A hospital’s leadership has put up posters in its corridors asking patients to lobby local MPs – who include Wes Streeting – for funding to expand its under-pressure A&E.
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust, which serves the Ilford North constituency represented by the health and social care secretary, says one of its two emergency departments is “not fit for purpose”.
The A&E unit at Queen’s Hospital in Romford was designed for 325 daily attendances but saw more than double that one day last month, the trust said.
The posters say: “We’re sorry you may have had a poor experience in our A&E. We want our hospitals to deliver care our staff are proud of and our patients are happy with.
“To achieve this, we need £35m to transform our A&E and improve your care.”
Patients are then urged to scan a QR code taking them to a list of local representatives to “lobby your MP”.
Source: HSJ, 14 January 2025
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