HaNDS OFF SLaM

Latest

• UNISON SLaM formal response to the consultation paper - Reconfiguration of acute admission beds within the Croydon Integrated Adult Mental Health Service

• Proposed closure of Gresham 1 ward at the Bethlem

• Proposed closure of AL3 ward at the Maudsley Hospital

• Proposals to move AL3 from the Maudlsey hospital site: Unison formal response to the consultation

• Press release: Campaigners and unions call for halt to mental health bed closures

Background

The campaign has been initiated by the SLaM Branch of UNISON, the largest health union in the Trust, but we welcome all and any supporters, whether individuals or representing organisations.

Basic background information available now (all available for download as Acrobat (pdf) files) consists of:

• A kick in the teeth for mental health: Front page of UNISON SLaM Branch newspaper, June 30 2006.
• The PCTs' chopping list (from UNISON SLaM branch newspaper)
• What the PCT cuts would mean (from UNISON SLaM branch newspaper)
• The campaign letter urging local organisations and representatives to support the HaNDS Off SLaM campaign
• A transcript of a discussion between UNISON Branch Secretary Brian Lumsden and SLaM Chief Executive Stuart Bell responding to the threat of cuts and their potential impact (from the SLaM Trust intranet).

To support the campaign please e-mail Max Littler, Chair UNISON SLaM Branch
or alternatively contact Dr John Lister, Director, London Health Emergency

A telephone campaign hotline number 020 8644 2965 allows you to leave messages 24 hours a day.