A Picture of Health???

Please support our campaign to keep an A&E Department at Monklands Hospital!

Picture of Health fighting for the A&E services at Monklands to stay open.

Westfield Community Council oppose the proposed closure of the Accident and Emergency Service at

Monkands
Hospital.  We feel that such a closure would not only be detrimental to the Westfield community’s health care needs but the accompanying delay in receiving A&E treatment would incur an unacceptable increase in risk to the our Community. 

 

If you are keen to keep the Accident and Emergency Services open then please write to the Chief Executive of NHS Lanarkshire stating your objections.  A sample of a letter and his address is drafted below.

 

The Chief Executive

NHS Lanarkshire

A ‘Picture of Health’ Consultation

FREEPOST SCO4606

Hamilton

ML3 0BR

Email: a-picture-of-health@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

 

Dear NHS Lanarkshire

I am writing in response to the consultation’A Picture of Health’.

I am aware that as part of the proposals you wish to downgrade one of the current Accident and Emergency Departments situated in Lanarkshire.  As a vital front line service, A&E Departments are crucial to health of any community, especially for those areas which are more isolated than others.  Also, I feel that public transport provision, or the lack of it, must be taken into consideration when making decisions on vital health care services.

After careful consideration of the proposals, I cannot understand why you feel that the alteration of the current A&E Department provision would be of benefit to any resident in Lanarkshire and would respectfully ask that no changes are made, allowing us to have three fully staffed A&E Departments.

I feel that the human costs of any downgrading would be too high to accept, for my loved ones, my community and myself.

 

Yours faithfully