Cambridge congestion charge plans on hold
Another Cambridgeshire mess up......
Plans for a congestion charge in Cambridge have been put on hold after the government announced it was scrapping a scheme set up to fund it.
Cambridgeshire County Council had bid for £500m from the government's Transport Innovation Fund (TIF) to pay for congestion-cutting projects.
AND........ With £40m overspend on the guided bus, this puts the Hinchingbrooke historic debt into perspective......
The Process to Franchise/Outsource or whatever they want to call it....should stop new.
Mr Cameron says Reform......he means Privatise.... He says Co-operatives of Public Sector staff ca run some services.....he means Privatise....
The last 2 Tory Governments Privatised Public bodies.....you now pay more for worse services.....Your Gas/Electric/Trains/Buses/Water/Telephones to name a few have all suffered the fate of Privatisation......
So should they now Privatise Cambridgeshire County Council?....But then they wouldn't would they....They are a Tory Council......
Double Standards again......
Sunday, February 28, 2010
The £8000 Tory Elderly Care Scheme
“People can for £8,000 or thereabouts as a single premium at retirement meet the future costs of their residential care .”
Andrew Lansley, Shadow Health Secretary, BBC Today, 12 February 2010
Under their plans, anyone opting to pay £8,000 upfront when they reach retirement age would in exchange be guaranteed free residential care, if they need it later.
The Conservatives say the scheme would pay for itself and require no public cash, no matter how many, or how few, people take it up.
They’ve worked it out like this: on average, one in five people needs residential care costing £25,000 annually for a two-year period at the end of their lives.
According to the Tories, five people need to pay into the scheme to cover the cost of one person claiming on it.
It sounds simple in theory – but unfortunately experts we spoke to thought it just wouldn’t work in practice.
First, there’s the problem of take-up. For the sums to add up, and to get the economies of scale, you need a lot of people to pay the optional £8,000. For example, more women than men end up needing residential care, so if too few men paid into the scheme, that could leave a funding black hole.
But as we found earlier this week, if insurance of this kind is voluntary not compulsory, many people don’t bother taking it out.
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But Would You Trust This......... Remember The Last Time The Tories Encouraged
A "Get Rich Quick" Insurance Scheme..... Well Endowment Mortgages......
YES.... Mis-Sold Many and their mates got fat on it and very wealthy
And Will They Pay Out..... Well they will find a way of NOT to.....
Mr Cameron is only 2 point ahead if Mr Brown as I write this.......let us hope now that the next Government is Hung.....so the parties have to work together in a common
consensus and get rid of stupid NHS schemes, Data Collection and get realistic.
“People can for £8,000 or thereabouts as a single premium at retirement meet the future costs of their residential care .”
Andrew Lansley, Shadow Health Secretary, BBC Today, 12 February 2010
Under their plans, anyone opting to pay £8,000 upfront when they reach retirement age would in exchange be guaranteed free residential care, if they need it later.
The Conservatives say the scheme would pay for itself and require no public cash, no matter how many, or how few, people take it up.
They’ve worked it out like this: on average, one in five people needs residential care costing £25,000 annually for a two-year period at the end of their lives.
According to the Tories, five people need to pay into the scheme to cover the cost of one person claiming on it.
It sounds simple in theory – but unfortunately experts we spoke to thought it just wouldn’t work in practice.
First, there’s the problem of take-up. For the sums to add up, and to get the economies of scale, you need a lot of people to pay the optional £8,000. For example, more women than men end up needing residential care, so if too few men paid into the scheme, that could leave a funding black hole.
But as we found earlier this week, if insurance of this kind is voluntary not compulsory, many people don’t bother taking it out.
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But Would You Trust This......... Remember The Last Time The Tories Encouraged
A "Get Rich Quick" Insurance Scheme..... Well Endowment Mortgages......
YES.... Mis-Sold Many and their mates got fat on it and very wealthy
And Will They Pay Out..... Well they will find a way of NOT to.....
Mr Cameron is only 2 point ahead if Mr Brown as I write this.......let us hope now that the next Government is Hung.....so the parties have to work together in a common
consensus and get rid of stupid NHS schemes, Data Collection and get realistic.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Why Are We Here?.............
£40 million in perspective...................
The reason used by the Commercial Director or by layman's terms.....the Outsourcing Manager to Privatise the NHS for East Anglia, was that because Hinchingbrooke was labeled as a "failing" hospital due to it's £40m deficit, nothing more. We know they hospital is highly rated by the Care Quality Commission and is one of the countries Top 40 hospitals....
Now, what they don't say is how that deficit came to be, well it was due to the Government changes in policy and the boundaries of the Strategic Heath Authorities and the Primary Care Trusts. In basic terms, Hinchingbrooke was promised activity by nearby PCT's to commission work for the hospital so they decided to manage this promised work then they would build a Treatment Centre, via the preferred at the time, PFI model.
In essence the Trust accrued this Historic deficit and in reality there is NO WAY that this will ever be repaid, whoever manages the Trust. With the 3.5% reduction in the tariff each trust receives as of 1st April 2010, then ALL trust will have to make savings on that basis alone........yet alone the 3rd year of the NHS staff pay agreement to fund too.
