Queen Victoria fills the King's Hall

The King's Hall was packed - a fantastic sight. It gladdens my heart to see people getting involved in local issues, and the turnout this evening was clear evidence of the importance of QVMH to our town. 

Congratulations to Gillian Fowler, and the League of Friends of QVMH, and a swarm of others around town for alerting us to the proposals, spreading the message, and mobilising support so effectively.

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The King's Hall - full to capacity with people wanting to save Outpatient Services at QVMH.

Some of those who couldn't squeeze in

About 15 minutes before the meeting was due to start, the Hall was at capacity. There were some helpful women (from the Trust, I think) acting as bouncerettes, and patiently explaining that for Health & Safety reasons the later arrivals would have to stand in the lobby and listen as best we could to the presentations.

Apparently they were expecting "about a hundred people to turn up", but they got about 500. Not their first miscalculation, I fear.

There were several councillors milling about, both in and outside the Hall. I'm sure they all registered the strength of popular opinion (i.e. number of voters) and will make a principled stand to support our hospital, or at least jump on the bandwaggon.

The good news is that the Trust have sensibly decided to hold another meeting to cater for those who couldn't get in today, or couldn't face the rubbish weather. No date has been set yet - I'll let you know as soon as I find out.

QVMH - it's our hospital, so it's up to us to save it

As you may know by now, the Outpatient Services at Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital are under threat of closure. The hospital is covnenient for Herne Bay residents, with good public transport links and ample parking - we need to protect the services our hospital provides.

If you want to save the QVMH Outpatient Services, here are three things you can do:

1. click the poster below to download it, and stick it in your window,
2. click the petition form below to download it, and get as many signatures as you can,
3. come along to the public meeting at the King's Hall on Wednesday 29th January at 6:30pm