Link4Growth SW Herts
Published on 5 Jul 2017
An important interview in many ways this with Marlene Rhodes talking about the proposed closure of the NHS Nascot Lawn children’s respite service in Watford.
A society is often measured by how it treats the vulnerable in the community and this proposed closure hits the most vulnerable in the most devastating way. The centre is for children who have severe disabilities and medical needs and provides families with really essential periods of respite in what are very demanding circumstances.
As the interview unfolds Marlene explains how this desperate situation would likely cause far more expense as the ripple effect passes through siblings, families, and the wider community. Once can’t help thinking that a tick in the box, budget saving decision has been taken with little regard for the ongoing implications.
Let us hope that with the involvement of high profile supporters such as Richard Harrington, mainstream TV channels and peers in the house of lords that there is a mad rush of sanity and this closure is taken of the agenda for a very long time.
GW: Rich Harrington ToriCon MP Watford? Housing Development Harrington? One can only hope.
”HVCCG reiterated their promise to fund Nascot Lawn until January 2018, and said: “We are in regular contact with Hertfordshire Community Trust to ensure parents will continue to receive respite care until that date.
“In the interests of providing certainty for families and also for Nascot Lawn staff we want to make our new decision as quickly as we can and will aim to do this no later than Thursday 2 November 2017. http://www.hertsad.co.uk/news/what-st-albans-mp-anne-main-doing-nascot-lawn-1-5240051
ukgovernmentwatch 
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