Protestors hold rally to Save St Helier

7:00am Thursday 17th May 2012 in Save St Helier By Matt Watts

Protestors hold rally to Save St Helier Protestors hold rally to Save St Helier

Protestors held a rally outside St Helier Hospital on Tuesday opposing the plans to cut A&E and maternity services at the hospital.

MPs Tom Brake and Paul Burstow, his wife councillor Mary Burstow, and Sutton Council leader elect Ruth Dombey were among those protesting.

Watch a video of the protest in the X-tra content of the Sutton Guardian newspaper e-edition

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GrumpyofCarshalton says...
9:23am Thu 17 May 12

We live on the St Helier Estate, Why did we not know anything about this protest, we would have been there to show our support. Whoever calls these protests or marches please, please give the residents of the estate a chance to show their support, the more people you can get out there the better. Lets show the 'Better Service Better Value panel' we wont give up our A&E & maternity departments without a fight.

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ladyloki says...
3:31pm Thu 17 May 12

The brass neck of Brake and Burstow in campaigning to save departments is nothing short of breathtaking. Their own party has supported and made possible the cuts being instigated by the Coalition Government that has put the £219m pledged for redevelopment at risk and twisted the original plans to ensure better services for patients into threats to our A&E and maternity units. Burstow himself has denied that he can stop the closures, being "just a Minister." He is Andrew Lansley's Number 2 at the Dept of Health and he must be held accountable in this matter.

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kazza76 says...
8:53pm Thu 17 May 12

bloody mp has probably got a few of his friends from his office to hold some plackards up, i and some friends are running a campaign on the facebook page and are planning to have a rally in the very near future, for updates join us on our page we are also planning a public meeting in early
june during the jubilee week our facebook page is
Save st helier maternity and a&e
please join us and bring your friends too.

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minkyminx says...
9:15pm Thu 17 May 12

We have set up our own online support group on facebook and are organising a public meeting and rally. This is not good enough. Me and my friends are not taking this lightly.....we have got posters and petitions up over the whole borough. We will be heard!!

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kazza76 says...
9:45am Fri 18 May 12

@minky minx we also have posters and petitions up all over the borough, what is your group link on face book maybe we could combine forces, i have a feeling that we are both from the same group though.

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