ALL Local NHS Trusts are looking at savings as I write this, none of them are immune, so how will a profit making organisation make a profit for their shareholders?....... they wont..... Unless there are swinging cuts to services.
But the SHA claim that Hinchingbrooke's assets will remain in the NHS, the Staff will remain in the NHS, the A&E will be open and so will Maternity and Cancer services........so why would you want to privatise the management of Hinchingbrooke....... well it's a political pawn....nothing more and a dangerous move.
In 2006 we marched through the town to Save the Hospital, I said at the time even if we keep the Trust open then something else will emerge from the shadows.
We had a PCT consultation from where the ill fated and unworkable Option 2 emerged. Yes we were right once again......it has failed miserably.
Where is the Care In The Community that Dr Denis Cox promised us.....No where, the elderly are now back in Hinchinbrooke and we have reverted back to pre 2006 times again....Well done Hinchingbrooke....again
The PCT need to get real....very real..... they have split up their operation to have a Commissioning arm and a Provider arm....and it still doesn't work.....they have several operating bases.....WHY...there should be one central county base....in or around Huntingdon......cut staff in a big way too, this will reduce their debt too.
The main issue locally is that we get a lower allowance per person than in other areas, in fact it is half what other areas get, so in an expanding area we are short of funding before we even turn a light on........
The PCT claimed that too many people were being referred to Hospitals, now their latest plan is to have clusters of GP's who will be given capped funding and they would "police" who will be referred to which Hospital (this goes against Patient Choice) and therefore how many will NOT be referred as the money is tight?....
But where is the community care that was promised......no where..... still as it was......
Why is the Oak Tree Centre......yes the one where some minor surgical procedures would be done in the primary care setting........ having the treatment rooms used for offices?...... Only Dr Cox and his PCT colleagues can answer that...... and how will they make savings....?
So Back to £40m........... it is not such a big deal........
THE GUIDED BUS (WHICH IS STILL NOT OPEN FOR BUSINESS) .......
IS NOW £40M OVERSPENT.....
SO DO WE NOW PRIVATISE LOCAL GOVERNMENT?........ on the basis of Hinchingbrooke then we should...............
COME ON ........STOP THIS EXERCISE TO PRIVATISE HINCHINGBROOKE NOW.......
KEEP MARK MILLAR AT THE HELM....
WRITE OFF THE £40M DEBT.....
RETHINK LOCAL SERVICES FOR LOCAL PEOPLE......
LOBBY GOVERNMENT FOR THE CORRECT FUNDING LEVELS......
KEEP YOUR HOSPITAL AND NHS.........PUBLIC......
£40 million in perspective...................
The reason used by the Commercial Director or by layman's terms.....the Outsourcing Manager to Privatise the NHS for East Anglia, was that because Hinchingbrooke was labeled as a "failing" hospital due to it's £40m deficit, nothing more. We know they hospital is highly rated by the Care Quality Commission and is one of the countries Top 40 hospitals....
Now, what they don't say is how that deficit came to be, well it was due to the Government changes in policy and the boundaries of the Strategic Heath Authorities and the Primary Care Trusts. In basic terms, Hinchingbrooke was promised activity by nearby PCT's to commission work for the hospital so they decided to manage this promised work then they would build a Treatment Centre, via the preferred at the time, PFI model.
In essence the Trust accrued this Historic deficit and in reality there is NO WAY that this will ever be repaid, whoever manages the Trust. With the 3.5% reduction in the tariff each trust receives as of 1st April 2010, then ALL trust will have to make savings on that basis alone........yet alone the 3rd year of the NHS staff pay agreement to fund too.
ALL Local NHS Trusts are looking at savings as I write this, none of them are immune, so how will a profit making organisation make a profit for their shareholders?....... they wont..... Unless there are swinging cuts to services.
But the SHA claim that Hinchingbrooke's assets will remain in the NHS, the Staff will remain in the NHS, the A&E will be open and so will Maternity and Cancer services........so why would you want to privatise the management of Hinchingbrooke....... well it's a political pawn....nothing more and a dangerous move.
In 2006 we marched through the town to Save the Hospital, I said at the time even if we keep the Trust open then something else will emerge from the shadows.
We had a PCT consultation from where the ill fated and unworkable Option 2 emerged. Yes we were right once again......it has failed miserably.
Where is the Care In The Community that Dr Denis Cox promised us.....No where, the elderly are now back in Hinchinbrooke and we have reverted back to pre 2006 times again....Well done Hinchingbrooke....again
The PCT need to get real....very real..... they have split up their operation to have a Commissioning arm and a Provider arm....and it still doesn't work.....they have several operating bases.....WHY...there should be one central county base....in or around Huntingdon......cut staff in a big way too, this will reduce their debt too.
The main issue locally is that we get a lower allowance per person than in other areas, in fact it is half what other areas get, so in an expanding area we are short of funding before we even turn a light on........
The PCT claimed that too many people were being referred to Hospitals, now their latest plan is to have clusters of GP's who will be given capped funding and they would "police" who will be referred to which Hospital (this goes against Patient Choice) and therefore how many will NOT be referred as the money is tight?....
