- Target:
- Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health
- Region:
- United Kingdom
There is concern from new figures which show that the number of people waiting longer than four hours for a bed in A&E at Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals has soared in the past year.
Despite a fall in admissions, the number of people waiting more than four hours for a bed once they were admitted has more than doubled in a year.
The arguments for retaining the hospital remain overwhelming.
If they close Chase Farm then Barnet Hospital will not be able to cope and people’s health will be jeopardized.
The new figures for Barnet and Chase Farm NHS Hospital Trust show that 1,092 people had to wait more than four hours for a bed between January 1 and July 1 2012.
This compares to just 492 people in the same time period during 2011.
This increase in waiting times has come at a time when admissions have actually fallen.
In the first six months of 2012, 14,443 people were admitted to the A&Es compared to 15,754 in the first half of 2011.
The new figures from England NHS Hospital Trusts place Barnet and Chase Farm in the top ten per cent worst performing trusts in England for A&E waiting times.
We the undersigned are concerned about the sell off of our local Barnet & Chase Farm Hospital.
We are concerned about the cuts to NHS services in our community and the risk to patient safety in particular, A&E, inpatient care, maternity provision and care for older people.
We are concerned to read in the local newspaper earlier this year that our local hospital could be at risk of bankruptcy and face being sold off to the private sector.
Local residents have a right to be able to use NHS services based within their community.
We are demanding that any plans for the future of our hospital are put on hold until there has been extensive consultation with residents.
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The Save Barnet & Chase Farm Hospital petition to Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health was written by john burgess and is in the category Health at GoPetition.