5 December 2017, King George hospital, Ilford; Trades unionists, local councillors and other campaigners celebrate the announcement that there will be a review into the decision to close Accident and Emergency department at the hospital.
East London trades unionists' call to organise:
To all Trades Union Councils covered by the North East London Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) that is: Barking & Dagenham; City of London Corporation; Hackney; Havering; Newham; Redbridge; Tower Hamlets; Waltham Forest
Earlier this year we saw a step change in the co-operation between boroughs and the trade unions within them to protect our NHS. The campaign by some councillors and NHS campaigners in the borough of Redbridge, who had long fought for the retention of Accident and Emergency services at King George’s Hospital, became a wider movement. It was the actions of activists in the Trade Union Councils of Barking & Dagenham and Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest and others that stung the other councils into action. These councils have now woken up to the fact that the closure of a hospital outside their borough would have a detrimental effect on the performance of the hospitals within their borough and that their constituents actually crossed borough boundaries for their health support.
The Greater London Association of Trades Union Councils had a supporting role in this and wants to continue to do so. To this end GLATUC has organised a meeting at Barking Town Hall IG11 7LU, Committee Room 1 on THURSDAY 18th January 2018 from 5pm to 7pm to which you are all welcome. That is representatives from all your affiliate Branches not just the officers of the trades council. We hope to discuss in an open forum ways in which we can work together in the future not only in supporting our NHS but in all areas where our members have a common interest.
If there are any particular topics of interest that you would want to discuss, maybe the effects of Crossrail, how to get affiliations from local branches, closer links with the labour Party or Momentum let us know and if appropriate we may be able to organise guest speakers. We will be providing light refreshments so please RSVP so that we can get the catering right, please indicate if you are vegetarian, vegan or have any allergies or dietary requirements we should know about.
Regards
Mick Houghton Secretary
07427 151 411
Susan Aitouaziz President
Well done Susan and Mick for organising meeting on 18th January see you there.
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