Lynne Featherstone, Lib Dem MP for Hornsey & Wood Green, has made a personal heart-felt plea for funding for the reopening of the Hornsey Central Hospital to Ruth Carnell, Chief Executive of the London-wide Strategic Authority.

Meeting this week in Parliament, Ms. Featherstone spelt out the case for £7m bid for the Hornsey & Wood Green.She sought assurances that the area would see more GPs, rather than just existing ones centralised into new premises, and that the proposal would be fully integrated into existing health services, such as other practices and local pharmacies.

Lynne Featherstone comments:

“My constituency desperately needs this injection of cash into its health infrastructure.I wanted to make it absolutely clear at the highest level that NHS officials have to make good on their promises to residents to re-open the site.

“I underlined how important it is for local residents and other NHS service providers to be consulted and involved in the planning process. While everyone wants to see investment in new facilities, people are concerned about the impact on existing GP practices, clinics and pharmacies.People care about their local health services and want NHS managers to listen to their concerns.”

Councillor Richard Wilson, Haringey Lib Dem Health Spokesperson added:

“This Hornsey Hospital site is the NHS’s opportunity to reverse the outrageous decline in health services that has taken place in the west of Haringey.

“But this new hospital simply cannot be an exercise in robbing Peter to pay Paul – shifting health services into one location rather than increasing them. Haringey NHS services must see real growth if our health care is not to suffer further.”