http://gopetition.com/signatures/save-qeqm-accident-and-emergency-department.html Online petition signatures en-us Mon, 6 Apr 2026 08:31 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23452259?utm_medium=rss MANY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THANET AND SURRONDING AREAs RELY ON A& E ,PLUS ALL THE OTHER EXCELLENT SURVICES. WHAT ARE THESE CRAZY EXECs AND SUPPORTER THINKING??

]]> Thu, 6 Feb 2020 02:32:44 UTC 23452259 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/22643839?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Dec 2018 11:52:41 UTC 22643839 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/22605216?utm_medium=rss we’ve got more and more people living in Thanet now the county’s getting bigger so you want to get fid of our a&e doesn’t make sense absolutely ridiculous

]]> Sun, 4 Nov 2018 08:24:29 UTC 22605216 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/22604402?utm_medium=rss Understand if it didn’t get used but thousands of people need this a&e to much money goes on everywhere else

]]> Sat, 3 Nov 2018 08:08:57 UTC 22604402 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/22600351?utm_medium=rss Patients will die if the A&E at QEQM closes

]]> Wed, 31 Oct 2018 07:37:06 UTC 22600351 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/22027036?utm_medium=rss my husband was rush to qeqm hospital last week with breathing problems and .he had the best help ,if he had to go further he wouldnt be here today

]]> Sat, 3 Feb 2018 08:25:14 UTC 22027036 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21999157?utm_medium=rss A nearby A & E is essential for care

]]> Fri, 19 Jan 2018 11:14:52 UTC 21999157 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21981885?utm_medium=rss QEQM needs a&E

]]> Wed, 10 Jan 2018 08:36:58 UTC 21981885 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21943825?utm_medium=rss Sat, 16 Dec 2017 02:58:47 UTC 21943825 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21935647?utm_medium=rss With the prospect of more people coming into the area we definitely need an A & E Dept.
Canterbury is too far to go to!

]]> Mon, 11 Dec 2017 09:55:01 UTC 21935647 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21935610?utm_medium=rss Mon, 11 Dec 2017 08:23:34 UTC 21935610 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21926876?utm_medium=rss Having suffered a stroke time is of the essence , Canterbury to Far away to receive treatment.

]]> Wed, 6 Dec 2017 12:00:29 UTC 21926876 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21926549?utm_medium=rss This would be a disaster!!!

]]> Wed, 6 Dec 2017 08:38:35 UTC 21926549 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21926489?utm_medium=rss Save our hospital!

]]> Wed, 6 Dec 2017 07:49:51 UTC 21926489 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21926461?utm_medium=rss They saved my life this year.

]]> Wed, 6 Dec 2017 07:17:11 UTC 21926461 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21917614?utm_medium=rss N

]]> Fri, 1 Dec 2017 04:55:06 UTC 21917614 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21913193?utm_medium=rss To keep QEQM Margate A&E open.

]]> Wed, 29 Nov 2017 04:34:20 UTC 21913193 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21585537?utm_medium=rss Keep A&E in Margate PLEASE,

]]> Thu, 17 Aug 2017 11:47:34 UTC 21585537 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21581670?utm_medium=rss Thanet needs an A & E.
By the time an ambulance fights its' way though Canterbury, I'll be dead !

]]> Wed, 16 Aug 2017 08:22:14 UTC 21581670 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21581020?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Aug 2017 03:27:06 UTC 21581020 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21580403?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Aug 2017 11:30:01 UTC 21580403 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21576793?utm_medium=rss I grew up in thanet and am still a regular visitor. This service is needed and appreciated and its loss would strain services further afield and even put lives at risk.

]]> Tue, 15 Aug 2017 08:21:30 UTC 21576793 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21574100?utm_medium=rss My family lives in Thanet and my daughter is a paramedic and frequently takes patients to QEQM

]]> Sun, 13 Aug 2017 07:44:21 UTC 21574100 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21573603?utm_medium=rss Not enough a and e departments as it is

]]> Sat, 12 Aug 2017 07:25:59 UTC 21573603 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21573470?utm_medium=rss We need A&E, please don't take it away!

