Be There

                           OCTOBER 4th 2008.......................

     Be There if you care.............

          Be There if you want Your NHS to be the best.............

      Be There if you want NO More Local Health Cuts..........

Another "Preferred" bidder messes up............

Well yet another Government initiative has messed up, this time it's Education.

The up coming Students have not received their sats results...........they should not be paid for 

this debacle and their contract should be made void.

Again it is Government cost cutting that has failed and a Private Company who are just seeing the pound signs and NOT delivering the goods.

We would expect the same if we allow Hinchingbrooke to be "Franchised" off without a FULL public consultation and why don't the SHA & PCT want a public consultation......

Because they know what the public want.................

Hinchingbrooke in the NHS and run by the NHS and not by the PCT another Trust or some fly by night Private company........

Thanks to the Hinchingbrooke Staff & the Other NHS staff

I just want to add a personal note here, something I do not normally do.

My father underwent a Heart Valve operation at Papworth Hospital on the 3rd July 2008, he was

sent home on the 8th July 2008..........yes 5 days later.........

On the 12th July 2008 he suffered a Stroke, I happened to be with him when this happened and

thanks to the Switchboard and the Ambulance crew he was admitted quickly into the care of the staff at Hinchingbrooke.

Subsequently he ended up on MAU under Mr Borland's care and was diagnosed as having a stroke, he is now recovering on the Magnolia Ward and is doing quite well.

Can I just express my thanks to all that have dealt with my father over the past few days and thank goodness that we saved Hinchingbrooke  from closure

The OSC agree with us................

They agree that any Consultation that is put to the public is a Sham..........let's be honest here

the SHA and PCT want to give us a choice of a "preferred" bidder, which means they are going

to tell us who they want to run Hinchingbrooke........that's a franchise then..........and then we get 

consulted on it.............mmm.....that stinks.

There is ONLY one way to have a fair consultation...........let the public decide

And there is really ONLY one PREFERENCE..........KEEP IT IN HOUSE...........

Quality is the key........Alan Johnson says...........

Tell us the Truth and what you really want Mr Johnson, lets face it you keep sending mixed

messages.

3 weeks ago you claimed that there could be a "Franchise" arrangement for "Failing Hospitals"

and how unfortunate was it that Hinchingbrooke was used as an example.

It is a Top 40 Hospital in the UK and is in the Top 5 for Patient satisfaction so they meet the

QUALITY criteria that was laid out yesterday.

Let me broaden the argument, 3 weeks ago it was Hinchingbrooke bashing due to the Government induced historic debt which moves Hinchingbrooke to fill a "Failing" criteria

yet on the 30th June 2008........Hinchingbrooke would qualify for £7-9m extra funding due

to the quality of its services...............so in essence, if Hinchingbrooke were given say £7m this year 2008/09 and kept the performance to receive the same amount in 2009/10 that would

in effect clear the £14m historic debt..............

So why do we need a "Franchise" or Takeover?.................er we don't.............

ON FRIDAY 4TH JULY, THERE IS A MEETING BETWEEN THE OVERVIEW & SCRUTINY COMMITTEE AND HINCHINGBROOKE.............

IN THE PAPERS FOR THE MEETING THERE IS HIDDEN THE CASE FOR THE "TAKEOVER" BUT AND THIS IS A BIG BUT...............THERE WILL BE A CONSULTATION BUT NOT A FULL ONE AND AFTER THIS "ARRANGEMENT" HAS BEEN SORTED OUT

IT IS LIKE BEING IN ZIMBABWE ..........ONLY ONE OUTCOME.................

WE NEED TO ACT NOW..........