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To: CHESHIRE WEST & CHESTER COUNCILLORS

Privatisation of NHS drug & alcohol services in Ellesmere Port & Chester

Privatisation of Ellesmere Port & Chester Drug & Alcohol Services.

Our National Health Service has for many years provided very successful services to thousands of Cheshire West and Chester Council residents helping them to recover from drug and alcohol addictions.

In November 2014 our local government - Cheshire West and Chester Council decided to award the contract for these services to an organisation called "Turning Point" a registered charity.

There was no public consultation over this decision, and no genuine reason (other than political reasons) for this service to even go out to tender in the first place!

By the end of January 2015 more than 60 dedicated, hard working members of staff - all trained by the NHS, committed to developing and running this service will effectively lose their NHS employment as consequence of this decision.

Ellesmere Port, Neston, Frodsham, Helsby, Chester & Vale Royal residents will all lose a very worthwhile, important NHS lead service, whilst clients are transferred to a private company. So please help us by persuading Councillors to recall the decision to take Ellesmere Port & Chester drug and alcohol services out of the NHS and into the hands of Turning Point.

Why is this important?

Please sign this petition which will be presented to Cheshire West & Chester Council and help prevent ANOTHER act of privatising our NHS.

Please act NOW before it is too late. Thank you!

From: A very concerned resident of Ellesmere Port

How it will be delivered

All signatures collected will be presented via email or in person to the Council.

Ellesmere Port, Neston, Chester, Frodsham, Helsby & Vale Royal

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Updates

2015-05-27 10:54:10 +0100

This tender process was "rushed through" by the commissioners and the service was handed over to Turning Point on 1st February 2015. Since then, many of the hard-working qualified NHS staff have left, a couple lost their jobs and were made redundant by Turning Point. Many clients have left and the heart has fell out of this service :(

I hope the commissioners and Tory Councillors are confident that Turning Point will deliver a better service - as I believe that the area's drug & alcohol problems will now only get worse!!

Thank you to everyone - who signed this petition.

2014-12-03 17:23:33 +0000

500 signatures reached

2014-11-29 09:00:59 +0000

100 signatures reached

2014-11-28 22:48:45 +0000

50 signatures reached

2014-11-28 15:26:59 +0000

25 signatures reached

2014-11-28 10:06:56 +0000

10 signatures reached