Moorgreen Hospital far old people. Bullt in 1837 as a workhouse, its redevelopment grant never appeared because of the cuts, so it has to make do with one ill for 250 beds.
health service unleashed by the local leadership of the the cuts.
BECAUSE OF staff shortages at the Royal South Hants, hospital sends home at least five balleats a week who shoald be going into the operating theatre.
The from the Royal South Hants Hospital who told me this went on to explain that variably means a two and often three ycar wait. One woman, I was informed, waited two years tor a gal-bladder operation. "Finally, when she got to hospital they seat BOB PENNINGTON reports on the drastic state of the Southampton and the employees' union against members who are fighting her home because they were short of blood." 1 then visited the Mootgreen Hospital for old people. Built ir E400,000 in 1972. It was schedul- redevelopment grant ed for completion by the end of 1975.
By the time the actend, cuts had made sure thai no money was available — so the work wils never done.
Dickensian hospita now geis by with one lift for its 250 beds -attack and a hope that one day thing public mignt act nete Next to the Moorgreen stand:
Allingion House, built and now wed by te NHS. buses old people who are not fi nough to look after themselve TAL BOL SHE COLLE LO admitted to a geriatric hospita.
This is be total of 150 beds taken out of this kind of accomodation in South ampton in two years The ambulance shortage in th city is becoming desperate. Re cently, an ambulance carrying a plan was natient with caoce on the bram received an emergency call to go to a woman who had just had an This other ambulance was avallahle LsD they journey In 11939 pital closed be health front and X-ray services.
EXPULSIONS Case still had to break their and collect the despite having a terminal case.
The Eastleigh Maternity Hos Tate 1976. Tbe presumably demonstrate the health sathor ty's determination to hit the old and young win savage part ality. But all is not gloom on the STEVE ROSE lo Chandlers Ford there is abe brand new Nutfield privace hos aL. Getting a bed there is mu the cuts.
Fact that we whlic and private sector, It get is blood from the Southampto one man General Hospital's transfusion unit and relies on it for pathologs Hill strongly objected to the remarks in Challenge about his handling of a wage claim bally suited on behalf orine relephonists at Southampio General is 1974, when Hill firs ippeared on the scene As far as we could see in n way could we up their wages b Roine on sinke, Hill says. e negotiating matter,' All the telephonists let NOPE and loined the C.onteder ation of Health Service Employ ees (COHSE), bitterly pointed at the way their pay claimi was handled Sudrey Holme formerly a hop steward in NUPE and no 4 CORSE steward, has no doub bere the blame lies "Hill div. against another, she WOEADE *Both Hill and Sean Hiliard, is we couldn't break the Socia Contract, As Tar as we were concerned, our claim was simply about re-grading Steve Rose is the NUPE con venor at Tatchbury Mount hos out of tbe *was the demand for more dentocracy in the union and a fight against the Social Contract and Our eyes were opened to d Acre part of a larg branch which involve all its memhers. Meetings were nat properly publicised and Arthur Hill represented us on union commit fees, at national conference, and did most of the negotiating with cane to the hospital ali sever new sewards were ciected two demobuilt up taking up issues affect ing our members which were never taken up before.' AUDREY HOLMES as the growing opposition to UPes acceptance of te Social Contract and is failure to really act against cuts in the NHS which brooght Hillined into ailiance with the branch's right withe witch-huat in the Southampton hospitals branch shows what is ar stake in the light cuts and the Social Contract.
ATTACKS If it succeeds, the way is ope for artacks on all rank and fil papers. But the defence that is growing for the five suspended members may well give the right Farchoury Mount, NIPE mem is have passed a reaclution micence in shop seward f agnise. The meeti vote agninst. forty memhers fully support the five member: accused, and support the right to organise opposition inside tbe andra, dimminghamp support don. On the coaches going to the signatures, and tradi delegates have promised to raise meeting in holar bl 508850 from Chellenge and Inbour movement papers to contact us and take up our case Socialist Challenge endorses Paul's call for a solidarity cum 26 Tennyson Road, Portswood, Southampton. Tel. 0703-551135.