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Friday, 31 March 2023

Merton’s Council leader has written an open letter to the head of the Government’s New Hospitals Programme

In it, Ross Garrod is calling for an “urgent re-assessment” of the impact of cuts to services at St Helier.

Mr Garrod says the decision to move key departments to a new hospital at Belmont is “a dereliction of duty” to residents. 

Bed occupancy rates at Epsom and St Helier hospitals have risen consistently in the first three quarters of the financial year.

More than 3,000 people in Merton had already signed a petition calling for the plans to be re-thought before the COVID pandemic hit.

Back in 2020, the then Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, announced details of 40 hospitals that would be built by 2030.

The Government says the new hospital at Belmont will improve the quality and consistency of services currently run across two sites. 

posted by Radio Jackie News Team @ 10:09 am