Change of leader of Conservative Councillors in H&F
Andrew Brown, the outgoing leader, said that another highlight was “working with the Health Secretary Matt Hancock” to stop the closure of Charing Cross Hospital, which was part of the Government’s controversial Shaping a Healthier Future reforms.This is extraordinary! The Conservatives SUPPORTED the closure of Charing Cross Hospital almost as soon as the dreadful plan - laughingly called "Shaping a Healthier Future" - was published!To turn around and claim that they had some influence in stopping the plan is just invention. What actually happened is that the penny dropped that losing 530 beds would be a huge loss of hospital beds and would cause a huge rise in elective surgery waiting, to say nothing of the loss of the A&E department at Charing Cross.Just as well that Charing Cross was saved in March 2019.... by March 2020 it was desperately needed for Covid patients!Well done the Labour Administration in H&F and "Save Our Hospitals" (as the campaign group was then called) for doing everything to keep Charing Cross AND SUCCEEDING!
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