But where is the community care that was promised......no where..... still as it was......
Why is the Oak Tree Centre......yes the one where some minor surgical procedures would be done in the primary care setting........ having the treatment rooms used for offices?...... Only Dr Cox and his PCT colleagues can answer that...... and how will they make savings....?
So Back to £40m........... it is not such a big deal........
THE GUIDED BUS (WHICH IS STILL NOT OPEN FOR BUSINESS) .......
IS NOW £40M OVERSPENT.....
SO DO WE NOW PRIVATISE LOCAL GOVERNMENT?........ on the basis of Hinchingbrooke then we should...............
COME ON ........STOP THIS EXERCISE TO PRIVATISE HINCHINGBROOKE NOW.......
KEEP MARK MILLAR AT THE HELM....
WRITE OFF THE £40M DEBT.....
RETHINK LOCAL SERVICES FOR LOCAL PEOPLE......
LOBBY GOVERNMENT FOR THE CORRECT FUNDING LEVELS......
KEEP YOUR HOSPITAL AND NHS.........PUBLIC......
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Thank You
We are having to say goodbye shortly to the Saviour of Hinchingbrooke Hospital
Mark Millar , as his contract is coming to an end, which is a crying shame
This is a pity during the process to PRIVATISE Hinchingbrooke, as that is what it is is, contrary to what
Dr Stephen Dunn claims.
We must Thank Mr Millar for his vision and leadership, since the previous interim Chief Executive was sent
in to close Hinchingbrooke for good
I still think there is time to keep Mr Millar at Hinchingbrooke and the SHA need to be told that we want
him to remain at the Helm and the Private deal is dead........
We are having to say goodbye shortly to the Saviour of Hinchingbrooke Hospital
Mark Millar , as his contract is coming to an end, which is a crying shame
This is a pity during the process to PRIVATISE Hinchingbrooke, as that is what it is is, contrary to what
Dr Stephen Dunn claims.
We must Thank Mr Millar for his vision and leadership, since the previous interim Chief Executive was sent
in to close Hinchingbrooke for good
I still think there is time to keep Mr Millar at Hinchingbrooke and the SHA need to be told that we want
him to remain at the Helm and the Private deal is dead........
Pathology Services is next..........
Now the SHA want to have a Pathology model for the East Of England.....yep you got it........ Another Privatisation exercise....... the rub with this is that the interim Chief Executive of Hinchingbrooke had a hand
in the review of services......what will it mean.....probably not much at the Hospitals, but you will find
a big central lab somewhere for the G.P and non essential work......How many samples and results will be
messed up then..... I would think the Horse Lab at Newmarket will be having another punt at this one like
they did in 2007..... shame on you EOE SHA and shame on you the Department Of Health
It will be interesting times.....as out friends in Cambridge have been empire building......but will the
empire strike back?...... depends how much cash they have
Now the SHA want to have a Pathology model for the East Of England.....yep you got it........ Another Privatisation exercise....... the rub with this is that the interim Chief Executive of Hinchingbrooke had a hand
in the review of services......what will it mean.....probably not much at the Hospitals, but you will find
a big central lab somewhere for the G.P and non essential work......How many samples and results will be
messed up then..... I would think the Horse Lab at Newmarket will be having another punt at this one like
they did in 2007..... shame on you EOE SHA and shame on you the Department Of Health
It will be interesting times.....as out friends in Cambridge have been empire building......but will the
empire strike back?...... depends how much cash they have
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Addenbrookes Pull Out..........
Well that is one less bidder for the Franchise......... Now we need the others to follow suit
We will be ramping up the Campaign against the Privatisation of Hinchingbrooke from 22/02/10
We say privatisation as this is what it will be, although the Assets and Staff will remain in the NHS
BUT and the big BUT is how will savings be made to make a profit for the Private companies......
Well it will be Selling off the Support Services..... Porters, Catering, Radiology, Pathology and Pharmacy
....and it goes on........... just to try an save cash..... but it won't, it will cost more
AND
the effect of a service like Pathology goes deeper than Hinchingbrooke............
It will reflect on the community as a whole....Hinchingbrooke process the Majority of the GP
blood samples locally on an agreed service level and most bloods are complete within 24hrs of
being taken by your GP, this will no doubt suffer as a consequence
Join us to make this a General Election Issue.............
Not just locally But Nationally too..........
It is a chance for you to challenge your MP and the candidates for their seats..........
Ask them where they stand, where their convictions are.....the shadow health minister
accepted a £21,000 donation from Care UK one of the interested parties.........
Do you think that is the right thing to do?.........
Well that is one less bidder for the Franchise......... Now we need the others to follow suit
We will be ramping up the Campaign against the Privatisation of Hinchingbrooke from 22/02/10
We say privatisation as this is what it will be, although the Assets and Staff will remain in the NHS
BUT and the big BUT is how will savings be made to make a profit for the Private companies......
Well it will be Selling off the Support Services..... Porters, Catering, Radiology, Pathology and Pharmacy
....and it goes on........... just to try an save cash..... but it won't, it will cost more
AND
the effect of a service like Pathology goes deeper than Hinchingbrooke............
