The League of Friends of Teddington Memorial Hospital

The League of Friends of Teddington Memorial Hospital is a highly respected and trusted organisation with a proud record of voluntary service to the hospital and for raising several million pounds to improve facilities and equipment over many years.

Question and Answers on supporting us in securing the future of Teddington Memorial Hospital

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Public Meeting held by the League of Friends and local General Practitioners Thursday 2nd February, 2012

Member of Parliament, the Rt Hon Dr Vincent Cable MP joined a packed hall of local people at the second public meeting, chaired by Baroness Jenny Hilton, to hear about progress on developing a Clinical Strategy and Business Plan for a proposed Social Enterprise Model for Teddington Memorial Hospital. MORE>

meeting pictures

The local situation can be somewhat confusing so in light of this the League of Friends and local General Practitioners felt that it was important to ensure that there is clarity of the main concerns which surround the future of Teddington Memorial Hospital, many of which are not easily visible at the present time. We wish to make it clear for people to understand what the issues are and what we are actually fighting for. MORE>

On Thursday 10th November the League of Friends with local General Practitioners held a very successful Public Meeting to discuss with the community the future of Teddington Memorial Hospital. 350 people plus attended. After a presentation by League Chairman Pamela Bryant the Chairman of the meeting Baroness Hilton opened up question time from the audience. All questions were answered by members of the panel which comprised 3 General Practitioners, League of Friends Advisor, Chairman and a Trustee. MORE>

Please show your support and help safeguard our hospital for the future and for the local community by signing our online petition
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Please continue to complete our petition. Your support in this way is invaluable. We thank everyone who has already completed and returned it to us via the website.

Below are just some of the quotes that have been made:

“We thoroughly endorse the pursuit of an alternative model of ownership and management for Teddington Memorial Hospital”

“I totally support the model proposed by the Friends of Teddington Memorial Hospital”

“The Hounslow proposal seems to fly in the face of Government policy that “small is beautiful”

“I fully support your action and would be happy to deliver local leaflets”

“I think it is imperative that Teddington Hospital should become a Social Enterprise and am totally against the proposals for running as part of Hounslow & Richmond. The hospital has been run independently and very successfully previously and is very much a cherished part of the community”

“A very worthy cause”

“I fully support the aims of this petition”

“The local community has supported the hospital for many years – leave it alone”

“We fully support your aims”

“I support the above aim”

“As a near resident to the hospital who has used and valued its services I fully support this proposal for its future”

“Teddington Memorial Hospital is far too valuable a resource to be lost. It would be a good model for the NHS more generally. I support the petition”

“This hospital provides a first class and much needed service to the people and its locality. Its future as a Social Enterprise will ensure the maintenance and improvement of this service”

“Thank you for creating this petition to represent local opinion”