Good week for building support for campaign to extend King George rather than allow housing on site
On Thursday night it was good to get Socialist party support for the campaign. Yesterday, it was also encouraging to have Redbridge Trades Council support for the motion below. I would be delighted to speak about the campaign at union branches, political party branches and resident associations in East London. Be great to have a good turn out on 21st June at 6:30pm outside Ilford Town Hall when the petition at the end of this post is passed
‘Redbridge Trades Council notes a petition on Change org written by Andy Walker which has over 2600 signatures which reads as follows: ...
"We the undersigned who either live or work in Redbridge note the following:
1 – The December 2010 Health for North East London decision making business case states at page 113: “The parts of the King George Hospital site and buildings that can be decommissioned cleared and sold.” when proposing to close King George A&E
2 – That as a reaction to the acute housing crisis Redbridge Council prepared plans to allow housing on the King George & Goodmayes Hospital Sites using the 2010 plan as a rationale for building on the King George Site
3 – Mike Gapes stated in Parliament on 10.7.17. “…that the population of the north-east London boroughs will increase by 18% over the next 15 years, equivalent to a new city. Normally that level of population increase would require a new hospital”
4 – In a Price Waterhouse Coopers report published November 2017 states. “A new clinical model of emergency care is developed across North East London” and casts doubt on the legality of the original decision to close King George A&E.
5 – At a Council Meeting of December 2017, Cllr Athwal rips up the plan to build on King George land and makes clear as a resident he was against the plan and would review the decision to allow building on King George Hospital land.
However, as Redbridge Council remains committed to allowing building on the King George Hospital site, we say no residential building to be built on this site, instead the Council change their position and campaign for the King George Hospital site to be extended as a world class standard of care for the residents of North East London."
And resolves:
1 That this Trades Council instructs Bob Archer to sign this petition in his capacity as Redbridge Trades Council secretary.
The petition is here King George Petition
‘Redbridge Trades Council notes a petition on Change org written by Andy Walker which has over 2600 signatures which reads as follows: ...
"We the undersigned who either live or work in Redbridge note the following:
1 – The December 2010 Health for North East London decision making business case states at page 113: “The parts of the King George Hospital site and buildings that can be decommissioned cleared and sold.” when proposing to close King George A&E
2 – That as a reaction to the acute housing crisis Redbridge Council prepared plans to allow housing on the King George & Goodmayes Hospital Sites using the 2010 plan as a rationale for building on the King George Site
3 – Mike Gapes stated in Parliament on 10.7.17. “…that the population of the north-east London boroughs will increase by 18% over the next 15 years, equivalent to a new city. Normally that level of population increase would require a new hospital”
4 – In a Price Waterhouse Coopers report published November 2017 states. “A new clinical model of emergency care is developed across North East London” and casts doubt on the legality of the original decision to close King George A&E.
5 – At a Council Meeting of December 2017, Cllr Athwal rips up the plan to build on King George land and makes clear as a resident he was against the plan and would review the decision to allow building on King George Hospital land.
However, as Redbridge Council remains committed to allowing building on the King George Hospital site, we say no residential building to be built on this site, instead the Council change their position and campaign for the King George Hospital site to be extended as a world class standard of care for the residents of North East London."
And resolves:
1 That this Trades Council instructs Bob Archer to sign this petition in his capacity as Redbridge Trades Council secretary.
2 To encourage all trades council members to publicise this petition and request they write to their trade unions seeking their support for this campaign.
3 To write to Trades Councils in Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Waltham Forest requesting their support.
4 That this Trade Council writes to the Redbridge Council cabinet member for Health asking him/her to write to BHRUT seeking they ask the Department of Health for extra funding to open more critical care beds at King George and Queens.”
3 To write to Trades Councils in Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Waltham Forest requesting their support.
4 That this Trade Council writes to the Redbridge Council cabinet member for Health asking him/her to write to BHRUT seeking they ask the Department of Health for extra funding to open more critical care beds at King George and Queens.”
The petition is here King George Petition
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