For context – the police who assisted the private security team for the contractors that were removing these tents released a statement about this incident:
These tents had been on the property of UCL hospital for up to 9 months, and there were allegations of incidences of intimidation and verbal abuse of members of the public visiting the hospital, as well as drug use and public defecation on the hospital property.
The tents that were disposed of were left behind by those that chose the leave the site.
Homelessness is of course a tragedy that personally I believe shouldn’t exist if the correct help was made available, however what else can the hospital really do in this situation, it’s one that clearly couldn’t continue?
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For context – the police who assisted the private security team for the contractors that were removing these tents released a statement about this incident:
https://news.met.police.uk/news/section-35-dispersal-order-near-hospital-entrance-in-huntley-street-nw1-475166
These tents had been on the property of UCL hospital for up to 9 months, and there were allegations of incidences of intimidation and verbal abuse of members of the public visiting the hospital, as well as drug use and public defecation on the hospital property.
The tents that were disposed of were left behind by those that chose the leave the site.
Homelessness is of course a tragedy that personally I believe shouldn’t exist if the correct help was made available, however what else can the hospital really do in this situation, it’s one that clearly couldn’t continue?