{"id":1541,"date":"2018-06-08T12:47:13","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T11:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ealingsaveournhs.org.uk\/?p=1541"},"modified":"2018-09-20T13:12:30","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T12:12:30","slug":"ealing-save-our-nhs-newsletter-8-06-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ealingsaveournhs.org.uk\/?p=1541","title":{"rendered":"Ealing Save our NHS Newsletter &#8211; 8\/06\/18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This is our latest newsletter, you can subscribe if you would like to receive our updated news and events straight in your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n  \n  \n  <div class=\"\n    mailpoet_form_popup_overlay\n      \"><\/div>\n  <div\n    id=\"mailpoet_form_1\"\n    class=\"\n      mailpoet_form\n      mailpoet_form_shortcode\n      mailpoet_form_position_\n      mailpoet_form_animation_\n    \"\n      >\n\n    <style type=\"text\/css\">\n     #mailpoet_form_1 .mailpoet_form {  }\n#mailpoet_form_1 .mailpoet_column_with_background { padding: 10px; }\n#mailpoet_form_1 .mailpoet_form_column:not(:first-child) { margin-left: 20px; 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join in the fun!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 70th NHS Birthday will be the big focus for our Stall and on the Parade at Hanwell Carnival on 16th.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year we are hoping to have our very own\u00a0<\/span><b>ESON Choir<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0performing at the Stall in Elthorne Park. If you enjoy singing and would like to join us please let me know.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We will also have some photo opportunities for carnival goers, although probably not any TV stars as below!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Join the Carnival Parade<\/b><b>:\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We usually get a good crowd joining our Ealing Save Our NHS Contingent. This year we have 70th Birthday hats for people to wear with our NHS sashes (very swish!) and of course Arthur&#8217;s legendary bed will be on the Parade too. If you would like to join in please go to Hanwell Community Centre on Sat 16th between 10.00-11.00am (departure time).\u00a0Look for the ESON banner and bed!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course we also need people on our Stall to help and give out leaflets as well. You can find us in Elthorne Park from 12.00 noon &#8211; 6.00pm. <a href=\"https:\/\/ealingsaveournhs.org.uk\/2018\/06\/hanwell-carnival-saturday-june-16th\/\">Read more here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Crazy Economics at Charing X and Ealing:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The London North West Healthcare Trust who run Ealing, Northwick Park &amp; Central Middlesex Hospitals have &#8216;planned&#8217; for a\u00a0<\/span><b>\u00a331.4 million\u00a0deficit for 2018\/19.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However\u00a0the \u00a331.4m deficit is based on them receiving extra funding of \u00a327.3m\u00a0(only paid if their A&amp;E 4 hour waiting time is 90% across the Trust)\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0that they can deliver\u00a0<\/span><b>\u00a334m worth of &#8220;savings&#8221;\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(i.e. cuts).\u00a0Bizarrely they are allowed to borrow up to \u00a331.4 million to cover the deficit at 1.5% interest thereby adding a further \u00a34.6 million to the amount!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And it&#8217;s a similar story at Imperial NHS Trust, who run Charing X, St Mary&#8217;s and Chelsea &amp; Westminster. They are planning \u00a348 million worth of cuts to &#8216;help&#8217; with their\u00a0<\/span><b>planned \u00a320.6 million budget deficit<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0for 2018\/19 and get their loan. What about just giving them the funds they need to run our hospitals!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Please support the National Health Singers Appeal:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The National Health Singers will\u00a0be recording a single to celebrate the 70th birthday of the NHS and raise awareness on the current plight of our NHS. They are not just your usual choir but\u00a0are a protest choir made up of a range of NHS staff and allies. They sing at protests and demonstrations including the forthcoming\u00a070th Anniversary event on the 30th June. If<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0you would like to support them and help fund the cost of the new single the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/crowdfunding\/nhs70thsingle?utm_id=33&amp;utm_term=eeGKxam8P\">link is here<\/a>&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And here the video of the choir&#8217;s previous single &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"National Health Singers - &#039;YOURS&#039; (Official Music Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MFl5yB6_9OI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>OUR NEXT CAMPAIGN MEETING\u00a0is\u00a0Tuesday 19th June<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 7.30pm in Northfields Community Centre. All welcome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Saturday 30th June<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please join us on the <a href=\"https:\/\/ealingsaveournhs.org.uk\/event\/nhs-70-birthday-demo\/\">Big 70th NHS Birthday Celebration &amp; Demonstration<\/a>. We are meeting up at Ealing Broadway Station at\u00a0<\/span><b>11.30am\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with our banner and placards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><\/b><b>Thursday 5th July: 12.00 &#8211; 2.00pm<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our 70th Birthday Party outside Ealing Hospital with music, singing, cake, balloons and speakers; including Council Leader Julian Bell and Virendra Sharma MP (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">parliament permitting<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>AND SOME INTERESTING READING:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>New article on our website:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0&#8220;The Ealing MCAP Debacle&#8221; by Colin Standfield.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an effort to do the undoable, Ealing\u2019s health bosses hired a private American firm called Finnamore to \u2018fix\u2019 what they claim is the overuse of hospital beds. Colin Standfield\u00a0lifts the lid on what actually happened, using his usual dry humour and focus on facts. Colin shows that the people who are now offering a billion-pound contract for our Out Of Hospital services really don\u2019t know what they are doing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ealingsaveournhs.org.uk\/2018\/05\/the-ealing-mcap-debacle\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can read it here:<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>The Great NHS Property sell-off<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a good round up of what&#8217;s happening to NHS assets. It&#8217;s story of how the NHS is selling off assets to pay for their vision of developing out of hospital care and care in the community, centralising services and of course giving the private sector a bigger share of the cake.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opendemocracy.net\/ournhs\/jessica-ormerod\/great-nhs-property-sell-off-gathers-pace\">Read it here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>8,900 checks on &#8216;NHS health tourists&#8217; find only 50 liable to pay<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Latest figures from London hospitals involved in a trial which asked 8,894 people for two forms of ID prior to treatment showed that only 50, or one in 180 had to pay for their care. 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