SouthportCARESfor children
Coalition Against Removal of kids Emergency & other Services
Coalition Against Removal of kids Emergency & other Services
Welcome to the official CARESwebsite for the
campaign to restore children's A&E, children's ward & maternity services back to
Southport Hospital.
Our campaign started when the NHS Trust decided
to relocate our vital services for children and pregnant women to Ormskirk.
This
unbelievable decision is we believe totally unacceptable, highly
dangerous to the patients involved and distressing to families in general. Southport is a large town built on the holiday
industry which urgently needs these essential hospital services for visitors as
well as the residents herein.
We received 14,365 names on
petitions, which were presented to bosses from the NHS following a massive protest
march (Sunday 17th August 03) at Southport Hospital. By 13 November 2003 CARES had received 18,532 petitions.
An estimated four thousand protesters took part in this historical march to show the Trust just how strong public
disgust was against these highly unpopular and autocratic changes.
These petitions
were presented to number 10 Downing Street by CARES on Thursday 19th February
2004.
Since 2003 CARES have arranged and attended many meeting and protests.
CARES Co-chairs Cath Regan and Margaret Brown have attended regular Stakeholder meetings with the NHS, PCT and others in an attempt to resolve this odious situation.
The fight continues to bring back services to Southport.
All data from the original CARES website has now been archived for posterity.
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RESPONSE TO SOUTHPORT MP DAMIEN MOORE BY CATH REGAN: LAUNCHING NEW PETITION TO RETURN THE CHILDREN’S A & E BACK TO SOUTHPORT.
Southport MP Damien Moore is apparently launching a new petition to return the children’s A &E back to Southport. What has happened to make Mr Moore decide to launch a petition now? He has been the town’s MP since June 2017. Has he only just realised there is no urgent care locally for children? It is now almost twenty years after these vital hospital services were first taken away. Don’t get me wrong here, I applaud ‘anybody’ who can work to return our services. I sincerely hope that as the town’s MP he can find the right people to turn this around. Back in 2003 a protest group, CARES (Coalition Against Removal of kids Emergency & other Services) was formed for this exact purpose. What is written below explains a small part of our lengthy campaign and some of what has happened since that time. More:
https://www.otsnews.co.uk/response-to-southport-mp-damien-moore-launching-new-petition-to-return-the-childrens-a-e-back-to-southport/
https://www.otsnews.co.uk/response-to-southport-mp-damien-moore-launching-new-petition-to-return-the-childrens-a-e-back-to-southport/