]]> Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:42:55 UTC 21573470 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21568541?utm_medium=rss Keep A&E open at QEQM MARGATE

]]> Wed, 9 Aug 2017 08:42:55 UTC 21568541 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21568166?utm_medium=rss I have Heart problems so i need a A& E close to me

]]> Wed, 9 Aug 2017 05:13:57 UTC 21568166 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21567508?utm_medium=rss This is disgraceful. If there is an emergency in Thanet then I can see not many life threatening emergency's making it to Canterbury alive. Why have the government got to close it? Get rid of the excess pen pushers and employ the medical people i.e nurses and doctors. What use is a 'pen pusher except to take these valuable jobs from the correct people. I have lived in Thanet for 20+ years and have had family who have had to be taken on an emergency basis to this hospital and they have been treated so well by all that they would not have survived if they had to travel further.

]]> Wed, 9 Aug 2017 09:41:34 UTC 21567508 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21567028?utm_medium=rss Would be very unhappy to see A&E close down.

]]> Wed, 9 Aug 2017 01:26:30 UTC 21567028 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21566583?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Aug 2017 07:54:02 UTC 21566583 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21566510?utm_medium=rss Another nail in the coffin of Thanet from those that are totally divorced from the reality of living and working here and the travel nightmare of getting out of Thanet

]]> Tue, 8 Aug 2017 06:56:41 UTC 21566510 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21566398?utm_medium=rss Totally unacceptable to close QEQM A&E.

]]> Tue, 8 Aug 2017 05:33:28 UTC 21566398 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21566258?utm_medium=rss The A&E Department is a vital asset to Thanet residents and must be saved. Lives will be lost otherwise.

]]> Tue, 8 Aug 2017 03:53:25 UTC 21566258 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21564578?utm_medium=rss I object very strongly to the proposed closing of the A&E at the QEQM hospital. It provides an invaluable service to the community.

]]> Mon, 7 Aug 2017 07:27:08 UTC 21564578 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21556395?utm_medium=rss 140,000 people + 1000's of tourists need an A&E service.

]]> Fri, 4 Aug 2017 06:49:12 UTC 21556395 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21554289?utm_medium=rss We need this...

]]> Thu, 3 Aug 2017 03:19:04 UTC 21554289 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21551897?utm_medium=rss No to closure

]]> Wed, 2 Aug 2017 03:30:30 UTC 21551897 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21551404?utm_medium=rss It is always busy, it would be a strange decision to close it.

]]> Wed, 2 Aug 2017 12:52:05 UTC 21551404 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21550729?utm_medium=rss The nearest A&E is in Ashford, since Canterbury is closed to all but minor injuries. This would mean an hour journey to Ashford A&E, which would be unacceptable.

]]> Wed, 2 Aug 2017 10:08:57 UTC 21550729 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21550680?utm_medium=rss Situated where we are, we need an A&E dept. Besides that's what we pay our taxes for

]]> Wed, 2 Aug 2017 10:00:02 UTC 21550680 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21550329?utm_medium=rss The A&E unit at QEQM must be retained. The existing unit was purpose built and to lose it would be madness. Accessibility to others elsewhere in East Kent are grossly problematic and nigh-on impossible for most people.

]]> Wed, 2 Aug 2017 08:39:27 UTC 21550329 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21549390?utm_medium=rss S.E.Kent need cover .because it a large area and by the time you reach Ashford or Canterbury with the high volume of traffic on the road someone will die.