It will reflect on the community as a whole....Hinchingbrooke process the Majority of the GP
blood samples locally on an agreed service level and most bloods are complete within 24hrs of
being taken by your GP, this will no doubt suffer as a consequence
Join us to make this a General Election Issue.............
Not just locally But Nationally too..........
It is a chance for you to challenge your MP and the candidates for their seats..........
Ask them where they stand, where their convictions are.....the shadow health minister
accepted a £21,000 donation from Care UK one of the interested parties.........
Do you think that is the right thing to do?.........
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Mr Lansley and the £21,000 donation
Save Hinchingbrooke Campaign heard of this yesterday and read the article in the Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1243579/Andrew-Lansley-embroiled-cash-influence-row-accepting-21-000-donation-Care-UK-chairman-John-Nash.html
Needless to say, we are very concerned by this news.........and it needs to be put into context.....
The latest plan from the SHA is as you all know......to try and get another party, either an NHS Trust
or more preferable to the SHA a PRIVATE HEALTHCARE COMPANY with links to the USA or
Canada, to manage the hospital. There have been some issues and it has been decided that the Staff,
Buildings and capital will remain in the NHS, only the management will change, however there are still
issues with this as any new management could still outsource departments to one of their other
companies under a Retainment Of Employment model.
Now Mr Lansley is a member of the Stakeholder Panel along with 39 others, we were not invited to
be members, I wonder why?.
The Stakeholder Panel began their work last October 2009 and the usual introductions and aims were
shared. Now Mr Lansley accepted a £21,000 donation in November 2009, this was from Care UK.
The Stakeholder group have let the Expressions of Interest advertisement be placed and expressions have
now been tabled by 6 organisations, one NHS Trust and 5 Private health companies all mainly based in
the USA and Canada (surprise surprise). One of these was.....Care UK.......
With Care UK making a donation to a member of the Stakeholder panel, we at Save Hinchingbrooke are now calling for the Chair and the SHA to STOP THE PROCESS NOW.....
If the SHA is determined to press on with the process then we suggest that Mr Lansley resigns from the panel forthwith and Care UK withdraw their expression of interest. There should also be a full review of how the stakeholder panel was made up and any expressions of interests fully declared.
This does prove, before any general election has taken place that the Conservative party are going to
press ahead and break up the NHS for their friends and business..........
Just like they did for finance/buses/rail etc in the 80's/90's ...
look what happened to those industries.....we are suffering today....service is worse and pockets are lined
Leave the NHS alone.........KEEP IT PUBLIC
Save Hinchingbrooke Campaign heard of this yesterday and read the article in the Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1243579/Andrew-Lansley-embroiled-cash-influence-row-accepting-21-000-donation-Care-UK-chairman-John-Nash.html
Needless to say, we are very concerned by this news.........and it needs to be put into context.....
The latest plan from the SHA is as you all know......to try and get another party, either an NHS Trust
or more preferable to the SHA a PRIVATE HEALTHCARE COMPANY with links to the USA or
Canada, to manage the hospital. There have been some issues and it has been decided that the Staff,
Buildings and capital will remain in the NHS, only the management will change, however there are still
issues with this as any new management could still outsource departments to one of their other
companies under a Retainment Of Employment model.
Now Mr Lansley is a member of the Stakeholder Panel along with 39 others, we were not invited to
be members, I wonder why?.
The Stakeholder Panel began their work last October 2009 and the usual introductions and aims were
shared. Now Mr Lansley accepted a £21,000 donation in November 2009, this was from Care UK.
The Stakeholder group have let the Expressions of Interest advertisement be placed and expressions have
now been tabled by 6 organisations, one NHS Trust and 5 Private health companies all mainly based in
the USA and Canada (surprise surprise). One of these was.....Care UK.......
With Care UK making a donation to a member of the Stakeholder panel, we at Save Hinchingbrooke are now calling for the Chair and the SHA to STOP THE PROCESS NOW.....
If the SHA is determined to press on with the process then we suggest that Mr Lansley resigns from the panel forthwith and Care UK withdraw their expression of interest. There should also be a full review of how the stakeholder panel was made up and any expressions of interests fully declared.
This does prove, before any general election has taken place that the Conservative party are going to
press ahead and break up the NHS for their friends and business..........
Just like they did for finance/buses/rail etc in the 80's/90's ...
look what happened to those industries.....we are suffering today....service is worse and pockets are lined
Leave the NHS alone.........KEEP IT PUBLIC
Its been a while.........
Since I have posted and that is because not much has occurred at Hinchingbrooke Hospital,
other than the re opening of the wards to the rear of the hospital.
Yes these are the wards that were threatened under the PCT's great Option 2.....where
care was going to be provided in the community........clearly...as we said
IT DOESN'T WORK.......IT WONT WORK.....WITHOUT INVESTMENT
hence why there is a need to provide facilities for the elderly in hospitals or locally
funded public care homes.
The Stakeholder panel have met and expressions of interest in taking on the management of the
hospital and as you all know, Save Hinchingbrooke Campaign, oppose this stupid format.
