Sutton Council will be holding a special Scrutiny Meeting on Monday 11th June in the Europa Gallery, Civic Offices, St. Nicholas Way, in Sutton.  The meeting will start at 7.00pm.

At this meeting councillors will be quizing the NHS’s so-called “Better Services, Better Value” team on why they want to close St. Helier Hospital’s A&E, Maternity, Intensive Care, Queen Mary’s Hospital (Paediatrics) and the Maternity Unit.

Cllr. Mary Burstow will be chairing the meeting and she is keen to start getting some answers, to questions which both residents and councillors feel have just not been answered so far…

Why is there no evidence that the NHS “powers-that-be” have so far consulted the London Ambulance Service?  Closing St Helier’s A&E means ambulances will obviously have to travel much further.  That means that especially on the return journey from St George’s Hospital back to Sutton, they are doing nothing for over half an hour.  What a dreadful waste of resources!

Please attend this meeting and support St Helier Hospital.  The more people who come to this meeting, the more clearly the BSBV team will see public opinion.