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The Passing of a True Campaigner.

On 6th. November 2011, Ernie Walker lost his long battle against cancer. Our thoughts and prayers are for his wife, Joyce, his extended family and his many friends.

A tribute to Ernie Walker

HeraldScotland Tribute to Ernie Walker


25th. October 2011.

Following the Sunday Times front page coverage of NHS Lothian's patients being offered surgery as far afield as Harrogate and Northumberland, they have gone into a tailspin of denial and obfuscation.

The question of patients being offered surgery elsewhere was raised by me at the meeting of the St. John’s Hospital Stakeholders Group on 14 th. September. As previously reported on this website, we have serious concerns about taking patients elsewhere, when a moderate investment at our local hospital would secure further surgical services there.

What is interesting is that at the September meeting, Sandra Mair, Deputy Chief Operating Officer at NHS Lothian, undertook to bring figures to the next meeting. At the October meeting of the Group, no additional figures were provided. No information was provided.

It was therefore interesting, to put it mildly, to read that according to Jackie Sansbury the Chief Operating Officer NHS Lothian don’t have figures for those patients offered remote alternative locations for their operations, so to what extent they are massaging the figures remains a mystery.

But wait! Hold the front page! I hear today that they have miraculously found the figures, and that the numbers are “small”. So small in fact that they couldn’t find them in the first place!

NHS Lothian really needs to get hold of itself. This has all the hallmarks of the ACS debacle earlier this year, where they were forced into another humiliating climb-down. If they can’t deal with this issue effectively, then heaven help them when the next instalment is released!

Councillor Gordon Beurskens.

Action to Save St. John’s Hospital.

Whitburn & Blackburn Ward (7)

 

 


27th September 2011

Hiding the truth

In the past 8 weeks, we have been asked about a number of cases where patients had been offered surgery at hospitals as far away as Northumberland. At the September meeting of the St. John’s Hospital Stakeholders Group, Sandra Mair, Director of Operations for St. John’s was asked about the reliance being placed by NHS Lothian on other hospitals. Given that the “pound follows the patient”, it seems extraordinary that in these times of budget pressures, NHS Lothian are paying for surgery elsewhere...

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25th September 2011

Congratulations to St. John’s Hospital and a huge thanks on behalf of the community.

Results from the 2011 Inpatient Patient Experience Survey were published last week. The results show a huge improvement in the overall patient experience at St. John’s, with above the Scottish average results in a number of areas.

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25th September 2011

Meeting of West Lothian Council 6th. September 2011.

AMENDMENT.

West Lothian Council recognises the rights of campaign groups to highlight anecdotal evidence of concern to the wider community, but strongly asserts that comparative data is essential to ensure informed debate.

Council notes that progress has been made at the Royal Infirmary..

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21st. September 2011.

Operation Magnetise-Statement by Cllr. Gordon Beurskens.

After my statement on this site of 16 th. July, news reached me about the planning matters this case was supposedly about. At the risk of provoking further knee-jerk reaction in the absence of a case, the following is an update.

The Procurator Fiscal has recently engaged in the precognition of witnesses before reaching a decision on proceedings. My view of the timescale of this cannot be translated into readable form, except to say it is despicable. After almost three years, and in the run-up to the 2012 local elections, they are finally making their moves.

This case is predicated on..

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16th July 2011 - Operation Magnetise-Statement by Cllr. Gordon Beurskens

 


Following several years of relentless removal of services from St. John's Hospital in Livingston and huge public protest at the downgrading of local health care facilities, the Action to Save St. John's Hospital party (ATSSJH) was formed and stood several candidates in 2007 Scottish Parliament and local elections.

The result was a huge success for the Party, not only did they have a considerable influence in changing the political picture in West Lothian but had 3 candidates elected to West Lothian Council. With a significant presence within West Lothian Council, the ATSSJH party has a single election manifesto to work to - the safe restoration of services to St. John's Hospital in the best interests of patients, staff and the local Community.The ATSSJH party has already brought issues regarding St. John's to the public and political arenas where successes have been achieved in stopping the removal of any further services from St. John's and hospital parking charges.

The party is dedicated to ensuring St. John's is safely reinstated as a fully functional local emergency hospital, capable of providing quality health care services for the Lothians Community.

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The Passing of a True Campaigner.

On 6th. November 2011, Ernie Walker lost his long battle against cancer. Our thoughts and prayers are for his wife, Joyce, his extended family and his many friends.

A tribute to Ernie Walker

 

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