Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Whittington Hospital Land Sale to follow St Ann's Redevelopment
The Whittington Hospital has recently announced plans to sell off a significant part of its Archway site.
In what I imagine is a picture being seen up and down the country, the Whittington hospital is planning to sell off almost half its buildings and relocate services into 'community buildings'.
In 2010 the Whittington Health Trust Board's plans to close its A&E department were stopped by the then health secretary, Andy Burnham. The hospital has now put forward another plan which it says is vital to the hospital's future.
The changes, described in the Estates Strategy report (attached below), include:
- In-patient wards to be closed and beds for the elderly and new parents axed
- All NHS staff accommodation to be closed and sold off
- Births at the hospital to be capped to 4,000 a year
It said the old buildings were expensive to maintain and it planned to modernise infrastructure.
The report also details the role of the St Ann's development in their move. Currently certain of the Whittington's services are provided from the St Ann's site via a service level agreement. The planned reduction of the St Ann's site by two thirds has put further pressure on the hospital to reconfigure its services.
In a statement, the Whittington Health Trust Board said: "The strategy responds to the health trends of our local population.
"More people are receiving healthcare in their homes, health centres and GP surgeries. Technology will increasingly support more care, especially for people with long term conditions.
"The frail elderly are often best cared for in community settings. Over time, the dependency on hospital wards will decrease, which will see some staff relocate to health centres."
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Permalink Reply by William Booth on
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I don't object in principle to hospital reorganization and specialised service relocations, but these sound like out and out cuts. On a tangential point, the worrying thing about the St Ann's development is the complete lack of additional infrastructure and services to go along with the extra 5-600 people who would be living there. The aesthetic argument is not insignificant too in that case - a lovely, low-rise and pretty *green* site to be replaced by some no doubt fairly ugly identikit flats. I don't know what sort of land/buildings the Archway site has earmarked for replacement - anything of architectural or environmental significance? If this is being justified by the cuts to the St Ann's site, why wouldn't they just not do that?
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Permalink Reply by Abi on
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Yes, I find the lack of infrastructure you mention deeply concerning in such a densely populated area. Particularly one that already struggles - the Laurels health centre is an absolute shambles, and without addressing that problem at least I don't see how additional housing in the area could be considered safe or even possible in terms of health service provision. If there are going to be additional walk-in facilities on site then there may be a case to be made - but I'm not aware that there are.
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Permalink Reply by pamish on
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Receiving healthcare at home may work if there is a devoted spouse or daughter or son etc at home and willing to do the essential caring/nursing. But a third of adults now live alone in the UK - probably more in cities. There are no longer convalescent homes, so unless they build those, doesn't this plan fall apart? Will there be dedicated teams of well paid and flexible care workers on hand to do the necessary caring, paid for by the state?
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Permalink Reply by Michele on
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thank you for creating this link - the cuts gathering pace to our National Health Services are staggering!
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Hi, You are right, I find it hard to keep up with it all.
I've just discovered this Haringey group: http://defendharingeyhealthservices.org.uk/?p=643
And here is another petition, about an underhand way to ready the NHS for more privitisation.
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I was at the mass rallys two years ago and was going to stand as a Governor. The Ham & High main edition has the details which have been cut from the Broadway Edition, most odd.
I am a patient, both in and out, and the Hospital management leave a lot to be desired. Maintaining full facilities at the Archway site is crucial due to the lack of facilities elsewhere in Haringey. Go due east, and the next A&E is Whips Cross, or the Homerton. The North Middlesex in Edmonton is as far. The shenanigans over hospitals closing, or part closing is not acceptable and our voice must be heard.
The part of the site they are planning to sell includes the various admin buildings on the north side of the site. If selling part off this were to pay off the PFI, I might be happier. But it isn't.
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There has been a very strong campaign and we need to keep up the pressure.
To get involved join Haringey 38 degrees or the Save the Whittington Campaign - Defend the Whittington Hospital Coalition www.dwhc.org.uk Next planning meeting is at 7.00 pm on
Monday 6th May at Archway Methodist Church Hall, Archway CloseHaringey Thirty Eight degrees will be meeting on the 23rd May at 7.15 at The Three Compasses pub on hornsey High Street.
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