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James Brokenshire MP has pledged to look into the debacle surrounding the level of patent care provided by Queen Mary’s Hospital.
Earlier this month we revealed the confusing rules that South London Health Care Trust had established at Chislehurst’s nearest hospital, following the close of the A&E unit last year.
Patients requiring urgent medical attention from the hospital’s ‘Urgent Care Centre’ and who arrive in an ambulance will be turned away by the hospital. But if injured or poorly patients arrive by car or on foot then they will be seen by a doctor or specialist.
Ambulance drivers and patients have complained that the rules are confusing and put patent care in jeopardy.
The MP for Old Bexley & Sidcup, a critic of the decision to close the A&E unit, told ChislehurstNews that he would be seeking answers from the South London Health Care Trust and asking for action to address confusion.
Mr Brokenshire is also supporting a campaign to prevent the closure of a Multiple Sclerosis unit at Queen Mary’s Hospital which has around 400 patients.
Brokenshire addresses staff and patients at the Elmstead MS Unit
Is there an election coming up? It’s just that I noticed the last time Brokenshire, Cleverly and Johnson realised Queen Mary’s was there was just before the 2010 election when they said Brown wanted to shut the A&E. When they got in they let it shut, after all the votes were in.
This is a smokescreen, what about A&E? Will the great British public let them con us again?
Neither James Brokenshire nor Bob Neill will lift a finger to sort out the mess at Queen Mary’s. The are now both junior ministers and know that making any moves to sort the problems left by the closure of the A&E department will risk upsetting Cameron’s right-hand-man Andrew Lansley who has rejected calls to step in to re-open the emergency department. It’s a case of career politics 1, patients 0.