{"id":213,"date":"2015-05-21T09:24:51","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T09:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ealingsaveournhs.org.uk\/?p=213"},"modified":"2016-02-05T09:40:38","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T09:40:38","slug":"protest-against-the-closure-of-ealing-maternity-200515","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ealingsaveournhs.org.uk\/?p=213","title":{"rendered":"Protest against the closure of Ealing Maternity 20\/05\/15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Ealing Save our NHS campaigners were joined by 38 degrees with their\u00a0Save our NHS ambulance and local MPs Rupa Huq\u00a0and Steve Pound.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-41 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/campaigninghub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/protest.jpg\" alt=\"protest\" width=\"368\" height=\"277\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The CCG\u00a0meeting\u00a0rubber stamped\u00a0the closure of Ealing Maternity, a decision which had been postponed to after the General Election.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Ealing Maternity\u00a0and\u00a0 Emergency Gynaecology will close by the 1st July, followed by the closure of\u00a0Paediatrics a year later.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Ealing NHS Campaigners will carry on the fight to save Ealing A&amp;E and all remaining NHS services in the area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>Read some of the reactions on Twitter:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EalingMaternity?src=hash\">#EalingMaternity<\/a> If we pay for NHS then why our concerns are ignored for closure.This can&#8217;t be correct.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 saptarshi mukherjee (@sapmuk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sapmuk\/status\/601089296523735040\">May 20, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\nThis has got to be the worst day of my career to date and a very sad one for Ealing maternity unit. \u2014 #Lesleythemidwife (@lesleyd1975) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lesleyd1975\/status\/601085358420406273\">May 20, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sam4wong\">@sam4wong<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EalingSoNHS\">@EalingSoNHS<\/a> fighting to stop these closures. Westbury Hospital Wiltshire to be sold for housing. don&#8217;t give up! good luck<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 penelope birnstingl (@bassoonstingl23) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bassoonstingl23\/status\/601150543575277568\">May 20, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RupaHuq\">@RupaHuq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EalingSoNHS\">@EalingSoNHS<\/a> This is so important not just for Ealing, but the knock on will be felt in maternity services all over London.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alice Perry (@AL1CEPERRY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AL1CEPERRY\/status\/601054096532049920\">May 20, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\nConcerns raised from within CCG re monitoring of impact of transition. Given change in 6wks, some mums will be in a pickle! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EalingMaternity?src=hash\">#EalingMaternity<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jos Bell (@Jos21Bell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jos21Bell\/status\/601045814664941568\">May 20, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jos21Bell\">@Jos21Bell<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EalingSoNHS\">@EalingSoNHS<\/a> I really fear that there will be an increase in perinatal and maternal mortality with this closure<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manj Kaur (@manjkaur21) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/manjkaur21\/status\/601128866174861312\">May 20, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This makes me angry. Yes, angry. Just decided: no maternity unit in Ealing from July 1st. Watch how things fall apart <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/GBcZ1tVk85\">http:\/\/t.co\/GBcZ1tVk85<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Drew White (@drewsonix) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drewsonix\/status\/601352427057577984\">May 21, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ealing Save our NHS campaigners were joined by 38 degrees with their\u00a0Save our NHS ambulance and local MPs Rupa Huq\u00a0and Steve Pound. The CCG\u00a0meeting\u00a0rubber stamped\u00a0the closure of Ealing Maternity, a decision which had been postponed to after the General Election. 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