Protestors advancing past Lewishsam Leisure Center as part of a large demonstration against proposed NHS Cuts in the Borough.
Protestors advancing past Lewishsam Leisure CentreI as part of a large demonstration against proposed NHS Cuts in the Borough. This was part of a large demonstration against the proposed closure of Lewisham Hospiital A&E Dept. Many thousands of people turned out for this march on a cold and rainy day! In July, Tory Health Minister Andrew Lansley MP hand-picked a ‘special administrator’ to take over South London Healthcare Trust. The administrator, , has completed a draft report recommending that Lewisham Hospital close their A&E Department, impose £39million of staff cuts and sell off 60% of hospital buildings to developers. Lewisham residents, hospital workers and MPs have come together to fight against plans to close Lewisham Hospital A&E Department and cuts to maternity services. Lewisham is bigger than the cities of Brighton or Hull, as are Greenwich and Bexley. Three boroughs with a population of 750,00 cannot be expected to have only 1 admitting hospital. And without an A&E, maternity services at Lewisham may be closed for safety reasons when the report is finalised, but the administrator refuses to acknowledge this. He will have taken a new job by the time this plan could cost us our Maternity Unit. Sir Steve Bullock (born 1953) is the first directly elected mayor of the London Borough of Lewisham (since 2002).
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Location: Lewisham Leisure Centre, Lewisham High Street, Ladywell, Lewisham
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