Hands Off Hinchingbrooke would like to show their gratitude and support to all the staff at the hospital, the local community nurses and staff of care homes who will all be coping with the consequences of the COVD19 pandemic.
Nationally there is a problem of NHS Staff not being equipped with sufficient Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) – high standard masks, visors and owns etc.
We feel we need to do all we can to support the staff of Hinchingbrooke now part of the North West Anglia Foundation Trust (Peterborough& Stamford). We are writing to the CEO of NWAFT to find out more about the situation at Hinchingbrooke.
Dear Caroline Walker, CEO
At this difficult time we offer all NHS Staff and health workers our heart-felt support. If the scientific opinion and evidence proves true that we have not experienced the peak of this pandemic then we are about to see the spread of the virus affect many in the Huntingdon & Peterborough area too.
We share many of the community’s deep concern that the staff at Hinchingbrooke and across the country are not being equipped with the appropriate safety equipment to cope with this crisis.
Please could you confirm and reassure us that:
1) Hinchingbrooke Hospital has enough appropriate equipment – WHO standards etc – for both frontline staff and the support workers?
2) NHS Community teams connected to NWAFT are supplied with enough protective equipment and is this equipment of the correct specification?
We will do all we can to support the staff during this incredibly difficult time.
We look forward to hearing from you.
We would remind the public that keeping safe distance from one another is essential at this time and we should remember this is a mutual respect action designed to protect one another, not stigmatise or cause fear.
