The A&E department at Lewisham Hospital is to be downgraded after a neighbouring trust ran up debts of £150m.

LEWISHAM Hospital will keep a "smaller" A&E after an announcement by the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt - branded "a sham" by the area's MPs. Following the administration of the South London ...

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Lewisham Hospital has been hit by the knock-on effects of the financial difficulties of neighbouring South London Healthcare NHS Trust, which Mr Hunt said would now be dissolved.

LEWISHAM Hospital campaigners are celebrating after the High Court quashed Jeremy Hunt’s decision to substantially cut services and close departments, saying he had been acting outside his powers.

Andrew Sparrow's rolling coverage of all the day's political developments as they happen, including Jeremy Hunt's announcement about the future of the A&E department at Lewisham hospital ...

Some 40,000 people had taken to the streets in two protest marches to show their support for Lewisham hospital, which has consistently surpassed Government A&E waiting time targets and was ...

Lewisham is a very well regarded hospital and there is no other hospitals that are able to take up the slack - it is simply not there. "That's the reason around 15,000 people came out in support ...