A Surrey hospital trust's £56m debt should be written off to let it rebuild its reputation, a local MP has said.
According to the BBC, Reigate MP Crispin Blunt said during a Westminster Hall debate on Tuesday that the size of East Surrey Hospital's debt was because of a delay in the transfer of acute services from Crawley to Redhill in 2001.
Prior to the meeting, Mr Blunt said: "Since 1998 the financial settlement for East Surrey Hospital has been the victim of government interference.
"The current deficit is over £55 million, the largest of any trust in the country" - an amount that could be wiped out with just 4 days' worth of our net contributions to the European Union's audit-failing budget, if the cash were diverted from being sent to that wasteful organisation.
Commenting on his demand that the government write off this debt, Mr Blunt added: "Only this can give the trust the financial footing on which it can begin to rebuild its quality of service and its reputation."
Health minister Dawn Primarolo said Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust was one of 17 classified as "financially challenged".
She added that measures were in place to enable the trust to restore its finances.
But maybe if Ms Primarolo and the government of which she is a part didn't condone wasting so much public money on the audit-failing EU, she wouldn't have to force East Surrey hospital to take these financial "measures" which will very likely harm provision of essential health services.
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Tuesday, 15 January 2008
Monday, 13 August 2007
Spelthorne: 'Tie rubbish to your Zimmer' 93-year-old told
A 93-year-old woman has slammed Spelthorne Council's new rubbish collection plans after being advised to tie her bin bags to her walking frame, reports Your Local Guardian.
Jessie Emer, of Cadbury Road, Sunbury, contacted after reading about blind residents' concerns about distinguishing the new bins, which are being rolled out across the borough.
Mrs Emer, a lifelong Conservative voter, said she would be unable to move the new wheelie bins as she walks with a frame.
She said: "I really do not know how they can do this without any consideration for the elderly. How am I now supposed to take my bins to the front of the house.
"The bin man just told me to tie the black bin bag to my frame and hobble to the wheelie bin."
Mrs Emer, who has lived in Spelthorne for 73 years, said even though she had contacted the council, nothing had been done and that she was not alone in having difficulty - her 96-year-old cousin is suffering from the same problem.
She said: "It is appalling and I am disgusted the council think they can do this without asking people.
"I can not move the bins about and I will not vote Conservative again. How do they think I can cope?
"They carried out a small test which proved nothing. Would they expect their own elderly relatives to move about these big bins?
"I am unable to walk without my frame never mind push anything."
Mrs Emer, who has lived through two world wars, said she believes the introduction of the new rubbish collection policy is penny pinching.
Jessie Emer, of Cadbury Road, Sunbury, contacted after reading about blind residents' concerns about distinguishing the new bins, which are being rolled out across the borough.
Mrs Emer, a lifelong Conservative voter, said she would be unable to move the new wheelie bins as she walks with a frame.
She said: "I really do not know how they can do this without any consideration for the elderly. How am I now supposed to take my bins to the front of the house.
"The bin man just told me to tie the black bin bag to my frame and hobble to the wheelie bin."
Mrs Emer, who has lived in Spelthorne for 73 years, said even though she had contacted the council, nothing had been done and that she was not alone in having difficulty - her 96-year-old cousin is suffering from the same problem.
She said: "It is appalling and I am disgusted the council think they can do this without asking people.
"I can not move the bins about and I will not vote Conservative again. How do they think I can cope?
"They carried out a small test which proved nothing. Would they expect their own elderly relatives to move about these big bins?
"I am unable to walk without my frame never mind push anything."
Mrs Emer, who has lived through two world wars, said she believes the introduction of the new rubbish collection policy is penny pinching.
Tuesday, 4 April 2006
Hundreds of Surrey and Sussex health jobs to be cut
A healthcare trust has said it expects around 400 jobs will go as it attempts to wipe out a £2m monthly overspend, reports the BBC.
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust announced the cuts as part of a two-year plan aimed at eliminating its £41.2m debt.
Chief executive of the trust, Gary Walker, said: "Our focus will be on retaining essential skills and minimising job losses."
The trust manages Crawley Hospital and East Surrey Hospital.
The government is unable to make up this £2 million monthly shortfall - or indeed the £41.2 million debt - in order to save these jobs, but is apparently able to find £115 million a week for the EU despite no clear idea where the majority of this money then goes to.
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust announced the cuts as part of a two-year plan aimed at eliminating its £41.2m debt.
Chief executive of the trust, Gary Walker, said: "Our focus will be on retaining essential skills and minimising job losses."
The trust manages Crawley Hospital and East Surrey Hospital.
The government is unable to make up this £2 million monthly shortfall - or indeed the £41.2 million debt - in order to save these jobs, but is apparently able to find £115 million a week for the EU despite no clear idea where the majority of this money then goes to.
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