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Public meeting. Proposed changes to Health provision

Thhe next Acton central ward forum will be held on 22nd February at St. Mary's church hall beginning at 7.00pm. This is important. Come if you can and bring your questions.Ealing CCG will be presenting an early draft of their proposals for changing primary and secondary health care in the Borough. You may want to hear what they have to say and have the opportunity to ask questions.be Amongst the proposals are : - a radical shift from care in hospital to care provided through new clinics. One for Southall. One for the current site of Ealing Hospital and one for Acton. Three 7 day GP services with early/late opening. One for Ealing Broadway.- A new frailty unit at Ealing Hospital focusing on older persons who may need a bed while diagnosis is done or care is arranged.- A "local" A&E at Ealing hospital with diagnostic services. Patients will still be seen urgently as now.- A target of  more patients given appropriate care and medication faster allowing a reduction in acute beds over time. - A  diagnostic and stabilisation admissions centre at Ealing hospital for patients needing hospital observation for up to seven days before being transferred for longer term care.These proposals are still at an early stage but we believe that you may want to hear them for yourselves. Do try and attend this public meeting. Ward forums are for everyone. Rallies like the one last week can be fun for the faithful and the speakers can be powerful, but we need a measured thoughtful response to the proposals. Placard waving doesn't cut it for all of us. If you can't make it to Acton, why not ask your ward Councillors to arrange a public meeting for your area and go along as a critical friend?

Maire Lowe ● 3326d3 Comments

I am so sorry Maire. I arrived late and missed the introductions. I understand it was Tessa Sandell from the CCG who was mapping out proposals. The CCG have a reputation for being dogmatic. Official data collected under the Freedom of Information Act showing a sustained drop in performance is brushed aside. When the going gets tough they want the public questions in writing beforehand. You'd think we were paid and they were the amateurs.

Arthur Breens ● 3321d

Arthur, you might be confusing me with someone who does the proposing. Regretfully I have no influence over the CCG, but It seems to me that by asking questions about the proposals, and encouraging public meetings and plain speaking, we might politely point to any flaws in their proposals. I do hope they consider your contributions to the debate along with all other residents.

Maire Lowe ● 3324d

What the public want are measured thoughtful proposals then maybe you will get measured thoughtful responses. What we know Ms Lowe is that we have less beds, doctors and nurses and less money spend per head of population than any other European country. You propose cuts. Taking out 2 A&Es from the picture has damaged the performance using the approved measures of our local A&E services. You know this and the rude man in a grey suit who failed to introduce himself must know this. Was he a spin doctor? I gave my GP the official performance graphs of A&E performanceto illicit a scientific debate. This would be the norm for two friends and two scientists. No wonder he took the downward sloping graphs for A&E performance in NW London, made no comment and buried them under his papers. Surprising how a scientific debate and a friendship can be silenced and marred by money. You told us that his surgery would benefit by cash injection. Ms Lowe I don't trust you and I don't trust him.

Arthur Breens ● 3324d