A&E closure at North Manchester?

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/health/ae-north-manchester-general-hospital-1722220

Have they not listened to the problems caused since Rochdale lost it's A&E and the massive effect it has had on Oldham with Ambulances constantly queuing at the doors with patients on board !

We cannot have another closure they are not coping as it is. People travel further for an emergency and to take longer to get to an hospital. People will die. May be longer queues and also staff could not cope in other areas as it is with the extra patient numbers.

I hope the local MPs and the public come out in the thousands to fight this. THIS IS ONE STEP TO FAR. SHAME 0N THOSE WHO HAVE PROPOSED THIS. iT IS OUR HEALTH SERVICE NOT THEIRS TO SLASH AND BURN AS SEEN FIT OR AT THEIR WHIM.

http://rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/news-headlines/78430/9hour-wait-for-hospital-ambulance-home

Just disgusting

Hinch wrote:http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/news-headlines/78457/chief-executive-denies-further-aande-closure

Didn't he send a very similar letter to staff on the rumours of Rochdale Infirmary closures !
Didn't he stand up and get very angry at Rochdale Town Hall when questioned and said these rumours were untrue ?

Did it not happen to Rochdale Infirmary ?

Yes Jeanie and Keith you are correct. I also remember that the Silver Heart Unit at Rochdale was going to be a centre of excellence. After all the promises that were made it was still moved.

After all the promises made we lost a lot of services for Rochdale.

I know where you are coming from Hinch but where did the rumour come from in the first place?

They made promises before and promised Rochdale so much but in the end we still lost the A&E at Rochdale Infirmary. Is history going to be repeated at North Manchester General Hospital.

The managers saying there is no truth in the rumour but still went ahead like they did in Rochdale. Can we trust them that this will not go the same way at NMGH?

Though rumours do not help the staff at the hospital, but it did not help the staff at Rochdale Infimary either did it.

teamplayer2 wrote:Yes Jeanie and Keith you are correct. I also remember that the Silver Heart Unit at Rochdale was going to be a centre of excellence. After all the promises that were made it was still moved.

After all the promises made we lost a lot of services for Rochdale.

I know where you are coming from Hinch but where did the rumour come from in the first place?

They made promises before and promised Rochdale so much but in the end we still lost the A&E at Rochdale Infirmary. Is history going to be repeated at North Manchester General Hospital.

The managers saying there is no truth in the rumour but still went ahead like they did in Rochdale. Can we trust them that this will not go the same way at NMGH?

Though rumours do not help the staff at the hospital, but it did not help the staff at Rochdale Infimary either did it.

Very true and watch this space lets see if once again my scaremongering turns out as true as the last ones !!!

Yes Jeanie as they say, "WATCH THIS SPACE"

Hinch wrote:So come on then Jeanie, get your tea-leaves out and give us a date of closure.

All services are being looked at across the region but no specific plans have been drawn up and when they are, it won't be John Saxby making the decision.

Rumour and idle conjecture are no replacement for hard facts.

Now you know I can't do that and it was stated that "it was idle rumour" regarding loss of services at Rochdale Infirmary and Fairfield, there were no hard facts then either but it happened as it will at North Manchester

So what do the tea leaves say Jeanie!

See what you have done now jeanie. You have frightened Hinch off.

Hinch wrote:Sometimes I feel that people actually prefer to wrap themselves in a comfort-blanket of fear and trepidation rather than study the actual facts. Still, it sells newspapers.

Many of the issues facing the country are being played out and affecting people in Rochdale and area in a very real way. So much is hidden, and reliable information is hard to uncover. There must be plenty of scope and so much for an investigative journalist to find out, could do with a team of them really.

Yes, I can appreciate investigative journalism isn't commercially viable, a pity as so much needs following up and reporting. Unless someone does that sort of work, the public get very little information really. It's annoying when you see things that are blatantly wrong going on, but to investigate them would be quite a job.