Cllr Geoff Heathcock

Liberal Democrat County Councillor for Queen Ediths division

Geoff hits out at the problems associated with Winter bugs at Addenbrookes

Geoff has hit out at the number of wards that are currently closed at Addenbrookes – due to the effect of winter virus which has also seen a significant number of elective operations cancelled and again questions the whole cleaning regime and standards deployed ongoing.

This is a far too regular occurence in our Hospitals – and has to bring into question the whole regime of cleaning that is deployed these days – ever since Hospital Cleaning became a contracted out operation standards have frequently slid because it is finance driven not clinically driven especially in key areas like wards for the vulnerable and very ill.

Its a disgrace in the 21st century that cleaning is so poor and in some cases hit and miss – that every winter our Hospitals are subject to close down or deep clean as an emergency feature, Boards and Senior Management should get a grip of this once and for all.

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