This is only a means for the East Of England Strategic Health Authority to see if the private
sector is a means to assist the NHS and to give Dr Dunn's position sone credibility in the mean time
The end game, should another management team be chosen, will be that they will make money and
the historic debt will never be paid off.......AND the SHA will then write off the debt, claiming that
they have tried to but matters have not worked out as planned.......and ruin the Hospital as a consequence
The PCT have exhumed their Option 2 ideas again, suggesting that Care In The Community is the way forward
Dr Cox was used as the "face of NHS Cambridgeshire" in December suggesting that it is a radical plan that will
assist NHS Cambridgeshire to reduce it's historic debt and also added that to many of us were still using
hospitals..........Well Dr Cox and NHS Cambridgeshire....savings are closer to home....
NHS Cambridgeshire should centralise their Administration base in Huntingdon rather than having sseveral
local offices with duplicated staff. Localised community services could be run out of GP surgeries among other
things Option 2 doesn't and will never work in the format that was proposed in 2006 and again in 2009
Since I have posted and that is because not much has occurred at Hinchingbrooke Hospital,
other than the re opening of the wards to the rear of the hospital.
Yes these are the wards that were threatened under the PCT's great Option 2.....where
care was going to be provided in the community........clearly...as we said
IT DOESN'T WORK.......IT WONT WORK.....WITHOUT INVESTMENT
hence why there is a need to provide facilities for the elderly in hospitals or locally
funded public care homes.
The Stakeholder panel have met and expressions of interest in taking on the management of the
hospital and as you all know, Save Hinchingbrooke Campaign, oppose this stupid format.
This is only a means for the East Of England Strategic Health Authority to see if the private
sector is a means to assist the NHS and to give Dr Dunn's position sone credibility in the mean time
The end game, should another management team be chosen, will be that they will make money and
the historic debt will never be paid off.......AND the SHA will then write off the debt, claiming that
they have tried to but matters have not worked out as planned.......and ruin the Hospital as a consequence
The PCT have exhumed their Option 2 ideas again, suggesting that Care In The Community is the way forward
Dr Cox was used as the "face of NHS Cambridgeshire" in December suggesting that it is a radical plan that will
assist NHS Cambridgeshire to reduce it's historic debt and also added that to many of us were still using
hospitals..........Well Dr Cox and NHS Cambridgeshire....savings are closer to home....
NHS Cambridgeshire should centralise their Administration base in Huntingdon rather than having sseveral
local offices with duplicated staff. Localised community services could be run out of GP surgeries among other
things Option 2 doesn't and will never work in the format that was proposed in 2006 and again in 2009
Monday, October 05, 2009
3 Years On
It is 3 years tomorrow when we all marched to Save Hinchingbrooke Hospital and I fear
that we will be doing the same again.
This time it will be to stop the Franchise and ultimately Privatisation of
Hinchingbrooke Hospital..........
Our local MP is for the Franchise although he claims that the process should be carried
through, however that is a sit on the fence approach, rather than a this is where I stand
approach.
His party has pledged to offer "free" social care if you pay one of their pals in city, £8000 "up
front guv" so you can have heathcare in your old age..... WHAT..... that is akin to NHS Cambs
Option 2........ you can have care........perhaps, possibly, maybe or then as Option 2 maybe NOT....
The main issue with the 2 old firm parties is that they love to collect statistics (this was started by
the Thatcher government and carried on since by Blair and Brown) as a means to "bash" the other
party with figures, now the Lib Dems want to stop this pathetic data collection scenario and
with the £50m per year saving invest in Healthcare..... which would you choose?.......
Lets fight to keep Hinchingbrooke in the Public Sector and not allow it to be sucked into
the Private sector by stealth........
It is 3 years tomorrow when we all marched to Save Hinchingbrooke Hospital and I fear
that we will be doing the same again.
This time it will be to stop the Franchise and ultimately Privatisation of
Hinchingbrooke Hospital..........
Our local MP is for the Franchise although he claims that the process should be carried
through, however that is a sit on the fence approach, rather than a this is where I stand
approach.
His party has pledged to offer "free" social care if you pay one of their pals in city, £8000 "up
front guv" so you can have heathcare in your old age..... WHAT..... that is akin to NHS Cambs
Option 2........ you can have care........perhaps, possibly, maybe or then as Option 2 maybe NOT....
The main issue with the 2 old firm parties is that they love to collect statistics (this was started by
the Thatcher government and carried on since by Blair and Brown) as a means to "bash" the other
party with figures, now the Lib Dems want to stop this pathetic data collection scenario and
with the £50m per year saving invest in Healthcare..... which would you choose?.......
Lets fight to keep Hinchingbrooke in the Public Sector and not allow it to be sucked into
the Private sector by stealth........
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Tory MPs back expansion of private sector role in NHS - read here -
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=23&storycode=4123494&c=2
So this would mean 8 of the 40 member Stakeholder on the Panel are in agreement before
the process is underway - shame on you - You came out to support
the Save Campaign as it suited your purpose at that time
Now is the time to do it again, revisit your principals and
not the party line.......
and support Local People NOT National or International
Profits instead of Patient Care......
