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South-west London hospitals review delayed again by NHS after financial viability concerns

11:22am Thursday 13th June 2013

A controversial healthcare review aiming to axe A&E, maternity and children’s services at Epsom and St Helier hospitals has again been delayed based on concerns about its financial viability.

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Mums protest against 'pure madness' of St Helier hospital review

2:10pm Monday 10th June 2013

Mums who daubed their pregnant bellies in protest against closures at St Helier hospital have recreated their famous photo with their babies.

• Pregnant ladies protest outside St Helier Hospital

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Replacement for St Helier A&E could open just 12 hours a day

3:00pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

Exclusive: A 24-hour urgent care centre (UCC) proposed to replace St Helier's under-threat accident and emergency department could in reality open for only 12 hours a day, it has emerged.

• Work on £5.5m St Helier Hospital A&E revamp enters final phase
• Sutton GPs vote to back downgrading of St Helier Hospital
• BSBV NHS leak reveals St Helier hospital downgrade will be worse than previously feared

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'A&E units on a cliff edge so don't shut St Helier's' says council leader

2:00pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

Ruth Dombey, leader of Sutton Council, has renewed calls to abandon proposals to shut St Helier’s A&E, after NHS leaders warn A&E units are on a cliff edge.

• Sutton GPs vote to back downgrading of St Helier Hospital
• Epsom at St Helier Hospital Trust chief executive Matthew Hopkins disappointed with proposed downgrade
• BSBV NHS leak reveals St Helier hospital downgrade will be worse than previously feared
• Will the new Sutton Clinical Commissioning Group save St Helier Hospital from losing its A&E and maternity?

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UPDATE: Insults fly in heated meeting as GPs fail to block St Helier downgrade

2:10pm Thursday 16th May 2013

Merton’s GPs have failed to block proposals to downgrade St Helier Hospital.

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Grateful patients donate thousands to under threat St Helier Hospital

6:30am Tuesday 14th May 2013

A department at downgrade-threatened St Helier Hospital has been handed a £3,000 boost from three generous benefactors.

• Sutton GPs back downgrade plans

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UPDATE: Sutton GPs vote to back downgrading of St Helier Hospital

2:53pm Thursday 9th May 2013

Sutton's GPs have backed proposals to downgrade St Helier Hospital.

• BSBV NHS leak reveals St Helier hospital downgrade will be worse than previously feared
• Will the new Sutton Clinical Commissioning Group save St Helier Hospital from losing its A&E and maternity?
• Sutton council's chief executive, Niall Bolger, outlines Better Services Better Value Review flaws

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Nurses warn Epsom and St Helier downgrade would put even more strain on 'overstretched' services

2:46pm Thursday 9th May 2013

In an open letter today the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has savaged proposals to downgrade Epsom and St Helier Hospitals and urged senior GPs to reject them.

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Protests planned tomorrow as GPs decide St Helier hospital fate

2:00pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

Protests are expected tomorrow as Sutton’s doctors meet to decide whether they support frontline closures at St Helier hospital.

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Hospital chief exec disappointed with downgrade

4:10pm Friday 3rd May 2013

The chief executive of the Epsom and St Helier trust has expressed his “disappointment” at the recommendation to severely downgrade both hospitals.

• Proposals to close A&E and maternity units in SW London hospitals announced
• BSBV NHS leak reveals St Helier hospital downgrade will be worse than previously feared

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