Save South Tyneside Hospital Campaign

Useful documents and leaflets etc.

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Petitions

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Please download and print these blank petition forms to gather signatures from your friends, family and colleagues etc.

No to Downgrading of South Tyneside Hospital (PDF)

No to Closure of Urgent Care Centres at Bunny Hill, Houghton and Washington (PDF)
Flyers and Leaflets

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Flyers and leaflets to download, print and distribute.
Newsletters

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Periodical newsletters published by the campaign.
Newsletter No.1 April 18th, 2017 (PDF)
- Now is the Time to Defend Our Hospitals and Our NHS
- Briefing On Northumbria, Tyne & Wear and north Durham Sustainability and Transformation Plan
- The Save South Tyneside Hospital Campaign and the Building of an Unstoppable Movement
Press Releases / Open Letters

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- Lawyers Issue High Court Judicial Review Application In Battle To Save Local Hospital Services
  
  “Following our instruction by the South Tyneside Hospital Campaign Group, we believe there are grounds for a judicial review of the decision taken by NHS managers at South Tyneside CCG and NHS Sunderland CCG on 21 February, and have issued proceeding at court.”
  25th May 2018 - Irwin Mitchell Press Release
- SSTHC taking our fight to Westminster
  
  “The Save South Tyneside Hospital Campaign is taking a coach of supporters from South Tyneside and Sunderland to Parliament on Wednesday. We now have 40 booked on the coach, which is being supported by Unison South Tyneside health Branch. We will meet with our MPs and we hope also to meet with Jeremy Corbyn leader of the opposition. Also we will attend Prime Ministers Questions where Emma Lewell-Buck MP for South Shields has been drawn to ask a question on the hospital of the Prime Minister.”
  21st May 2018 - Press Release (PDF)
- Crowd Justice Fund target reached
  
  “The Crowd Justice fund of Save South Tyneside Hospital Campaign reaches its target of £5000. On Monday January 29th the SSTHC Crowd Justice Fund reached its target of £5000. The crowd fund was launched on December 8th 2017. SSTHC Congratulates all who contributed to we have reached our target of £5000.”
  30th January 2018 - Press Release (PDF)
- Response of Save South Tyneside Hospital Campaign to proposed merger of South Tyneside Foundation Trust with City Hospitals Sunderland
  
  “At its bi-weekly meeting on Monday January 22nd 2018 the Save South Tyneside Hospital Campaign discussed the proposed merger between South Tyneside Foundation Trust and City Hospitals Sunderland.”
  26th January 2018 - Press Release (PDF)
- We have submitted our response to the Phase 1 Consultation Feedback Analysis Report that is due by January 8th.
  Phase 1 Consultation Feedback Analysis Report - January 2018 - Press Release (PDF)
- “...Save South Tyneside Hospital Campaign has sent a letter of complaint to the Chief Executive of the South Tyneside Foundation Trust and City Hospitals Sunderland. Contrary to what the article (October 20) reports the "Hospital bosses" as saying we have checked and the data related to South Tyneside Hospital's top 5 UK performance of the Accident and Emergency Service does include the good performance of the Children's' and Young person's A&E and reflects its good results.”
  A&E Targets - October 2017 - Press Release (PDF)
- “The South Tyneside and Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) have told us they are preparing to start consultation most likely in late May on the first phase of the consultation on the Clinical Reviews at South Tyneside Hospital.”
  April 2017 - Press Release (PDF)
- Press releases in response to the draft STP published on November 9th 2016.
  SSTHC calls on everyone to block STPs - January 2017 - Press Release (PDF)
  SSTHC calls on everyone to block STPs - November 2016 - Press Release (PDF)
- An open letter to South Tyneside and Sunderland leaders of the Hospital Trusts, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Health and Well-Being Boards and Council leaders to call on them to release the Sustainability & Transformation Plans.
  Call To Publish STPs - Open Letter (PDF)
  Call To Publish STPs - Press Release (PDF)
Briefings

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- SSTHC Response to the Draft Feedback Analysis Report of the Public Consultation Process of the “Path to Excellence”
  Response to CCG on the Analysis of the Consultation 2017 (PDF)
- Briefing and response to phase-1 of the "Path to Excellence" consultation.
  SSTHC Briefing on "Path to Excellence" Consultation Phase-1 (PDF)
  Supporting Documents:
  Freedom of Information Clinical Services Request (PDF)
  Signed statement from staff at South Tyneside Paediatric Unit (PDF)
  Letter from Ward Manager at South Tyneside SCBU (PDF)
  Open letter from all staff at South Tyneside SCBU (PDF)
- A document prepared by SSTHC for South Tyneside Councillors giving another perspective on the NTWND STP and explaining why they should not approve it.
  SSTHC Briefing on STP (PDF)
  Supporting Documents:
  The Autumn Statement - Joint statement on health and social care (PDF)
  Monthly Delayed Transfers of Care Data, England, September 2016 (PDF)
  Freedom of Information Request (PDF)
- A briefing pack for councillors and campaigners explaining why councils and councillors should not be signing or supporting STPs.
  2016-10-28 STP HCT Resource Pack (PDF)
- South Tyneside Foundation NHS Trust is holding a presentation of its Annual Report “highlight of the year 2015-2016” and financial statements on Friday September 9 2016 at an Annual General meeting at the Education centre in the hospital. The Save South Tyneside Hospital Campaign is submitting its own briefing on South Tyneside Foundation NHS Trust's annual report and why the report should be rejected.
  SSTH Campaign Briefing on STFT Annual Report 2015-2016 (PDF)
Evidence

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This is a collection of documents that shed some light on the processes talking place within the NHS. Most of the documents here will be available elsewhere on the internet, but we make them available here for your convenience.
- A report from March 2017 by Sir Robert Naylor, produced for the Secretary of State for Health (Jeremy Hunt). It makes a case for selling off NHS property and estates, and suggests that insentives (amounting to bribes and blackmail) can be used to persuade struggling (that is deliberately underfunded) hospital trusts to sell their land and property.
  Naylor Report - NHS Property and Estates (PDF)
- In 1988 MP Oliver Letwin co-authored a paper with John Redwood outlining the steps required to privatise the NHS. It gives an extraordinary insight into the minds of those people who seek to monetise health care. It is an easy read as it is relatively short, well written and discusses some basic ideas around the aim of monetising the NHS.
  Britain's Biggest Enterprise (PDF)
- Also published in 1988 is this paper by the Adam Smith Institute (a neoliberal think-tank), which outlines the steps needed to transform the NHS from a socialised system into an insurance based system.
  The Health of Nations (PDF)
Gallery

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This section brings together photographs from our campaign work. The photographs are organised into collections each corresponding to an event that we have organised or attended. The collections are listed here with the most recent first.

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