Thursday, September 03, 2009
NHS workforce cuts plan rejected
On the news today NHS workforce reductions have been rejected following a reportby yet another firm of Management Consultants at high cost to the Taxpayer.
McKinsey and Company tell how 37,000 clinical and admin posts can help the
NHS to save £20Bn
Not being one not to have an opinion on this, I have to add that CUTS are
not an option, with the population getting even more elderly and with older
people being accepted for Transplant donors, we need to keep spending
on staff and patients.
One means of saving is to streamline some services to G.P's but that would need
more funding in that area to release Secondary Care providers (hospitals) to
be more efficient.
This is what Option 2 for Hinchingbrooke was suppose to go somewhere to achieve
BUT it was never funded properly and was probably as poor funded as the Care
in The Community for the elderly too, that was given £2.2m token to provide a
service, needless to say, The Campaign said that £22m would be needed to achieve
that plan and we were right, Care in The Community is on it's knees and joint budgets
with the County Council are the order of the day, that together gives the Commissioners,
NHS Cambridgeshire, to fragment the service they provide to the Private sector.
The best way to save NHS resources is to cut the Target culture, reduce the need for
many of the Targets, which have been with us since the Thatcher era as a means for
each Political party to score points against each other, this must stop NOW.
With Targets going then admin and managerial jobs will go, but with some Foundation
Trusts looking to go to 7 day working then those staff could "shift" across to another Trust.
Private Contactor's are not the way forward, recently Sunlight, the Laundry provider for
some local Trusts have been cutting back on the collection of dirty laundry and in one
case bags containing soiled laundry were left on the ground and not in cages, awaiting
collection.....in the hot sunshine which weakens the plastic bags leaving them vulnerable
to be investigated by rodents and other vermin. Again Profit before Patients
and providinga service, this is why Private Companies should be OUT of the NHS.
Privatisation has not worked with the Railways, it is a shambles and recently National Express
decided to pull out of their contact as they couldn't make enough money from the East Coast Main line........
Will Private companies jump ship from the NHS?.... of course they will
The aim of Save Hinchingbrooke Campaign in conjunction with Keep Our NHS Public and
the Hinchingbrooke Staff Unions, is to
Keep Hinchingbrooke in Public Hands, run by
Local People For Local People...........
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Stakeholder Meeting 1
Campaign members will be at today's show meeting to launch the "Franchise" of Hinchingbrooke
Needless to say it will be a P.R exercise at this first meeting,
we will be presenting our Anti Franchise
petition ,which was signed by the people of Huntingdon and surrounding area,
at a later meeting
With the Franchise mechanism meaning that this will be a Transparent and Scrutinised
process then it will be doomed to fail and a waste of taxpayers money and NHS resources...
...a bit like PCTOption 2 for Hinchingbrooke that was put in place in 2007..........
will the instigators please stand up....
All in all the Franchise exercise is a slap in the face and betrayal of the
Hinchingbrooke staff and the Huntingdonshire people....Again........
This is nothing but a political pawn so the Tory's show that they support Private
Healthcare, I am not a supporter of the Tories nor the Labour party nor indeed of
any of the Political parties.
Care UK and the Private Healthcare bodies have already rejected the idea of
the Franchise as the scheme is not flexible enough for them OR in Private Health
Care speak, they wont make enough money.
The Hinchingbrooke deal will mean that the Assets and Staff will remain in the
NHS so that means Private companies Can't cut the staff salaries nor sub contract
parts of the hospital for Private use.......
We wait and see the process begin........and during this time we will have a
General Election.....But which of the parties will be brave enough to stop the process
and who will be brave enough to attend a Save Hinchingbrooke Campaign Public Meeting
....watch this space for dates/times
Campaign members will be at today's show meeting to launch the "Franchise" of Hinchingbrooke
Needless to say it will be a P.R exercise at this first meeting,
we will be presenting our Anti Franchise
petition ,which was signed by the people of Huntingdon and surrounding area,
at a later meeting
With the Franchise mechanism meaning that this will be a Transparent and Scrutinised
process then it will be doomed to fail and a waste of taxpayers money and NHS resources...
...a bit like PCTOption 2 for Hinchingbrooke that was put in place in 2007..........
will the instigators please stand up....
All in all the Franchise exercise is a slap in the face and betrayal of the
Hinchingbrooke staff and the Huntingdonshire people....Again........
This is nothing but a political pawn so the Tory's show that they support Private
Healthcare, I am not a supporter of the Tories nor the Labour party nor indeed of
any of the Political parties.
Care UK and the Private Healthcare bodies have already rejected the idea of
the Franchise as the scheme is not flexible enough for them OR in Private Health
Care speak, they wont make enough money.
The Hinchingbrooke deal will mean that the Assets and Staff will remain in the
NHS so that means Private companies Can't cut the staff salaries nor sub contract
parts of the hospital for Private use.......
We wait and see the process begin........and during this time we will have a
General Election.....But which of the parties will be brave enough to stop the process
and who will be brave enough to attend a Save Hinchingbrooke Campaign Public Meeting
....watch this space for dates/times
Today is the day
The Stakeholder Committee meets today, the Favoured 40, now with 40 People on the panel how can they make a decision?......
