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**The Stop Haringey Health Cuts Coalition** **Presentation to the Haringey Council's Overview & Scrutiny Committee, Wed 10** **th**  **Sept 2008**  **DEVELOPMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN HARINGEY**    **AND THE REDEVELOPMENT OF ST ANN’S HOSPITAL**

**Introductory note:** The following letter was sent last year to the Chief Executive of the BEHMHT regarding the future of the St Ann’s Hospital site.

This broadly represents the views of the Coalition as whole. Naturally, individual groups who are members of the Coalition may have their own specific views.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif"> __**The future of the St Ann’s Hospital site**__

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">**From: The Stop Haringey Health Cuts Coalition** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">To: John Newbury-Helps, the Chief Executive of the BEHMHT <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">Re: Options for St Ann's Hospital and site <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">cc: Cllr Bob Harris - LBH Executive Member for Health & Social Services

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">2nd April 2007

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">**We have discussed the issue of the future of the St Ann's Hospital over the last year, and have concluded that it is vital to improve and expand public health services on this key site. In particular we recognise that, in considering the options, it is important:**


 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">**to improve the condition of the buildings and site infrastructure generally**
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">**to recognise and protect the heritage / conservation value of the site and its buildings**
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">**to ensure the land and buildings remain publicly owned and designated for health-related use**
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">**to seek the public resources and funds which are needed**

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">We understand the current options to be, as taken from the Strategic Outline Case [SOC] in 2006:

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">- refurbishment of the existing facilities [estimated in 2006 as costing £25m] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">- New build on the site (presumably by demolishing some buildings, and also selling off some of the site) [£76m] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">- 're-provide' the facilities at the North Middx Hospital [£76m] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">- 're-provide' the facilities at St Lukes Hospital [£87m] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">- re-provide' the facilities at a new site somewhere in Haringey [£80m]

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">In para 5.3 of the SOC, it states that the Options have been developed taking into account all the site users and facilities, not just the mental health usage.

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">In your letter to Mario Petrou dated 14th March 2007 you stated: //'I have made it clear to the Council that if any of our stakeholders feel we have missed out on an option then I would encourage them to let me know as soon as possible.'//

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">In the light of our views, we formally request two additional options to be added to the review of possibilities:

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">1. General expansion of the range and quality of facilities on the site, with no loss of land <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">2. Development of a General Hospital (to include an Accident & Emergency Unit)

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">Obviously, such options would need to be evaluated and costed, and the resources found. However, we are encouraged that the Council is continuing to lobby central government over the need for adequate healthcare resources for the local population, and that they have also recognised the need to safeguard land designated for health services:

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">- The Council's Overview & Scrutiny Cttee's recommendation on local NHS resources is that the Council must '//continue to make the strongest recommendations to Government, the London Strategic Health Authority and HtPCT to ensure that either the appropriate funding level to the PCT is maintained, or to recognise that the Council requires additional funding to deal with resultant unmet need. ’//

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">- The Council has also formally written to the Mayor of London regarding planning policies affecting strategic sites in the borough, stating that //'future health needs from population and housing growth have not been addressed as part of the London Plan review//' and '//there may not be sufficient land to cater for a necessary increase in the number of health care services in the borough'.//

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">Please confirm receipt, and please confirm that these proposals will be considered before any further development of the Strategic Outline Case.

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">Sincerely

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">- Dave Morris - SHHCC Secretary (and Secretary of the Haringey Federation of Residents Associations) <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif"> //SHHCCsecretary <info@haringeyresidents.org>//

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">- Keith Flett - SHHCC Chair (and President of the Haringey Trades Union Council) <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif"> //SHHCCchair <keith.flett@btinternet.com>//

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">**The Stop Haringey Health Cuts Coalition is an inclusive alliance of local organisations (including residents' groups, trades unions, health campaigns and political parties) concerned to see improvements in public healthcare services.**