Calderdale Council has unanimously agreed a motion that calls on their NHS commissioning partner, Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group, to delay the public consultation on proposals that are more than likely to cut Calderdale Royal Hospital acute and emergency services, until … Continue reading
Yesterday a number of Save Calderdale Royal Hospital campaigners attended Calderdale Council’s Adults Health and Social Care Scrutiny Panel, to find out what Calderdale NHS commissioners are planning for Phase 1 of the Right Care Right Place Right Time NHS … Continue reading
At Calderdale HWB Board on 30 October 2014, Jen Mulcahy, the Commissioning Support Unit Programme Manager for Right Care Right Place Right Time, gave an update on the Right Care Right Place Right Time NHS shake up in Calderdale and … Continue reading
Yesterday Calderdale Adults Health and Social Care Scrutiny Panel members failed to use their power to decide whether the Calderdale NHS Commissioners need to consult the public about the new community health care system they are in the process of … Continue reading
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS commissioners are to ask their Governing Bodies for permission to shelve the scheduled public consultation on the so-called “Right Care Right Time Right Place” NHS shakeup. This shakeup includes the likely closure of Calderdale Royal Hospital … Continue reading
Here is the email I’ve sent to my ward Councillors (below). Please feel free to use it as a template, if you’d like the Adults Health and Social Care Scrutiny Panel to find out why Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group wants … Continue reading
A secret Hospitals Trust plan shows how the Trust is making government-imposed savings of £20m this year. In April, the hospitals Trust agreed plans for £13.45m cuts this financial year. Now it has come up with schemes to generate the … Continue reading
Thanks to everyone who came up with ideas for questions they’d like the Clinical Commissioning Groups to answer at their forthcoming drop in sessions. The first drop in is today, May 28th, at Salendine Nook YMCA. The questions are on … Continue reading
Dear Craig Whittaker, The Coalition Government is taking a Care Bill through Parliament that will make it possible to close hospitals and A&E and other departments without proper public consultation. As you will know, the House Of Lords recently voted … Continue reading
Please consider taking action now to stop the Coalition government from pushing through new laws that would further damage the NHS and restrict democratic freedoms. In a few minutes, you can: sign the petition to stop a new law that will … Continue reading