]]> Wed, 2 Aug 2017 02:36:34 UTC 21549390 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21548977?utm_medium=rss Do not close our A&E we need our hospital

]]> Tue, 1 Aug 2017 09:52:23 UTC 21548977 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21548681?utm_medium=rss No comment

]]> Tue, 1 Aug 2017 08:38:04 UTC 21548681 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21547925?utm_medium=rss This is a ridiculous proposal made more so by the fact that they are considering the closure of Canterbury Hospital so where then would the nearest A&E be?

]]> Tue, 1 Aug 2017 04:57:00 UTC 21547925 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21547905?utm_medium=rss QEQM is a critical A&E facility. No other A&E in Kent is as crucial and central to the requirements for such a large population.

]]> Tue, 1 Aug 2017 04:50:47 UTC 21547905 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21547879?utm_medium=rss ,

]]> Tue, 1 Aug 2017 04:43:27 UTC 21547879 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21547848?utm_medium=rss with all the new housing and proposed new housing we really need the A&E at the QEQM. in fact we need a bigger and better A&E

]]> Tue, 1 Aug 2017 04:35:38 UTC 21547848 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21547824?utm_medium=rss -

]]> Tue, 1 Aug 2017 04:28:25 UTC 21547824 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21547743?utm_medium=rss With the number of older people in Thanet, and with our tourist population, it is essential we have full A&E services at QEQM

]]> Tue, 1 Aug 2017 04:09:33 UTC 21547743 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21547517?utm_medium=rss People cannot go to Canterbury. Also will put extra pressure on that Ambulance Service. I suggest this idea has not been properly thought out

]]> Tue, 1 Aug 2017 03:36:45 UTC 21547517 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21547432?utm_medium=rss Essential.

]]> Tue, 1 Aug 2017 03:08:15 UTC 21547432 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21547221?utm_medium=rss We need a A&E in Thanet, When i go there people are waiting and have come from Herne Bay, Canterbury, Dover, Deal and Sandwich. QEQM must stay open to the people in Thanet.

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]]> Tue, 1 Aug 2017 01:54:09 UTC 21547134 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21546989?utm_medium=rss Concerned about fast access to emergency care for my family that live in the area and myself when visiting.

]]> Tue, 1 Aug 2017 01:01:07 UTC 21546989 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21546982?utm_medium=rss It is necessary to retain the A & E unit at our Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital, in Thanet, particularly as there is every likelihood that MANSTON AIRPORT will be retained as an airport in the near future.

]]> Tue, 1 Aug 2017 12:50:15 UTC 21546982 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21546933?utm_medium=rss As the nearest hospital to busy coastal towns, it is vital that this A&E Department stays open.

]]> Tue, 1 Aug 2017 12:11:04 UTC 21546933 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21546875?utm_medium=rss 18+ miles, with level crossing gates could well make a difference between life or death.

]]> Tue, 1 Aug 2017 11:36:18 UTC 21546875 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21546820?utm_medium=rss This is a vital and indispensable service. No expense must be spared to retain it!

]]> Tue, 1 Aug 2017 11:10:51 UTC 21546820 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21546794?utm_medium=rss Needed

]]> Tue, 1 Aug 2017 10:54:55 UTC 21546794 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21546773?utm_medium=rss As well as the health needs of the resident population it is essential that consideration is given to the welfare of the huge number of holiday visitors that visit Thanet annually.

]]> Tue, 1 Aug 2017 10:42:32 UTC 21546773 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21546740?utm_medium=rss we need our a &e

]]> Tue, 1 Aug 2017 10:21:20 UTC 21546740 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21546727?utm_medium=rss Annoyed that the need to fight for the QEQM has again been found necessary when the bulk of the areas population is on the IOT.

]]> Tue, 1 Aug 2017 10:15:27 UTC 21546727 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21546714?utm_medium=rss Canturbury/Dover too far to go in an emergency. People will die. Shame on you..

]]> Tue, 1 Aug 2017 10:10:12 UTC 21546714 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21546694?utm_medium=rss Population in thanet increasing - road system unable to cope with journey to canterbury. Seems daft to close a good unit. Also needs consideration - Thanet has sea on three sides so no choice of direction but one!

