Save Lewisham Hospital campaign supports Save Calderdale and Huddersfield A&E

Yesterday I posted Save Lewisham Hospital’s campaigning tips on the Save Calderdale Royal Infirmary Facebook group, giving rise to a comment from a Huddersfield Keep our NHS Public campaigner:

“This is very useful and a real practical framework for us to follow”

So here’s a bit more info. Continue reading

Calderdale NHS plan sounds like an 80s Martini ad

Have Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust come over all James Bond and confused the NHS with a Martini? Shaken, not stirred?

Right Care, Right Time Right Place is the name of their plans for closing Calderdale A&E, running down both Calderdale and Huddersfield hospitals and providing a low-cost Future Care System that seems to drop patients into the middle of a doughnut called Locality, while giving them money and control. Perhaps to buy in a few Martinis to drown their sorrows in this new low-cost Future Care System? Continue reading