Fury at decision to move some A&E services at Birmingham’s…
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- Fury at decision to move some A&E services at Birmingham’s…
- Sale of Birmingham parkland to Tesco is set to be approved
- Birmingham boss McLeish ready to spend early in January
- Alex McLeish can get out Gold card as takeover falls shy
Fury at decision to move some A&E services at Birmingham’s…
ic Birmingham.co.uk – Dec 19, 2007
That is the grim prediction of health watchdog Coun Deirdre Alden who is furious at Health Secretary Alan Johnson’s decision to move emergency surgery services from Birmingham’s City Hospital to Sandwell. Bosses at Sandwell and West Birmingham Trust welcomed the move which will also see the main surgery team and beds move from Winson Green to Sandwell Hospital in West Bromwich. Mr Johnson has also given the go-ahead to create a 24-hour surgical assessment unit at City Hospital to treat most severe patients such as gunshot victims… But Coun Alden chair of Birmingham health scrutiny committee lambasted the Government decision. “I’m absolutely furious” she said. “It means people in the centre of Birmingham will face a pointless journey to Sandwell which is outrageous. “Ultimately this decision is going to cost lives because of the time wasted taking someone who is critically ill and in need of emergency surgery from Birmingham to West Bromwich. “It will also mean long journeys for people wanting to visit their loved ones.
Sale of Birmingham parkland to Tesco is set to be approved
ic Birmingham.co.uk – Dec 19, 2007
It ends a hard fought campaign by Hodge Hill residents to prevent the sale of one-and-a-half acres of playing fields at Brockhurst Road for development as a giant superstore. The battle was even joined at the ballot box when anti-supermarket campaigner Roger Gordon took more than 500 votes at last May’s local election. He is now urging the City Cabinet’s property committee to halt the sale of the field near the Fox and Goose Shopping Centre when it meets tomorrow. Mr Gordon said: “After a decade long battle to save this public amenity our playing fields the council has a final opportunity to stand for open space and clean air against the advance of Tesco.
Birmingham boss McLeish ready to spend early in January
Tribalfootball.com – Dec 19, 2007
“I’d like to avoid that here. It’s hardly a secret ? it’s very rare people can unearth a good player no one else has heard about. “You’ve got to aim for the stars but be realistic as well. Everyone [in the bottom half of the Premier League] is trading at the same kind of financial level all going for the same players and so it’s up to every individual manager to get the best out of the players that he can have at his disposal.
Alex McLeish can get out Gold card as takeover falls shy
Times nline – Dec 19, 2007
”This was the situation envisaged by McLeish when he decided to step down from managing Scotland to succeed Steve Bruce last month but as he assesses his players after three games in charge the confirmation will accelerate his planning. McLeish is being linked with moves for his former international stars such as James McFadden of Everton Kenny Miller the Derby County striker who played under him at Hibernian and Alan Hutton the Rangers defender. Without being given a specific transfer kitty the new Birmingham manager will be backed by Gold and the Birmingham board next month. “Sometimes when you didn’t have so much money to spend at a club you’d be buying people at the last minute 24 hours before deadline” the former Motherwell Hibernian and Rangers manager said. “I’d like to avoid that here. It’s hardly a secret it’s very rare people can unearth a good player no one else has heard about. “You’ve got to aim for the stars but be realistic as well.
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