]]> Tue, 1 Aug 2017 09:58:37 UTC 21546694 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21546693?utm_medium=rss Even the thought of closing QEQM A&E is ludicrous..... the population of the area is expanding daily and will continue to do so. To send emergencies to another area would further increase delays in treatment for an already overstretched unit and ultimately lead to many avoidable deaths ..... this cannot happen!

]]> Tue, 1 Aug 2017 09:57:50 UTC 21546693 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21546692?utm_medium=rss Save the A&E department at the QEQM margate

]]> Tue, 1 Aug 2017 09:57:23 UTC 21546692 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21546680?utm_medium=rss Save Queen Elisabeth Hospital, Margate, A & E, department.

]]> Tue, 1 Aug 2017 09:50:21 UTC 21546680 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21546661?utm_medium=rss Keep our A&E AT Q.E.QM

]]> Tue, 1 Aug 2017 09:39:49 UTC 21546661 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21546657?utm_medium=rss KEEP Q.E.Q.M A&E

]]> Tue, 1 Aug 2017 09:35:37 UTC 21546657 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21543819?utm_medium=rss We need our A and E department. 17 miles is too far to travel and in a car this takes 45 minutes due to volume of traffic. It takes 20 mins to get from margate hust to st Nicholas and start of a28 to canterbury

]]> Sun, 30 Jul 2017 06:26:02 UTC 21543819 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21543062?utm_medium=rss Have used QEQM A&E on a number of occasions. Apart from having to wait hours to be seen I have had very good service & treatment

]]> Sun, 30 Jul 2017 07:14:35 UTC 21543062 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21542352?utm_medium=rss There should be a and e in margate, Canterbury, and ashford. Lives would be at risk. It can take 45 minutes to reach the hospital at Canterbury from Thanet - too long

]]> Sat, 29 Jul 2017 09:52:18 UTC 21542352 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21542023?utm_medium=rss Thanet needs A and E. Ashford is too far away for emergencies.

]]> Sat, 29 Jul 2017 06:56:07 UTC 21542023 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21541100?utm_medium=rss A&E has been used for 3 members of my family in the past 5 years for some very serious issues and they have saved my mum's life at least 3 times during this time. We need A&E in this area please.

]]> Sat, 29 Jul 2017 10:16:27 UTC 21541100 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21540319?utm_medium=rss Save QEQM a & e as my local hospital a & e is at capacity every day with ambulances queueing up 6 at a time to get in to be seen on a regular basis and there isn't many 24 hour sevices operating in Kent

]]> Fri, 28 Jul 2017 07:49:56 UTC 21540319 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21540166?utm_medium=rss x

]]> Fri, 28 Jul 2017 06:18:35 UTC 21540166 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21539937?utm_medium=rss Thanet has a high level of the population who are elderly and trying to live in the community with minimal support. In a medical emergency many of us could drive ourselves or our partners to the QEQM hospital but many of us could not, or would not feel comfortable with the prospect of driving to Canterbury particularly in the rush hours or the middle of the night. Whilst most of the population trust that ambulance to respond and get us to the QEQM I would be less confident getting us to Canterbury hospital were vital minutes are wasted on distance and traffic tailback and of course delays at the railway crossing.

]]> Fri, 28 Jul 2017 03:55:48 UTC 21539937 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21539905?utm_medium=rss More and more people are moving into our area the hospital with its A&E dept is vital.

]]> Fri, 28 Jul 2017 03:39:48 UTC 21539905 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21539690?utm_medium=rss Too many people only have public transport. Buses and trains do not run after hours. This would threaten the health of many folk.

]]> Fri, 28 Jul 2017 01:57:45 UTC 21539690 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21539425?utm_medium=rss Essential service, that I needed to use in the last couple of months, and I am not sure what would do if it was not there!

