Readers' Letters from Haringey Independent

Campsbourne School's 'efficient' swine flu reaction

5:32pm Wednesday 24th June 2009

My son attends the school and all of the staff including Ms Ryan have acted in a very professional, organised and efficient way whilst dealing with this unusual situation.

I tried to call seven times

11:56am Friday 22nd May 2009

There was a time when I found it difficult to understand why patients did not keep hospital appointments. Not any more.

Bus driver’s act of humanity

11:55am Friday 22nd May 2009

On May 9 at the Carterhatch Lane bus stop there were three disabled people with their minders, who tried to get on the 317 bus, but couldn’t manage it, so the driver got out of his cab and really assisted them.

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The rich are getting richer

11:54am Friday 22nd May 2009

On page four of your May 6 edition, you ran a headline entitled ‘Council tight-lipped on revealing fat cat staff’.

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History rewritten over hospital

9:26am Wednesday 15th April 2009

May I correct the Haringey Primary Care Trust's rewrite of local history that the much-loved Hornsey Central Hospital closed in 2000, because it was "underused and crumbling".

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Public must be warned of privatisation risks

12:56pm Wednesday 28th January 2009

Supporters of the Better Local Healthcare Campaign (BLHC) are getting very frustrated. We think the public is unaware of changes that are being rolled out fast to concentrate local GP services on fewer sites.

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Progress on hospital - no thanks to Lib Dems

12:46pm Wednesday 28th January 2009

I passed by the new Hornsey Central hospital the other day and was pleased to see the progress that was being made with this development. The state-of-the-art medical facilities and treatments that will be available should be a real boon to local patients, making it a centre in which we can all take pride.

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No control in community

9:11am Saturday 19th April 2008

We were thoroughly disappointed at Haringey Magistrates Court overruling the decision blocking a new bookmaker from opening along Green Lanes (Bookies will kill our community', April 11).

Council inept over bookies

9:27am Friday 18th April 2008

I attended Metrobet's appeal at Highgate Magistrates Court for a betting office premises licence.

Green Lanes nearly dead?

9:07am Friday 18th April 2008

As a resident of some 36 years, I would like to bring to the attention of Mr Petrou that Haringey's Green Lanes and Grand Parade area has been dying for many years (Bookies will kill our community', April 11).

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