Stroud Green campaigner Katherine Reece joined our local MP and hundreds of local residents to march against the closure of the Whittington A&E last weekend. The march gained lots of media attention, which has hopefully sent a clear message to the Government about how unpopular these health cuts are. Sadly, I couldn’t make the march as I was at a school governors away day, but I’ve just been sent some great pictures (such as this one of Lynne) which show how the strength of feeling at the event.
Lynne also organised a public meeting which took place last night to give residents the chance to put questions directly to the health bosses responsible. This is a great move by our MP to try to make these people accountable, but it is outragous that unelected quango appointees are having to answer these questions rather than their political masters in the Department of Health. Given that Labour Health Ministers have refused to lift a finger to save the A&E (and it is Labour’s policy to cut A&Es by reducing the number of ‘general’ hospitals), I think the hypocrisy of senior Labour politicians going on the march is astounding.