]]> Fri, 28 Jul 2017 12:10:35 UTC 21539425 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21539405?utm_medium=rss QEQM already overworked, always best treatment there, please dont close

]]> Fri, 28 Jul 2017 12:03:28 UTC 21539405 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21539401?utm_medium=rss we are told every minute counts in heart or stroke illnesses, its over an hour to nearest facilities!! Can we cope with all this extra traffic in an already overpopulated area.

]]> Fri, 28 Jul 2017 12:00:47 UTC 21539401 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21239317?utm_medium=rss Closing the A&E department will mean life or death to many people

]]> Mon, 3 Apr 2017 08:51:45 UTC 21239317 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20056984?utm_medium=rss You need to keep the A & E department open - it's vitally important for the residents of Margate and the surrounding areas.

]]> Sat, 18 Jun 2016 10:42:21 UTC 20056984 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20056320?utm_medium=rss We lived in Thanet for 7 months and used the a&e unit a few times. They are an invaluable service and should remain open.

]]> Fri, 17 Jun 2016 03:40:47 UTC 20056320 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20056212?utm_medium=rss I have had to use the a and e department on numerous occasions including when my husband collapsed unconscious, I had extreme panick attack and breathing problems, my daughter broke her leg and also for the past 3 years when my daughter has been extremely unwell on multiple occasions mainly breathing probs and blocked airways. She was taken in twice by ambulance been admitted several times and one time was so poorly she was tachycardic by the time we got to the hospital they took her straight to resus and we only live 5 min drive away. I dread to think of we had had to make a 45 min trip each time to the next nearest hospital for something as simple as a nebuliser and steroids and antibitics which is 9/10 what she needed. She is also anaemic and could need a blood transfusion very quickly at any time so having that piece of mind I have this great service on my door step as a mother helps slightly put my mind at ease but the thought of travelling that far. Then also if the rail line crossing is closed it can delay you further. This a&be is full at the best of times we should be employing more staff not less.

]]> Fri, 17 Jun 2016 02:37:34 UTC 20056212 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19978757?utm_medium=rss We need our a&a department it has saved my life when I had a heart attack and my husbands when he had pneumonia. It is vital for the area especially as they are building a lot of new houses at Westwood. Save our a&e department

]]> Tue, 10 May 2016 12:24:59 UTC 19978757 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19927874?utm_medium=rss I find the QEQM in Margate handy because of my diabetes & other health problems.

]]> Wed, 20 Apr 2016 03:13:47 UTC 19927874 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19714575?utm_medium=rss Save this invaluable resource. So many lives will be lost if it goes.

]]> Mon, 8 Feb 2016 06:43:57 UTC 19714575 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19714513?utm_medium=rss we NEED this hospital a and e

]]> Mon, 8 Feb 2016 06:18:40 UTC 19714513 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19713084?utm_medium=rss Save are a and e

]]> Sun, 7 Feb 2016 11:59:14 UTC 19713084 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19712567?utm_medium=rss Sun, 7 Feb 2016 07:48:27 UTC 19712567 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19663673?utm_medium=rss We need A and E at the william harvey I needed the A and E when I was ill 2 o'clock am
I've had cancer treatment at william harvey my on going treatments are at the harvey.going to canterbury would be a nightmare the road is terrible and dangerous, and any one this side of kent it would be no use at all.so please keep it . Mrs clark and Mr j clark.
We need it

]]> Thu, 28 Jan 2016 12:49:01 UTC 19663673 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19542725?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Dec 2015 05:12:46 UTC 19542725 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19538370?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Dec 2015 05:52:08 UTC 19538370 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19538277?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Dec 2015 03:31:29 UTC 19538277 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19537343?utm_medium=rss :)

]]> Thu, 3 Dec 2015 06:27:14 UTC 19537343 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19537256?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Dec 2015 05:40:20 UTC 19537256