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“Keep the Cat Free” 05/10/12 Issue 1525 felixonline.co.uk Has the Lumia caught the iPhone? Head to page 39 for a comparison of all of the latest releases in this week’s Technology section Possible A&E changes Inside...>> Charing SCIENCE Cross likely to close Waiting times questioned Editor-in-Chief Tim Arbabzadah Many more fish in Aemun Reza News Editor the sea? >>16 Plans have been made to close the Accident and Emergency depart- ments of both Charing Cross and Hammersmith hospitals. Instead, FEATURE Chelsea and Westminster Hospital will be made the main A&E depart- Exciting front page pictures are ment for the area and will be ex- what you can expect all year... panded to handle the extra patients from the borough. Other hospitals that will be affected by these chang- es are Ealing, Central Middlesex, and West Middlesex. Charing Cross hospital is well known for its hyper-acute stroke unit which will be moved to St. Mary’s as NHS bosses say that they One man’s “epic” need to site hyper acute stroke units evenly across London to minimise journey... 8 journey times. Hammersmith and an A&E in their area. The Chelsea will involve going all the way to St ing for closure of Charing Cross. I >> Fulham Council’s community care and Fulham MP, Greg Hands, stated Mary’s.” am writing to the Chair to ask him cabinet member Marcus Ginn said his concerns about how this would Opposition to the move called stop immediately. I know of no other “Moving the world class stroke unit affect patient care. Talking to Felix, Save our Hospitals that have been instance of a hospital actively cam- from Charing Cross to St Mary’s is he said “it’s difficult to see how the organising events and meet-ups, paigning to have another hospital GAMES madness”. Chelsea and Westminster hospital will be marching tomorrow Saturday closed. The trust is actually distrib- In a public consultation that began will cope with a massive influx of 6th October from Shepherds Bush uting postcards, asking patients to July 2nd and will end October 6th, patients… and getting to Chelsea to Charing Cross to protest against vote for Option A – which closes people can vote out of three choices. may be difficult and, potentially, life- the closure of West London’s A&Es. Charing Cross!” He mentioned As shown in the picture on page 4, threatening for many of my constitu- Other opposition groups have start- his disapproval over the proposed the three options show that Ham- ents in Fulham. Traffic in our part of ed online petitions that have gath- changes as they are “ruining the mersmith will become a specialist London is bad at the best of times, ered up to 6216 signatures to save NHS” and that “the damage had al- hospital. Option A and Option C but we all know how gridlocked Charing Cross Hospital and 1499 ready gone too far and must be re- show Charing Cross becoming a lo- things can become. What happens signatures to save Hammersmith sisted”. cal hospital and Chelsea and West- when the roads are closed for foot- hospital. If the Imperial NHS Trust be- minster becoming a Major hospital. ball at Chelsea FC is anyone’s guess. Hammersmith and Fulham’s La- comes a Founda- At this point, it seems that Option A We know that ambulances will take bour MP, Andy Slaughter, said on tion Trust, they Are you game to may be most likely. longer to reach patients and longer his website that he was told the “un- can sell most of 38 If these changes go ahead it is to get them to a hospital with the believable news that Chelsea and Charing Cross for 4 read this? >> would leave 700,000 people without right specialism. For stroke, that Westminster Hospital is campaign- hundreds of mil- >> 2 FRIDAY 5 OCTOBER EDITOR’S PICKS 18 23 39 COMMENT >> LONDON >> TECH >> Effects of alcohol Discover London Smartphones? Always a lively debate in Comment. Three whole We’re launching a brand new competition to try to All of the latest releases by companies have been pages of people giving their opinions on all of the help you discover London in some way. Everyone confi rmed. It’s safe to say that the iPhone has been important matters. There’s a thought about Boris says that they’ll in some way explore all of the ge- the king for a while, but will Nokia regain the phone Johnson, some discussion of that sporting thing neric tourist sites in this fair capital, but they usually throne? Worth a look just for the beautiful and in- over summer. No-one talked about it too much... never get round to it. Expect some expensive prizes. formative illustrations. 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Don’t let anybody a very real possibility of an all nighter. can’t resist giving a quick note on it. sway you with what they want you to Textbooks for sale for fi rst year Biochemistry Something nobody ever tells you (but Nokia have been shouting to anyone think and feel (erm, except for this text Molecular Biology of the Cell 4th Edition (some highlighting in I’m doing it right now as I feel like who will listen (at Imperial, that’s a here). Question marketing, question it) - £10 moaning) is just how tiring making decent amount) that they have “wire- everything. this newspaper can be... but, honestly, less charging”. This sounds incredible, Biochemistry by Voet and Voet 3rd Ed - £20 it’s still fun. I wouldn’t swap jobs with but it’s not exactly as it seems. I’m not Chemistry for the Biosciences - £8 anyone (even if the job is underwear saying they are misleading you all on Trusting them? Molecular Cell Biology 5th Ed (Lodish) - £15 model fondeller – not that that job ex- purpose, I’m saying they are very good Molecular Biology 4th Ed (Weaver) - £10 ists; probably bureaucrats ruining the at marketing themselves. You’ll notice two stories regarding the Or we can agree on a package price £50 for all 5. I’m not in Lon- fucking world again with their red tape The way this wireless charging Imperial College Healthcare Trust in and systems and stuff). works is that you plug a cushion thing this issue. don at the moment but I can get to South Ken on a day’s notice. Anyway, now is the crucial time into the wall and the phone just sits It’s fair to say that a lot of people If interested, please contact Angela on [email protected]. to decide. All those of you not lucky on it. So, yeah, it is charging wirelessly aren’t fans of the proposals. There are enough to be a fresher will know in terms of the phone isn’t plugged three proposals on the table, and soon this question: do I just persevere and in, but there’s still a wire intimately we will fi nd out the exact outcome. My continue the all nighter, or do I go to involved in the charging process. personal thoughts are that it would bed and get some (brief) sleep. It all They’ve just shifted it from being seem that it is diffi cult to get a straight comes down to this: what will make straight into the phone to being into a answer out of anyone. It’s hard to fi nd me the most awake tomorrow morn- middle man. It’s not like you can wan- out exactly what is going on, and how LOLCATZ OF TEH WEEK: Finding these is a perk of the job ing? You may think that this is just der around a room and charge your the plans will affect the students at Im- self indulgent ramblings of a massive phone. That’s unfair actually, you can, perial. tool, because that is precisely what it it’s just you’d be phoneless, just like In a perfect world, none of the hospi- is. However, it is relevant to students. every other phone. tals will be reduced. We don’t live in that I’m essentially doing research for you: Perhaps you think this is unim- world, but it would just be appreciated I’m fi eld testing to see which method portant (you’d be right) but there is by everyone if some honesty, rather is the best and most productive, and a link to a wider issue here. Perhaps than a waffl ing non-answer, were to be come revision period you’ll be thank- now you’re thinking I’m about to put given to questions.