The Future for St. Helier  

I know that many of you will have been concerned to hear that St George's Hospital has pulled out of the proposed merger with St Helier Hospital. This is a disappointment because all hospitals are required to gain Foundation Trust status by 2014 and St Helier's deficit means it is unable achieve this by itself; essentially our hospital needed this merger. For more than a decade, our local community has campaigned to save St Helier hospital when it has faced various threats. Now we face another challenge ahead of us, another fight for our hospital and I firmly believe we can succeed again. We must now focus on the alternative options available to safeguard the hospital and the service it provides to our community including its specialist healthcare services, such as the renowned renal unit, our A&E and maternity services. Earlier this week Paul Burstow and I met with Matthew...