I have been asked by others "How can I join the Panel", that is asked when they see the list of members of the Panel
They haven't even invited me on the Panel, the man who started the campaign to keep Hinchingbrooke from
closing, enough said............
The Stakeholder Committee meets today, the Favoured 40, now with 40 People on the panel how can they make a decision?......
I have been asked by others "How can I join the Panel", that is asked when they see the list of members of the Panel
They haven't even invited me on the Panel, the man who started the campaign to keep Hinchingbrooke from
closing, enough said............
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Here is the list.....................
BUT WHO WILL REPRESENT LOCAL PEOPLE...............NO ONE
Hinchingbrooke Stakeholder Panel – Membership List
1. Dr Andrew Wright, Chair of Hunts Comm (Practice-based GP commissioning
consortium)
2. Dr Catherine Hubbard, Chair of Medical Advisory Committee, Hinchingbrooke Hospital
3. Mr Hisham Abdel-Rahman Chair of the Local Negotiating Council (LNC),
Hinchingbrooke Hospital
4. Ann Seeds, Chair of Trust Staff Council and RCN representative, Hinchingbrooke
Hospital
5. Chris Marshall, Trust Staff Council member, Hinchingbrooke Hospital
6. Phil Green (Unison), Regional TU Officer for Hinchingbrooke hospital
7. Tracey Lambert (Unison), representative Full time TU officer for Social Partnership
Forum
8. David Monks, Chief Executive, Huntingdonshire District Council (Panel Chair)
9. Cllr Steve Criswell/ Cllr Ian Bates, Huntingdonshire District Council
10. Tim Pilsbury, Chief Executive, Fenland District Council
11. Member of Fenland District Council
12. Greg Harlock, Chief Executive, South Cambridgeshire District Council
13. Cllr Ray Manning, Leader of the Council, South Cambridgeshire District Council
14. John Hill, Chief Executive, East Cambs District Council
15. Member of East Cambs District Council
16. Rod Craig, Executive Director: Community and Adult Services, Cambridgeshire
County Council
17. Member of Cambs County Council
18. Karen Cameron, Town Clerk, Hunts Town Council
19. Member of Hunts Town Council
20. Antoinette Jackson, Chief Executive, Cambridge City Council
21. Member of Cambridge City Council
22. Ian Dewer, County Executive Officer, Cambs and Peterborough Association of Local
Councils
23. Alistair Burt MP – North East Beds
24. Jonathan Djanogly MP – Hunts
25. Malcolm Moss MP – North East Cambs
26. Shailesh Vara MP – North West Cambs
27. Andrew Lansley MP – South Cambs, Shadow Secretary of State for Health
28. James Paice MP – South East Cambs
29. Sir David Howarth MP - Cambridge
30. Patrick Hall MP – Bedford
31. Nadine Dorries MP – mid-Beds
32. June Griffiths, Chair, Friends of Hinchingbrooke Hospital
33. Patrick, Chair of Huntingdon Community Group
34. Mrs Ruth Clapham Cambridgeshire LINk representative contact for Hinchingbrooke
Hospital
35. Jessica Bawden, Director of Communications, NHS Cambridgeshire
36. Tom Dutton, Assistant Director Strategy and Delivery, NHS Cambridgeshire
37. Andrew MacPherson, Director of Strategic Projects, NHS East of England
38. Mark Millar, Chief Executive, Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust
39. Anita Pisani, Director of Human Resources and Organisational Change,
Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust
40. Julie Farrow, Chief Executive, Hunts Forum
BUT WHO WILL REPRESENT LOCAL PEOPLE...............NO ONE
Hinchingbrooke Stakeholder Panel – Membership List
1. Dr Andrew Wright, Chair of Hunts Comm (Practice-based GP commissioning
consortium)
2. Dr Catherine Hubbard, Chair of Medical Advisory Committee, Hinchingbrooke Hospital
3. Mr Hisham Abdel-Rahman Chair of the Local Negotiating Council (LNC),
Hinchingbrooke Hospital
4. Ann Seeds, Chair of Trust Staff Council and RCN representative, Hinchingbrooke
Hospital
5. Chris Marshall, Trust Staff Council member, Hinchingbrooke Hospital
6. Phil Green (Unison), Regional TU Officer for Hinchingbrooke hospital
7. Tracey Lambert (Unison), representative Full time TU officer for Social Partnership
Forum
8. David Monks, Chief Executive, Huntingdonshire District Council (Panel Chair)
9. Cllr Steve Criswell/ Cllr Ian Bates, Huntingdonshire District Council
10. Tim Pilsbury, Chief Executive, Fenland District Council
11. Member of Fenland District Council
12. Greg Harlock, Chief Executive, South Cambridgeshire District Council
13. Cllr Ray Manning, Leader of the Council, South Cambridgeshire District Council
14. John Hill, Chief Executive, East Cambs District Council
15. Member of East Cambs District Council
16. Rod Craig, Executive Director: Community and Adult Services, Cambridgeshire
County Council
17. Member of Cambs County Council
18. Karen Cameron, Town Clerk, Hunts Town Council
19. Member of Hunts Town Council
20. Antoinette Jackson, Chief Executive, Cambridge City Council
21. Member of Cambridge City Council
22. Ian Dewer, County Executive Officer, Cambs and Peterborough Association of Local
Councils
23. Alistair Burt MP – North East Beds
24. Jonathan Djanogly MP – Hunts
25. Malcolm Moss MP – North East Cambs
26. Shailesh Vara MP – North West Cambs
27. Andrew Lansley MP – South Cambs, Shadow Secretary of State for Health
28. James Paice MP – South East Cambs
29. Sir David Howarth MP - Cambridge
30. Patrick Hall MP – Bedford
31. Nadine Dorries MP – mid-Beds
32. June Griffiths, Chair, Friends of Hinchingbrooke Hospital
33. Patrick, Chair of Huntingdon Community Group
34. Mrs Ruth Clapham Cambridgeshire LINk representative contact for Hinchingbrooke
Hospital
35. Jessica Bawden, Director of Communications, NHS Cambridgeshire
36. Tom Dutton, Assistant Director Strategy and Delivery, NHS Cambridgeshire
37. Andrew MacPherson, Director of Strategic Projects, NHS East of England
38. Mark Millar, Chief Executive, Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust
39. Anita Pisani, Director of Human Resources and Organisational Change,
Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust
40. Julie Farrow, Chief Executive, Hunts Forum
Well done Hinchingbrooke....... but why did you need to help ?
