Heatherwood Hospital, Ascot
THE TRUST
D
IS BUST!
– they are determined to shut it down and sell it off.
Not just yet, of course. Now it’s just the Birth centre, the
Rehabilitation ward and the Minor Injuries unit that they want to close.
Mind
you, when they shut down the Accident and Emergency, they said that was all
that was closing…
I keep warning
everybody that the Accident and Emergency is the heart of any hospital – so is
maternity. The rehab was vital to the whole area – my guess is that the ‘big
idea’, is that the elderly and vulnerable people who were cared for after their
operations in rehab, are likely to get kicked out of Wexham and sent home real
quick.
That will mean more accidents post-op, more readmissions and
more deaths. All of which were prevented by rehabilitation at Heatherwood.
The problem will be that Slough people will be breathing a
sigh of relief that they aren’t affected – it’s the posh people in Ascot.
Actually, it served the whole area rich or poor. Meanwhile
the Save Heatherwood Hospital campaign (SHH) was rightly calling the hospital
the ‘jewel in the Crown’ for the NHS;
The new Friends and Family test rated Heatherwood above Royal
Berkshire, Frimley park and Wexham park. But that is the new normal, it seems
to be the really loved hospitals that get shut down to ensure the survival of
the second rate. (I am being unfair with that remark– Frimley park has a good
reputation.)
Otherwise, it’s just a step closer to the big sell off of all
that lovely land…
Quick, sell it off!
B
Time to fight back.
Neil Harris
(a don’t stop till you drop production)
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