Events Calendar
- Safer neighbourhood team street briefing Friday 29th December 2013
The murderous attack in Woolwich yesterday was a despicable act of savagery. Brutality of this type must and should be condemned by all sides regardless of political background and or religious beliefs. Sadly this type of behaviour is not confined to Britain, over the past few years Nigeria itself and its good citizens including women [...]
Back in January I proposed a motion asking Lewisham Council to highlight the ‘Met’s early detection scheme‘ on the website to highlight the changes in the law around retention of innocent people’s profiles. My motion was as follows: “Council notes that in a fair society it is simply not right that innocent people can have [...]
After months of press we now know the basics of this policy. Notably The benefit cap places a limit on the total amount of benefits an out of work household can receive (including unemployment, child and housing elements). The limit has been placed at £500 a week for families and £350 for singles. There are some [...]
1) What is the cost of the London Living Wage? The current London Living Wage is £8.33 per hour Boris Johnson is proposing to increase this to £8.55 per hour The national minimum wage is £6.15 per hour for London. 2) How much is take-home pay? This is based on the calculations from a website [...]
Dear Sir We are submitting these views on behalf of our members in the three parliamentary constituencies covering Lewisham borough, we trust this will be treated as a formal response to your consultation on the draft report into the South London Healthcare NHS Trust. We believe that your investigation should have been underpinned by a [...]
Back in September of this year I asked the Cabinet Member for Children and young people here at Lewisham Council, this question : How many complaints of bullying have there been in Lewisham’s (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools over the past 12 months? Please can the Council provide the figures by school. Can the [...]
According to official figures, the NHS currently pays back £1.25 billion each year – but this figure will increase until 2030 when it is expected to hit £2.3 billion. Poorly negotiated PFI contracts have already led to examples of waste including Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich having to have 64 visits a year from pest [...]
Chief Executive designate announced for Lewisham and Greenwich hospitals Ruth Carnall, Chief Executive of London’s Strategic Health Authority, has asked Tim Higginson, Chief Executive of Lewisham NHS Trust to take on the leadership role for a proposed new organisation which would bring together Lewisham Healthcare and the Queen Elizabeth Woolwich element of South London Healthcare [...]
South London Healthcare NHS Trust (SLHT) was established in April 2009 as a merger of three acute general hospitals – Queen Elizabeth (QEH) in Woolwich, Queen Mary’s Sidcup (QMS) and Princess Royal (PRUH) in Bromley. Despite recent improvements in the standard of quality of care – such as a fall in mortality rates – [...]
Dear Colleague As you will be aware I have been working with South London Healthcare NHS Trust and the wider south east London health economy since mid July to address the significant challenges faced by the NHS in this area. This week I am publishing my draft report (which I did yesterday) and [...]
