St Mary's will stay! | IMGpapers 1980

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port Group, c/o 54 High St, Southall, Middx. Cheques payable to:

Support Group (London) ASTMS - first heard of management's climbdown lance drivers' convenors.

The ambulance workers had played an important role in the dispute by continuing to bring paGents to the hospita in de fiance of management's assistance that wards were closing.

Nurses, sisters and ancillaries had also •continued to accept admisMarch for St Mary's - day of action on 3 October sions Stoine waro. and treat the patients. A suchospital workers and their supporters COS C.OOCE which included a protest maren was a turther encouragement to resist closure.

The effect of such brescire was seet0 middle of last weck with TC HEWS EASI had indefinitely postponed the closure plans. Bút this doesn't mean the dispute is over Last Friday, management SCIO CUEL sultants persuaded junior doctors at the hospital to implement a "treat and transfer policy → to treat patients, but transfer them to nearby hospitals.

Other management manoeuvres could follow. Accordingly, the occupation committee remains in existence, a 24 hour picket is being maintained and a solidarity conference on 21 NOvEmDCE IS gontE ahead For the moment St Mary' will stay but the fight is not finished yet.

Me from the Occupation Con mittee, St Mary's Hospital Harrow Rd, London WS