by Paul Scully | Oct 11, 2013 | News |
Epsom & St Helier Hospitals Trust had a couple of public drop-in sessions recently to show people what plans they have for changes to services as they start the move away from the Sutton Hospital site. One in five visitors to the Hospital come for blood tests and it is proposed that this service remains for the foreseeable future. Many other services will move to either Epsom or St Helier hospitals with some outpatients and diagnostics going to the Jubilee Centre in Wallington. The proposed timetable is as follows:
- Outpatients & diagnostics (partial), SEP 2013, Wallington
- Health Records, NOV 2013, Epsom
- Finance & Procurement offices, NOV 2013, St Helier
- Outpatients (inc pre-operative assessment and pain outpatients but exc urology & opthamology), JAN 2014, St Helier
- Urology/ lithotripsy (kidney stones), JAN 2014, Epsom
- Estates & Facilities and redevelopment team offices, JAN 2014, St Helier
- X-ray/Ultrasound, FEB 2014, split between Epsom and St Helier
- Opthamology, JUN 2014, Epsom and St Helier
- Pharmacy, JUN 2014, Epsom and St Helier
- COPE (multi disciplinary pain management prog), Chronic fatigue service and Phlebotomy (blood testing) are to remain at Sutton
These moves will result in 60% of the services going to St Helier and 20% to Epsom
If you are going to be affected by these changes and would like to have your say, you can contact the Programme Director, Tim Wilkins at tim.wilkins@esth.nhs.uk. There is also more information on their website and you can follow them on twitter.
by Paul Scully | Oct 3, 2013 | News |
Congratulations to Stonecot resident, John Harwood who won a £25 M&S voucher as the lucky winner of my last Sutton & Cheam Chronicle wordsearch competition.
I was delighted to be able to drop in on John and give him the voucher personally last week. It was a while ago that he completed the wordsearch so it came as a pleasant end of summer bonus. We chatted for a while about St Helier hospital where he volunteers on a regular basis and the need to keep the services as local as possible. The SW London Renal Centre, behind the main building is one of the ancillary services that may be at risk if other supporting services are transferred to St Georges.
John and his neighbours had been in contact with their councillors and the council about flytipping behind their gardens without much joy. In the end, Councillor Tony Shields got involved and the rubbish was removed within the week. Nice to hear positive feedback about a Conservative representative, especially one who is happy to help residents living at the opposite end of the constituency to the area that he represents.
by Paul Scully | Sep 20, 2013 | News |
A number of residents have complained about the council’s decision to make Stone Place in Worcester Park one way after traffic in Windsor Road increased as a result. The change is being monitored over a trial period until mid November. Local Conservative campaigner, Stewart Mackay has been circulating a petition in response to residents’ concerns. You can have your say by completing Stewart’s petition below.
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by Paul Scully | Sep 6, 2013 | News |
My team and I have been around 343 local shops over the last few days to launch the ‘Sutton, Cheam & Worcester Park Independent Shop of the Year 2013’ competition in which Sutton & Cheam constituents can nominate and vote on-line for their favourite local independent retailer.
The competition is open until 17th October and whoever receives the most votes will be crowned Sutton, Cheam & Worcester Park’s Independent Shop of the Year. By voting in the competition, you can take the opportunity to say “thank you” to a local retailer that you feel has provided an excellent service to you and your family. One lucky voter will be picked at random to win £100 to spend in the shop they voted for.
We have some fantastic independent shops in our local area which we need to use if we are to keep them. It takes hard work to survive on our High Streets against the big names. Small shops need our help to survive and thrive in the shape of affordable, simple parking, lower rent and rates and of course, people choosing them over the chains and supermarkets. Over the next six weeks I hope to highlight the concerns of retailers and to promote the shops that are attracting interest from their customers.
This competition is a small way of letting our local retailers know how much we appreciate and support them and I hope you will spend a couple of minutes going to www.suttonlocal.org.uk to vote for your favourite shop and encourage your friends and family to do likewise.
by Paul Scully | Aug 1, 2013 | News |
Sutton Guardian published a letter of mine this week responding to one residents’ erroneous view that I was in favour of a proliferation of coffee shops across Sutton. The simple answer is that I’m not, but I do like imaginative use of local businesses by individuals and community groups and would like to see this increase to fill the empty shops and give our High Streets a more independent feel. Here’s the letter in full:
Dear Sir
I am grateful to Kevin Gethin for expressing the view that I am a “remarkable man.” I just hope he did not come to that conclusion as hurriedly as some of his others. The many people on the High Street that spoke to Boris and had their photos taken with him would disagree that he was difficult to spot and the people around Trinity Square would attest to the fact that he did in fact peel off to check the tennis score on the big screen [See photo above] placed there by Successful Sutton as part of local businesses’ excellent drive to make our High Street a more inviting place to visit.
Similarly it is a shame that my celebration of a business that perfectly combines community use with good business should be seen as a call for more coffee shops. We have plenty; I would just prefer to see more turn to having a similar ethos to Tazza. Similarly I would like to see a more skilled workforce as I explained to the Conservative Chairman, Grant Shapps MP recently when taking him to see the super work that SCOLA do to bridge the gap between educational qualifications and skills expected by many employers.
Boris spoke to people at some length about the proposed closure of the post office in St Nicholas Centre, the tram, business rates and the incinerator among others. I am sure, had Mr Gethin come over to chat rather than calling from the edge of a crowd, Boris would have explained that Steve O’Connell and I are working with the Mayor to get something in place for people who want to use the bus to get back at night to Sutton from Croydon.
Epsom & St Helier Hospitals Trust had a couple of public drop-in sessions recently to show people what plans they have for changes to services as they start the move away from the Sutton Hospital site. One in five visitors to the Hospital come for blood tests and it is proposed that this service remains for the foreseeable future. Many other services will move to either Epsom or St Helier hospitals with some outpatients and diagnostics going to the Jubilee Centre in Wallington. The proposed timetable is as follows:
