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Protesters march against closure of NHS unit in London that included FGM clinic

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NHS and trade union campaigners protest over closure of urogynaecology unit at St George’s hospital, Tooting

Protesters have marched in London against the closure of an NHS women’s health unit at St George’s hospital that provided one of the only specialist female genital mutilation (FGM) clinics in the country.

The closure of the urogynaecology unit at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Tooting, south-west London, which has a budget deficit of £60m, has united patients, staff and trade unionists in a bid to keep it open.

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Protesters march in support of London FGM treatment clinic

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NHS and trade union campaigners against female genital mutilation protest at cuts to unit at St George’s hospital, Tooting

Protesters have marched in London against the closure of an NHS women’s health unit at St George’s hospital that provided one of the only specialist female genital mutilation (FGM) clinics in the country.

The closure of the urogynaecology unit at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Tooting, south-west London, which has a budget deficit of £60m, has united patients, staff and trade unionists in a bid to keep it open.

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What Should I Tell Her?

When there are no more words – you stand up…

In Saner Thought

It begins the weekend and I get a visit from my daughter and granddaughter…always a delight…..my daughter rants about the state government and my granddaughter asks questions…….

This post is sorta continuance of a post I wrote a couple of days ago……

It is not secret that the light of my life is my granddaughter, who is 13 going on 35, she enjoys her ‘puter and classical music and reads constantly and her and I have some interesting conversations….not about hipster crap but rather actual events that she cannot understand and she turns to the old fart(me) to help her understand……

Recently she had watched a report on the refugees that are trapped in another country looking for a home…..her attention was most drawn to the kids that she saw…..so she knew that I wrote a lot and she and I sat down around the outside picnic table and talked…

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Ellie Goulding ‘snubbed’ by David Cameron

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Singer, who has campaigned for vulnerable people since rising to fame, says she was told PM didn’t have the time to meet her

Singer Ellie Goulding said she was snubbed by the prime minister after asking to discuss women’s issues with him.

Goulding wanted to meet David Cameron in her role as patron for the Marylebone Project, which is dedicated to helping homeless women in London.

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