009	It's a total disgrace that the Whitttington A&E is threatned with closure. It's our hospital and we should all protect the very good services that they supply to the people of Islington, and beyond our borough. the people of Isling should send out a clear message that 'WE WILL FIGHT THEM TO THE BITTER END'
Tamasin Kempinski	17th Dec 2009	We need this A&E, please please don\'t close it.
Keith Sutton	17th Dec 2009
Dr Valerie Dock	17th Dec 2009
sarah dolan	17th Dec 2009
Robin Dock	17th Dec 2009
Mark Higgins	17th Dec 2009	One of the most outrageous ideas I've heard in a very long time! The A&E is an essential part of the hospital and the large local community. The Royal Free or other A&E depts are too far away and closing/reducing the Whittington A&E dept will only result in a reduced level of care in the area, and overcrowding at the hospitals that will have to accommodate for the change! Everything must be done to nip this idea in the bud as quickly as possible!
Felicity Kaine	17th Dec 2009
Sophie Jimenez	17th Dec 2009
Allison Goodfellow Ash	17th Dec 2009
Jack Kennedy	17th Dec 2009	Save the Whittington, 1st recieving A&E for the Emirates Stadium!
Carol Stegmann	18th Dec 2009	essential
Sally Burke	18th Dec 2009	I think it is an outrage that this vital service may be taken away from us!!
Susan Piper	18th Dec 2009	We have lost three A&E's in the last three decades (St Leonard's, Royal Northern and Bart's): I don't see how the remaining hospitals will cope if the Whittington also closes. Also, A&E departments need to be accessible to the local population, not long distances from them.
John Price	18th Dec 2009
eda yilmazata	18th Dec 2009
Graham Tuck	18th Dec 2009	I feel that the A & E department is a vital resource for the people of North London. It has recently opened a childrens A & E, so that not only myself but my family are able to access the services provided in times of concern.
liz whitlock	18th Dec 2009
Ann Janssen	18th Dec 2009	I oppose the closure of this A&E department which has served my family very well over the past 30 years. Having spent all this money refurbishing, modernising and making it a good local hospital it seems absolutely inconceivable that one should then withdraw its A&E department.
Cat Smith	18th Dec 2009
Paul Bell	18th Dec 2009
Jack Burrell	18th Dec 2009
Tony Roche	18th Dec 2009	As I had previous lived in Camden for 15 years, and have attend the A & E department on various occasions. I feel it would have a major affect on the service that is provided for members of the public and anyone traveling in the area. Which could result in costing lives
D.Morgan	18th Dec 2009	A & E services at this hospital are essential for all North London residents. Use to live Muswell Hill.....my partner wouldn\\\'t be alive today if it wasn\\\'t for this Hospital and it\\\'s key staff prompt actions.
Ama Uzowuru	18th Dec 2009
jean jacobs	18th Dec 2009
Teresa Newland	18th Dec 2009
Alison Horton	18th Dec 2009
Evan Lurie	18th Dec 2009	The Whittingdon A&E does a great job-please keep it.
Keith Birch	18th Dec 2009
John Edwards	18th Dec 2009
Katrina Tonge	18th Dec 2009
Angela Georgiou	18th Dec 2009	It would be disastrous to lose this A&E this must certainly mean longer waits at Royal Free!
Ruth Boswell	18th Dec 2009	There is desperate need for an A&E Dept at the Whittington. Closing it would have disastrous results for the inhabitants of North London. Everything possible must be done to prevent this closure.
Sal Shuel	18th Dec 2009	My husband is alive because of Whittington A&E. I do not like to consider what might have happened if he had been obliged to struggle to Barnet, dreadful St Annes or the Royal Free. Whittington serves a large, populous area. We all need it. What are the alternatives?
Regie Abel	18th Dec 2009
Phil Gardener	18th Dec 2009
Howard Whiteson	18th Dec 2009	I would like to voice my strong protest at plans to close or cut down on services at the Whittington Hospital. It serves a vital function at the heart of the local comminity, and its loss would undoubtedly cost lives, as well as induce much suffering amongst residents of harringay and beyond. I would ask you to reconsider your decision, or to put pressure on thos responsible for making it.
Sara Jones	18th Dec 2009
Ann Wax	19th Dec 2009	we must do everything possible to save the whittington. it is the life blood of this area.
kamali brown	19th Dec 2009
Lucy Ashman	19th Dec 2009	Not the A&E!
Caroline Cowley	19th Dec 2009	Save the Whittington from closures. There are plenty of other ways to save money in the NHS.
ECS Sanchez	19th Dec 2009	I am alarmed and dismayed at hearing the news that the Whittington's A&E Department is under threat of closure, and I am amazed and shocked at the Government's callous short-sightedness and lack of regard for the community's needs of the vital , life saving service that this department's location provides.
Vivien Burgoyne	19th Dec 2009	The A & E at the Whittington is an essential service, and offers in my experience, the best by far for many miles around. It serves not only Islington but also part of Haringey, and the alternative for Haringey doesn't bear thinking about!
Rev Kate Hackett	19th Dec 2009	I have recently moved into the area and I am amazed that the A&E maybe removed from the Whittington. Particularly as I know so many in my own pastorate and surrounding residents rely on such a provision. Its imperative to keep these services fully functional as theres is not another A&E facility within a reasonable distance.
Rosemary Arnold	19th Dec 2009	As a user of NHS services it is clear that the A&E services in London are overstretched and struggling. Any further cuts would be disasterous.
Esther moorhouse	19th Dec 2009
Malcolom Rolfe	19th Dec 2009	Do not axe this life saving A&E
Fionnuala Stuart	19th Dec 2009	I worked as a psychiatric doctor at Whittington A&E some years ago and saw first hand the invaluable service it provides to the local community.
Esther Z. Gillies	19th Dec 2009	It's imperative that we retain all services at the Whittington Hospital!
Josh Kempinski	19th Dec 2009	We cannot put cost cutting above basic services that are human necessity. We must save the Whittington and its life saving A&E.
Andrew Smith	19th Dec 2009	I understand that the closure of the A&E department is intended to be the start of a gradual closure of the whole hospital. The driver of this is said to be the value of the site due to its delightful views over the London Basin. I reject the idea that something that's in public ownership is less valuable than the same thing in private hands. Commonwealth, not private wealth, and so to my mind even more valuable.
clodagh hargadon	19th Dec 2009	this hospital A&E is vital to the community and is not optional, shame on those who want to close it!!
Karen Pettitt	19th Dec 2009	this is absolutey disgraceful. How long will it take if we need to get to the hosptial in an emergency. More people will be calling 999 instead of just turning up at A&E which will ahve an impact on the people that really need them.
Dr. John Bank	19th Dec 2009	My wife and I raised 5 (five) children in Highgate over the last 30 years--3 boys and 2 girls. They range in age from 20-30 now. Over the years we've had occasion to take each one of them to the Whittington Hospital A&E, some more than once due to sporting injuries and home accidences, and on one occasion an unprovoked street attack on one ot the boys by a gang. Our community needs an A&E unit at the Whittington. Keep it open!!!!
Flora L J Skinner	19th Dec 2009	This is my mother's local hospital, she has used the A&E Dept and would find it much harder to travel further afield in an accident or emergency situation.