I have very serious concerns that now is NOT the right time to hold a crucial public consultation over the reconfiguration of Leicester hospitals.  Second national lockdown aside, we are in the midst of a worldwide pandemic. Whilst welcoming the recent allocation of £450M to re-configure Leicester Hospitals, how on earth are the general public […]

Only five week’s to go in the twelve week long public consultation to reorganise Leicester’s hospitals. How many people have received a paper copy of the NHS brochure explaining how to get involved in the consultation? It was understood a brochure would come through everyone’s door to explain the plan. I believe more than 2000 […]

Save Our NHS Leicestershire has been holding a series of online public meetings during the consutation to discuss the local NHS Trust’s £450million plans to reorganise hospital services in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Our first meeting on Monday evening was a huge success, with close to 40 people in attendance and a very high level […]

St Mary’s Birth Centre in Melton will be closed if the local NHS Trust’s plans go ahead I recently tried to participate in an on-line meeting regarding the future of Maternity services in Leicester, which may lead to the closure of St Mary’s Birth Centre in Melton Mowbray. I made several unsuccessful attempts to log […]

We write in response to the report by local NHS leaders printed in the Mercury’s letters page last Saturday (‘Setting the record straight or n hospitals proposals’, November 7). NHS bosses say they want to “set the record straight” on the claim that they “have not considered Covid-19” when thinking about the £450million reorganisation of […]

Save Our NHS Leicestershire welcomes coverage of our campaign in yesterday’s Leicester Mercury. However, we take strong issue with the title of the online piece, ‘Campaign launched to fight against £450m hospitals revamp’ (the paper copy leads with the marginally better ‘Campaigners battle £450m hospitals revamp plans’) , which is demonstrably contradicted by the content […]

NHS bosses have been told that, subject to public consultation, they will receive government funding of £450m to implement their controversial reorganisation of hospital services across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Formal public consultation will last for 12 weeks between 28th September and 21st December 2020. What will change? Leicester General Hospital will close as an […]

Effective community services are crucial, according to NHS bosses, to the success of proposals to reconfigure Leicester’s hospital service. (City’s £450M Care Package, Sep 28 ’20) In the consultation documentation there is frequent reference to work in a community setting but no details are given or justification for changing the clinical pathways so that more […]

Letter sent to the Leicester Mercury on Tuesday September 29, 2020: The public consultation to reorganise Leicester’s hospitals began on Monday. These plans include, amongst other things, closing the Leicester General Hospital as an acute hospital and St Mary’s Birthing Unit in Melton; concentrating maternity services onto the Leicester Royal Infirmary; and providing a modest […]

Save Our NHS Leicestershire is staging a protest in support of fair pay rises for NHS and care workers on Saturday 22nd August at 12 noon in Jubilee Square, LE1 5LB. Tom Barker, Secretary of SONHSL, said: “Over the last 10 years, healthcare workers have seen the real value of their salaries collapse by up […]