Our next open meeting is this Saturday June 30th at 4pm in St Helens Church Hall (St Helens Gardens W10).\u00a0 Anyone living or working in the surrounding area is welcome to attend.<\/p>\n
There are several issues to discuss.\u00a0 This week we learned of the threat of closure of the A&E Departments at both Charing Cross and Hammersmith Hospitals.\u00a0 This would leave local residents with St Mary’s and Chelsea & Westminster as the nearest hospitals in an emergency.\u00a0\u00a0 The latter might as well be in another city, in terms of travel times at peak hours.<\/p>\n
Andrew Slaughter (MP for Hammersmith) is organising a campaign against these closures.\u00a0 For more details see at http:\/\/www.andyslaughter.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n NHS North West London has launched a consultation on the changes, with 3 options \u2013 their preferred option and two alternatives. All 3 would see A&E at Hammersmith Hospital close and 2 of them, including their preferred option, would see A&E at Charing Cross close as well.<\/p>\n At our June 30th meeting, we will also be discussing the latest position on the Imperial West planning application.\u00a0\u00a0 This may be decided by Hammersmith & Fulham’s Planning Applications Committee on July 10th, or on July 30th.\u00a0 Or it may be deferred again, given that H&F are having to respond to two sets of legal challenges on their approach to planning decisions (on the Shepherds Bush Market redevelopment and at Earls Court\u00a0<\/a>.<\/p>\n We will also be explaining the proposals for a new Neighbourhood Forum for this area, as a first step in developing a Neighbourhood Plan.\u00a0 The area to be covered is at this link Neighbourhood_forum_sketchmap<\/a>.\u00a0 Information on how to respond to the current consultation is in our earlier June post.\u00a0 A reminder that the deadline for responses is July 20th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our next open meeting is this Saturday June 30th at 4pm in St Helens Church Hall (St Helens Gardens W10).\u00a0 Anyone living or working in the surrounding area is welcome to attend. There are several issues to discuss.\u00a0 This week … Continue reading