>> The official campaign to protect hospital services in Welwyn Hatfield <<

Shame consultation ends in the axing of services at the QE2. At a time when the Government wants Welwyn Hatfield's population to expand at an unprecedented pace, here's how the official documents excuse their decision.

This paper maps out what health bosses believe is now the way forward for healthcare in Hertfordshire.

Future of Herts Healthcare (note the omission over cancer care).

Responses from the consultation. (Note that they downgrade responses made over the web).

Board decision document (basically justifying what everyone can see is a ludicrous decision which fails to take into account projected population growth).

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You would normally watch the above video by hitting the play button in the middle of the picture above. However, if you're having any difficulty in watching the video then you may download the actual video file here. It's just over 17mb so will take some time to download. Simply save it to your desktop and then double-click on the file. It plays in Windows Media format.

Want a picture of the human sign to keep? Click here to download your own copy of the photograph taken from the helicopter at 1,000 feet above KGV.

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Here's how ITV Anglia covered the Rally. This file is a downloadable MOV file which plays using the free Apple Quicktime player on any computer (PC or MAC). Download the coverage here.

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And definitely view the high quality pictures taken by one rally attendee, Pete Domican.

PLEASE HELP US FIGHT THESE PLANS BY DONATING TO HOSPITAL SOS TASKFORCE:  We need to raise money in order to fight for our hospital services. In particular organising mass rallies, publicity and legal work for the Judicial Review are all expensive items.

Here are three ways to donate to the campaign:

1. Use your credit card to donate money now. We accept all major credit cards or a PayPal payment.

2. Write a cheque to 'Hospital SOS Taskforce' and send it to: Grant Shapps MP, Maynard House, The Common, Hatfield, AL10 0NF.

3. Via bank transfer to the Hospital SOS Taskforce
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PLEASE NOTE: Once the Hospital SOS campaign has ended, any remaining funds will be donated to the Vicki Adkins Breast Cancer Unit at the QE2 Hospital. We thank you for your support.

Get the facts behind the serious threat to the QEII by watching the above video. Press the PLAY button above and turn up your speakers.

Our Hospital SOS campaign is one of many across the country. See how the campaign is developing in Sussex with this video.

Dear Resident,

The recent decision to close all the acute services at the QE2 Hospital will not come as any surprise to a community who have long been fearing the worse.

The fact that the process was called a consultation at all brings the whole theory of consulting into disrepute, as everyone knows that the decision had already been taken up front.

The fact that in three short years we have gone from being promised a brand new super-hospital in Hatfield when a Government health Minister was then our MP, to having that pledge removed after she lost her seat... to the Government also engineering a situation where we have now lost the major services at our existing QE2 hospital, is all simply unforgivable.

No one will ever forget how this happened and how the community has been completely ignored, despite campaigning together with all political parties joining to speak with one voice against the closures.

This decision makes a mockery of consultation and ignores democratic representation.

People will have to come to their own decisions about how and why we've reached this position.

Yours,

Grant Shapps MP
Chairman Hospital SOS Taskforce

The full action group is as follows:

 Rallies and Marches Group led by Margaret Birleson

Petition Group led by Mike Hobday

Legal: Hospital SOS is a campaign chaired by Grant Shapps MP with support from across the entire community.
This site is promoted by M Perkins on behalf of G Shapps both of Maynard House, The Common, Hatfield, AL10 0NF.