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MPs warn 'dangerous' Lewisham Hospital A&E closure would cost £195.2m - 15 January 2013
MPs warned the Health Secretary last night that the proposed closure of Lewisham Hospital A&E and maternity services was "dangerous", "ill-conceived" and would cost £195.2m to implement. read more ...
17 hospitals with unsafe staffing, says Care Quality Commission - 14 January 2013

Seventeen NHS hospitals are among 26 healthcare providers in England failing to operate with safe staffing levels, the Care Quality Commission has said.

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Lewisham hospital's fury at £195m bill for A&E closure - 14 January 2013

Angry doctors have condemned plans to axe their hospital's A&E and maternity units as "financial madness" because the closures will cost the NHS large sums of money over many years.

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Darent Valley Hospital in temporary closure after reaching 'full capacity' - 04 January 2013
DARENT Valley Hospital was closed to admissions for six-and-a-half-hours yesterday morning. read more ...
Council Report on Adult Social Care in Bexley - 05 December 2012
The London Borough of Bexley has published its first annual report on adult social care in the Borough, which aims to give local residents more information about the quality of these services.  Please see the attached link for further details:
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Bexley and North Kent reaction to NHS Trust announcement - 30 October 2012
MPS, patients and trusts have reacted to proposed changes to the South London Healthcare Trust which will see it being dissolved read more ...
South London Healthcare Trust administrator Matthew Kershaw recommends trust dissolution and Lewisha - 30 October 2012
DISSOLUTION of the South London Healthcare NHS Trust and the closure of Lewisham Hospital A&E are two of six recommendations published in a draft report this morning. read more ...
South London Healthcare Trust could be up for grabs if Matthew Kershaw report orders break-up - 08 October 2012
SOUTH London Healthcare Trust could be up for grabs if a new report recommends its break-up. read more ...
Media Statement Regarding Secretary of State's Decision to Enact the Unsustainable Provider Regime - 27 July 2012
Statement from the South London Healthcare NHS Trust on the decision made to enact the Unsustainable provider Regime. read more ...
Old Bexley and Sidcup MP James Brokenshire says SLHT administration is 'sad inevitability' - 26 June 2012
OLD Bexley and Sidcup MP James Brokenshire says news the South London Healthcare NHS Trust could be put into administration was a "sad inevitability".  Please see link for the full article appearing in the News Shopper read more ...
Orpington MP Jo Johnson holds urgent meeting with health secretary over future of South London Healt - 26 June 2012
ORPINGTON MP Jo Johnson held an emergency meeting with the health secretary last night (June 25) following the news South London Healthcare NHS Trust will be put into administration. read more ...
Bexleyheath and Crayford MP backs Health Secretary's action on SLHT - 26 June 2012

BEXLEYHEATH and Crayford MP David Evennett is backing the Health Secretary's decision to place South London Healthcare Trust into administration.

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Dr Chris Streather to leave South London Healthcare Trust - 15 June 2012
A HOSPITAL boss is finally off - leaving behind a closed down A&E and a trust which is still millions of pounds in the red. read more ...
MP wants change of ownership to secure future of Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup - 14 June 2012
QUEEN Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup should be transferred from one NHS trust to another in order to secure its long term future, said Old Bexley and Sidcup MP James Brokenshire. read more ...
MP for Old Bexley and Sidcup James Brokenshire attended the opening ceremony at Queen Mary’s Hospita - 15 May 2012
AN MP has welcomed the official opening of a new Child Development Centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital. read more ...
Sidcup Pensioner Hungry for Operation - 29 March 2012
The Sidcup pensioner has had three cancelled appointments over three months for a catheter operation at Farnborough's Princess Royal University Hospital. read more ...
NHS trust accused of misleading people over possible closure of Queen Mary's Sidcup - 01 February 2012
AN NHS trust has been accused of misleading people over the possible closure of Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup.
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Exposed: How patients are dying needlessly from bedsores and the hospitals where you're most at risk - 31 January 2012
Pamela Goddard, an 82-year-old music teacher who conducted an amateur choir, had battled breast cancer for 50 years.
Yet it was not the cancer that killed this grandmother of five — it was a bedsore.
Three years ago, Mrs Goddard was admitted to East Surrey Hospital for breathlessness connected with heart failure.
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"Champion of Better Patient Care" Steps Down from Trust Chairman Role - 06 October 2011
The Trust is announcing today that its Chairman ,George Jenkins OBE, has decided to step down from his role... read more ...
RCN wants longer hospital visiting hours - 26 September 2011
Hospital visiting times should be extended so patients' relatives can become more involved in their care, the Royal College of Nursing has said. read more ...
Elderly carers 'need more support from GPs' - 12 September 2011

GPs throughout the UK should be giving more support to carers who are aged over 60, a charity says.

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David Cameron's NHS 'support' claim disputed by staff - 08 September 2011

A row has broken out after David Cameron told MPs that doctors and nurses were now "supporting" government plans to overhaul the NHS in England.

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Nurses and Midwives urged to get flu jab - 06 September 2011

Nurses and midwives are being urged to get their flu jabs after figures reveal less than a third did last year.

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Inquest into Pensioners Death - 06 September 2011
A PENSIONER from Bexleyheath died following a major operation when hospital staff failed to notice she had an infection, an inquest heard. read more ...
Critics renew attacks on NHS overhaul - 06 September 2011
Critics have renewed their attacks on the government's overhaul of the NHS in England as Parliament prepares to debate the reworked plans. read more ...
Goal to rid world of Polio by end of 2012 "off track" - 21 July 2011
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NHS competition extended to community Care - 21 July 2011
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South London Healthcare Trust defends itself against MP's calls for its break-up - 26 January 2011
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Bexley Mencap marks 40 years of Campaigning and Fundraising - 13 January 2011
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital A&E like a scene from MASH - 01 December 2011
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Borough GPs to be pathfinders for new NHS commissioning - 13 December 2010
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Borough GPs to be pathfinders for new NHS commissioning
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QUEEN MARY'S: Short term decisions must not prejudice long term future says Health Secretary - 09 December 2010
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Future of Queen Mary's reaches "the last throw of the dice" - 18 November 2010
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Queen Mary's: We take your appeal to the top - 03 November 2010
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Bexley LINk's press release re the proposed closure of A&E and Maternity Depts at QMS - 27 October 2010
Bexley LINk today issued a release following the announcement by South London Healthcare Trust that they will proposed to their board at their meeting on Wednesday 29th Septmber 2010 to close the A&E and Maternity departments by the end of November 2010 because they are concerned about maintaining patient safety.
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South London Healthcare Trust announce temporary closure of the A&E and Maternity Departments at QMS - 27 September 2010
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Bexley Care Trust in the bottom 10 in the country - 27 September 2010
please click on the link to read the article from the Bexley Times Newspaper regarding Bexley Care Trust being one of the ten worse performing Care Trusts in the country. http://www.bexleytimes.co.uk/news/bexley_pct_in_the_country_s_bottom_ten_1_649928
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