{"id":2030,"date":"2020-06-30T08:52:44","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T07:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ealingsaveournhs.org.uk\/?p=2030"},"modified":"2020-06-30T09:14:57","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T08:14:57","slug":"celebration-protest-outside-ealing-hospital-sat-4th-july-eson-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ealingsaveournhs.org.uk\/?p=2030","title":{"rendered":"Celebration & Protest outside Ealing Hospital – Sat 4th July -ESON Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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At last we have an opportunity to get out on the streets again, celebrating the 72nd Birthday of our NHS and raising our banners in support of Ealing Hospital as part of a weekend of events<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
Ealing Hospital services have still not been restored and around the country there are stories of A&Es being closed, ward and bed closures, mergers and more, all under cover of Covid \u2013 19. How temporary or permanent will these be? Certainly campaigners up and down the country won\u2019t just stand by or be hoodwinked by NHS bosses and we hope you will support us all the way.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
Please join us celebrating our NHS and standing up for Ealing Hospital:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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We have certainly missed being able to be out on the streets fighting for our NHS, so what better time than on its 72nd Birthday. Along with campaigners from Keep Our NHS Public groups around the country we will be outside our Hospital on what is going to be a NHS Birthday weekend.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
There will be banners, placards, some speeches and a few of our famous NHS songs, but sadly no cake this time, at least not a real one. It is a new experience organising a socially distanced gathering, but we are sure we can do it safely, and would ask you to please wear a mask.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
Please feel free to bring your own placards if you wish.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
It would be lovely if you can join us and circulate details of our event \u2013 our colourful leaflet is also available\u00a0here<\/a>.\u00a0Among other things, we need to highlight the disgraceful attitude to the high number of BAME deaths and the needs of the local community including in Southall.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
Diary date: 12.30 -1.30pm, Saturday 4th July, Outside Ealing Hospital.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Our NHS Deserves better – Online Rally – Sunday 5th July:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Sunday 5th July is the 72nd anniversary of the founding of our NHS. A coalition of national campaigns have organised an online rally at 3:30 PM to say, ‘Our NHS deserves better’.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
During the coronavirus crisis in 2020, NHS and Social Care workers have been called upon to work on the frontline to keep us safe. They have often had to work without proper resources and PPE, within an already failing system. Many have been forced to sacrifice their lives. In the UK we have now reached the frightening number of excess deaths linked to coronavirus of 64,000 (up to 28 May 2020), the second-highest death toll in the world.\u00a0The NHS deserves better, we all deserve better.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
More details\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n

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You can join the Rally on\u00a0either\u00a0Facebook\u00a0here\u00a0<\/a>or\u00a0YouTube\u00a0here<\/a>:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
Friday 3rd July – London – Candlelit Vigil<\/strong>:\u00a0To open the weekend’s events, on Friday 3rd\u00a0Keep Our NHS Public are holding a socially distanced vigil in Central London to mark the lives that have been lost to the pandemic in recent months. This will be a quiet and dignified event.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
If you would like to attend, please\u00a0fill out this google form<\/a>, or contact KONP at\u00a0nationaladmin@keepournhspublic.com<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
EALING HOSPITAL:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Update on Ealing Hospital services:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
During the height of the Coronavirus pandemic some pretty drastic service changes were made at Ealing Hospital to enable staff to cope with the number of patients and to bolster Northwick Park.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
Operating theatres were closed, emergency surgery was suspended and ambulances with trauma & orthopaedics emergencies were diverted to Northwick Park. The Intensive Care Units was reduced from 18 to 6 beds and critical care equipment was sent to Northwick Park.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Ealing A&E has remained open 24\/7 but there has been mounting concerns about it operating without the back-up of emergency surgery.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
ESON, hospital staff and our local MPs have been stepping up the pressure to reinstate all these services. We have been lobbying the senior bosses at London North West Healthcare University Trust (LNWH) who run Ealing Hospital as well as the North West London NHS leaders who are running the show.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
YOU CAN READ OUR MOST RECENT LETTER TO THE HOSPITAL TRUST\u00a0HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
This mounting pressure on hospital bosses is having an effect as they recently announced that emergency surgery will be re-instated at the end of July – but\u00a0only\u00a0from 8.00am-8.00pm.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
This is a start, but what about overnight? It also falls short of reinstating Trauma & Orthopaedic surgery, emergency gynaecology and the lost ICU beds which Ealing needs now!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
Ealing MPs step up to defend Ealing Hospital<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
Following a briefing by ESON, we are delighted that all 3 Ealing MPs have written a joint letter to the LNWH Trust and NWL NHS expressing concerns that the \u2018temporary changes\u2019 made at Ealing Hospital due to Covid -19 must not become permanent and become a new version of the hated \u2018Shaping a Healthier Future\u2019 plans that would have closed our A&E and much more. We look forward to hearing a response to their questions from health bosses.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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NWL NHS bosses respond to ESON:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
NWL bosses recently published a \u2018Covid-19 Recovery Plan\u2019.\u00a0Some things seem to be here to stay such as digital\/virtual appointments with GPs, outpatients and mental health services. The future of critical care is to be expanded at larger sites \u2013 this means Northwick Park, but the future of smaller sites like Ealing is unclear.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
There \u2018plan\u2019 states that Ealing Hospital has only ‘temporarily’ lost overnight emergency surgery, so we wrote to ‘update’ them and call for a return of\u00a0all<\/strong>\u00a0the services that had in fact been cut.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
In their reply to us, they claim \u2018there will be a very strong future for Ealing Hospital’\u00a0(we wonder if they mean \u2018strong\u2019 in meeting local needs or to suit NWL needs!) They also say they will be\u00a0\u2018refurbishing the vacant and \u2018stand alone\u2019 maternity block at Ealing Hospital to provide safe surgical capacity for the future\u2019\u00a0–\u00a0likely to be a six to nine month programme. But what will happen in the meantime?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
There is much talk about working with the public, drawing up an \u2018Involvement Charter\u2019 and other means of \u2018engaging\u2019. The history of the NHS working with the public in Ealing is not good!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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PLEASE HELP US STAND UP FOR EALING HOSPITAL:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
You can help us in a number of ways, but we welcome other suggestions.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n