{"id":22761,"date":"2019-05-21T17:39:44","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T16:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=22761"},"modified":"2019-05-21T17:39:44","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T16:39:44","slug":"ihbcs-heritage-from-the-doorstep-bedford-hospital-must-keep-historic-nursery-rhyme-tiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=22761","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Bedford Hospital must keep historic nursery rhyme tiles"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"website\"The Bedford Independent<\/em> has reported on how Bedford Hospital\u2019s application to remove over 20 historic nursery rhyme tiles has been rejected by Bedford Borough Council.<\/h3>\n

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The Bedford Independent<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n

Bedford Hospital\u2019s application to remove over 20 historic nursery rhyme tiles has been rejected by Bedford Borough Council. The hospital said the application was in response to recommendations made during a CQC inspection in 2015. Bedford Hospital NHS Trust say they\u2019ll now \u2018continue to explore other options\u2019.<\/p>\n

The 21 tiles were installed in the Victoria Ward in 1897 to mark Queen Victoria\u2019s Diamond Jubilee after a group of local ladies commissioned them \u2018for the enjoyment of children\u2019. Campaigners, who said removal of the tiles would be \u2018cultural vandalism\u2019 received support from across the country, with Historic England even objecting to the application.<\/p>\n

Myra Davies, who launched the campaign to save the tiles, said: \u2018We\u2019re absolutely ecstatic that Bedford Borough Council\u2019s Planning Committee has seen sense. The application was so unthinking, we should be celebrating these works of art, not getting rid of them. I\u2019d like to thank English Heritage for their support, we couldn\u2019t have done\u00a0 this without them.\u2019<\/p>\n

270 other objections were also received with medical professionals commenting that there was no link to the tiles and infection, saying they can be cleaned just like any other surface. At the time of the campaign, Linda Wilding, who worked at Bedford Hospital as a senior infection control nurse said: \u2018Infection spreads through touch and washing hands after a \u2018dirty\u2019 task breaks the cycle of infection. The environment is important in infection control in relation to cleaning and disinfection too, but these tiles are on the walls and are able to be cleaned like any other surface. When I worked there I was asked if they put patients at risk, but I told them then there was no risk.\u2019<\/p>\n

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For more background see the BBC News Report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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