My mother takes a Cancer drug and up to recently has had no problems in obtaining this via prescription
from the pharmacies in Huntingdon.
2 months ago, matters got so that one pharmacy could not get her required medication, so she went
elsewhere and then the drug was unobtainable there too, so she tried another and was informed that
"we can't get this anymore, go back to your G.P.........
So she did and the result ended where the prescription was raised and dispensed at Hinchingbrooke
hospital, so a big thank you to all at Woodlands and Pharmacy.
BUT......... WHY and WHO is responsible for the medication being unavailable at local pharmacies......
Is it the PCT or Drug Companies...........?
My mothers drug is expensive so perhaps it is the PCT saying NO.............OR
Could ot be the Drugs companies, refusing to supply branded drugs in small quantities to
pharmacies on the back of the "Generic Drugs" policy of the PCT.........
I will be writing to the PCT to get their feedback on this issue..............
Today...........26th August 2009...........My Father was also told a drug he takes for his Eyes is
unavailable, same scenario as my mother, he is now awaiting a call from his very helpful G.P
SO WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON HERE ?
My mother takes a Cancer drug and up to recently has had no problems in obtaining this via prescription
from the pharmacies in Huntingdon.
2 months ago, matters got so that one pharmacy could not get her required medication, so she went
elsewhere and then the drug was unobtainable there too, so she tried another and was informed that
"we can't get this anymore, go back to your G.P.........
So she did and the result ended where the prescription was raised and dispensed at Hinchingbrooke
hospital, so a big thank you to all at Woodlands and Pharmacy.
BUT......... WHY and WHO is responsible for the medication being unavailable at local pharmacies......
Is it the PCT or Drug Companies...........?
My mothers drug is expensive so perhaps it is the PCT saying NO.............OR
Could ot be the Drugs companies, refusing to supply branded drugs in small quantities to
pharmacies on the back of the "Generic Drugs" policy of the PCT.........
I will be writing to the PCT to get their feedback on this issue..............
Today...........26th August 2009...........My Father was also told a drug he takes for his Eyes is
unavailable, same scenario as my mother, he is now awaiting a call from his very helpful G.P
SO WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON HERE ?
Friday, August 21, 2009
Who is on the "Stakeholder Panel"?
I have been asked this by many members of the public who have called me to find out the answer to the
question............
So will the Stakeholder Panel members.......Please Stand Up and identify themselves........!!!!!
I have not been invited to a member of the Panel.....so as the leader of the Campaign which stopped the closure
of Hinchingbrooke Hospital & opposed to the Ill Fated Option 2 (started but clearly proved not workable or
sustainable).......... my input in the process is not welcome
I have been asked this by many members of the public who have called me to find out the answer to the
question............
So will the Stakeholder Panel members.......Please Stand Up and identify themselves........!!!!!
I have not been invited to a member of the Panel.....so as the leader of the Campaign which stopped the closure
of Hinchingbrooke Hospital & opposed to the Ill Fated Option 2 (started but clearly proved not workable or
sustainable).......... my input in the process is not welcome
Thursday, August 20, 2009
From The BBC Website
"Before the process starts, an independently-chaired Stakeholder Panel is being set up to represent the interests of local people and Hinchingbrooke Hospital staff at every stage"
UNTIL THE SAVE HINCHINGBROOKE CAMPAIGN IS ON THE PANEL, LOCAL PEOPLE
WILL NOT BE REPRESENTED..........
"Before the process starts, an independently-chaired Stakeholder Panel is being set up to represent the interests of local people and Hinchingbrooke Hospital staff at every stage"
UNTIL THE SAVE HINCHINGBROOKE CAMPAIGN IS ON THE PANEL, LOCAL PEOPLE
WILL NOT BE REPRESENTED..........
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