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 →