It was a reflective and thought-provoking public meeting on Thursday night with Norman Lamb MP and Cllr Nick Hollinghurst talking about the current state of and future prognosis for our health services both locally and nationally. Marlborough Road Methodist Church was nicely full and the audience was treated to a grown-up discussion of the opportunities [...]
Entries Tagged as 'SOS Herts NHS'
Really interesting health discussion
January 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · SOS Herts NHS, Sandy's blog
Tags:Herts NHS·Marlborough Road Methodist Church·Nick Hollinghurst·Norman Lamb·Sandy Walkington·St Albans
From cradle to grave?
January 19th, 2010 · No Comments · SOS Herts NHS, Sandy's blog
The NHS has always boasted of caring for people from cradle to grave – but cremation is clearly different. None of us is at our best at a time of bereavement – we’re certainly not looking at the small print. So I share LibDem MP Norman Lamb’s astonishment that doctors working in hospitals earned almost [...]
Tags:ash cash·norman lamb mp·Sandy Walkington·St Albans·West Herts Hospital Trust
“The NHS has left me” – local resident
January 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · SOS Herts NHS, Sandy's blog
Issues round local NHS services are constantly raised on the doorstep and in letters to me. Of course people recognise there has been investment. But the lady who told me ‘The NHS has left me’ summed up a wide sense of loss as the delivery of NHS services becomes more distant for local people.
There have [...]
Tags:Herts NHS·Marlborough Road Methodist Church·Nick Hollinghurst·Norman Lamb·Sandy Walkington·St Albans·St Albans City Hospital·St Albans maternity services·St Albans Urgent Care Centre
What does a body lying undiscovered for three days tell us about Watford Hospital?
May 10th, 2009 · No Comments · SOS Herts NHS, Sandy's blog
It is perfectly disgusting that a young man’s body could remain undiscovered for three days in Watford Hospital. This is of course the main acute hospital for everyone in St Albans after the government closed down most of the departments at St Albans City Hospital and then reneged on its promise to build a [...]
Tags:Sal Brinton·St Albans City Hospital·Watford Hospital·West Herts Hospital Trust·WHHT