National Petition opens with new website, facebook page and twitter feed. Visit www.connollyforkidshospital.com to Sign the Petition, Watch the 90sec. video, and spread the word -by email, hard-copy, facebook or twitter to SIGN, SIGN, SIGN
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ALERT – The “ CONNOLLY FOR KIDS HOSPITAL” CAMPAIGN
NCHA has joined with several groups and individuals in the launch a short sharp campaign opposing the New Children’s Hospital going to the St James’s site .
Our key goal : National Petition asking Enda Kenny to change the Children’s Hospital to Connolly.
The New Children’s Hospital Alliance with the Jack & Jill Foundation, the Extra Special Kids group, the Dunboyne Mums, Aaron Daly of ‘Petition to Change the site’, Fionnbar Walsh (father of the late Donal Walsh), Jimmy Sheehan of the All Ireland Children’s Hospital and many other supporters from around the country will launch the ‘Connolly for Kids Hospital’ campaign tomorrow, Thursday, Feb 4th
We are asking Enda Kenny to build the new Children’s Hospital at Connolly Hospital beside the M50 -for easier access, unlimited parking, maternity and adult co-location and where it is cheaper and faster to build. The government could also switch the ‘Urgent Care’ centre planned for Connolly to the more suitable St. James’s site.
The “Connolly for Kids Hospital” campaign will have its own website, informational videos and the online Petition.
The website will also have a petition form for those who would prefer a manual copy – please print off and distribute as widely as possible to family and friends. Help us send as many signatures as possible to the Taoiseach. Send the government a strong message that you cherish all the children of the nation and their childhood. Vote for children.
The website, facebook page and twitter feed will go live tomorrow!
The Oral Hearing ( ABP ref PA0043) finished with closing statements this evening , Dec 15th. We are grateful to the Inspector and his staff at ABP for their attention, patience and courtesy during the hearing.
The board is likely to give its decision about the end of March 2016.
Update Monday evening, December 14th.
The Oral Hearing is likely to finish tomorrow ,Tuesday, Dec 15th, 2015 as the last of the evidence is pesented by Observers in Module 4.8. and Closing statements are presented.
Click below for update on schedule for Tuesday http://www.pleanala.ie/documents/other/PA0/KPA0043Update.pdf
The Oral Hearing will start on Monday, 30th November at 10am in the Hilton Hotel, Kilmainham, Dublin 8 . The order of presentations is on the ABP website here.
The written submissions regarding the planning application to develop the new hospital at St James’s are now online. Click here to view them.
An Bord Pleanála is holding a preliminary meeting with potential observers on Friday, November 13th at 10am in the Hilton Hotel, Kilmainham, Dublin 8. The purpose of this is to enable the Board to set the Agenda for the substantive Oral Hearing by identifying the time allocation required for observers and informing and clarifying for observers as to how the hearing will be run. The Oral Hearing ,which is open to the public, will commence on Monday, Nov 30 th (venue to be notified) and continue ubtil Dec 18th if required. Also, if not finished before Christmas, the Hearing will reconvene in the New Year.
Agree that St. James’s is the wrong place for the National Children’s Hospital? An Bord Pleanála (the Panning Board) will accept comments by letter until 5.30pm on Friday 2nd October .
Write to: The Secretary, An Bord Pleanála, 64 Marlborough St., Dublin 1
You must give a Name and Address for correspondance.The letter may be signed by one or several people or signed on behalf of an Association .
You must put Reference No PA0043 at the top of the letter
You must enclose €50 . Delivery by post or by hand must be before 5.30 pm ( and not even a second later!) on the 2nd of October – in seven days time. Visit our facebook page or the Jack and Jill website if you need help/ideas.
See the post from a mother from The Extra Special Kids Group on the Jack and Jill facebook page.
On Saturday, 5th Sept. 2015, the 23 member Council of the National Association of General Practitioners unanimously voted against the construction of the new children’s hospital on the St James’s Hospital campus. CEO, Mr. Goodey urged Minister Varakar to exercise leadership and reconsider the choice of “the clearly unsuitable site” of St. James’s hospital. Read article in The Herald
NCHA says ‘Thank you’ to the GPs and repeats- there is NO EVIDENCE that co-location of a children’s hospital such as the NPH with an adult hospital improves clinical outcomes for children. The spokesperson for the NPHDB quoted in the Herald article is WRONG, WRONG,WRONG.
NCHA challenges the adult hospital medical community to produce the evidence. We are tired of children’s rights being sacrificed to adult hospital ambitions. First co-location priority is with a full Maternity hospital.