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“The Government has already cut Salford City Council’s funding by £97 million since 2010; over the next three years our funding will be cut by another £82 million. “The council spends most of its budget on services they must provide by law. Those services are being protected as far as possible. But that means that … Continue reading Salford Public asked to decide which vital services to cut →

Out of Joint and Octagon Theatre Bolton present This May Hurt A Bit by Stella Feehily “It would be a great reform in politics if wisdom could be made to spread as easily and rapidly as folly” Cast includes Stephanie Cole A month after stating “we will stop the top-down reorganisation of the NHS that … Continue reading This May Hurt A Bit – NHS Play at Bolton Octagon →

UNDERSTANDING NHS PFI ACCOUNTS: A limited number of places are available at a workshop, run by Corporate Watch, on understanding the financial accounts associated with PFI in the NHS. The workshop is aimed at NHS campaigners who want to be able to: * understand NHS Trust accounts and find details of their PFI payments * … Continue reading Understanding PFI in the NHS Workshop – London 5th April →

In a packed council chamber at Stockport Town Hall the full extent of the threat to Mental Health Services not only in Stockport, but across the country became very apparent.  A wide cross section of unions, health workers, campaign and service users all revealed a service already at crisis point after years of under funding … Continue reading Report from : No More Cuts to Mental Health Services – Public Meeting 6th March →

Bolton health and scrutiny  committee meet this Tuesday at 5pm in the committee room at Bolton Town Hall. They should be discussing the plans to close and centralise mental health beds and is open to the public. The monthly meeting of Save Bolton health services will be straight  afterwards, likely to be around 6.30pm, in … Continue reading Save Bolton Health Services Public Meeting -Bolton Town Hall Tue 4th March 6.30pm →

David Cameron is wrecking our NHS – Unite’s hard hitting digital campaign launched today (Monday 3 March) warns of the government’s latest assault on our NHS which could see hospitals shut in as little as 40 days. Take action: No English hospital is safe from clause 118 (now 119). Clause 118 (now 119) of the … Continue reading No English hospital is safe from clause 118 (119) →

Shadow Health Minister Andrew Gwynne MP will speak at a public meeting this Thursday 6th March along with staff, service users and representatives of Unison North West. at Stockport Town Hall 7.00pm Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust are proposing £650,000 cuts to an already chronically underfunded service placing service users, staff and the community at … Continue reading No More Cuts to Mental Health Services – Public Meeting 6th March →

Ed Miliband is to veto a policy by his shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham to hand over control of billions of pounds of NHS funding to local councils, The Independent has learnt. Mr Burnham outlined proposals last year that would have committed a future Labour government to transfer around £60 billion of NHS money to … Continue reading Ed Miliband vetoes Andy Burnham’s plot to hand NHS cash to councils →

  A DISABLED former steward with skin cancer has been told he no longer qualifies for free non-emergency transport to the Royal Bolton Hospital.   Steven Lucas, aged 31, is given free transport to The Christie in Manchester for cancer treatment — but bus company Arriva, which provides the non-emergency service, has told him he … Continue reading Arriva ambulance transports disabled man to The Christie – but not Bolton or Leigh →

BATTLING ON TWO FRONTS In Salford the battle against mental health cuts has opened up a new front – in addition to fighting the council we are now fighting NHS cuts too.  Among the 300 staff that Salford Council want to sack are the community care workers who help people to stay out of hospital.  … Continue reading Salford Mental Health Cuts – Update →

    Care.Data Are you happy for your medical record to be shared or do you wish to opt out NOW? Please read this important information about your electronic health record and the benefits as well as potential risks of your records being shared with others. You need to read this to decide whether you … Continue reading CARE.DATA Important information for you and your family. Please read urgently! →

Below is the government's leaflet about care.data which is being delivered to every household. If you are unhappy about your data being given to health insurance companies to help them price insurance packages for the new privatised NHS (from which expensive patients will be excluded), contact your GP practice and tell them you wish to … Continue reading ACT NOW to protect your medical confidentiality →

Depressed? Anxious? Who wouldn’t be when faced with frozen wages, job losses, benefit cuts, rocketing energy prices etc.? But don’t expect any help from the NHS or Salford Council, if planned cuts go through. PUBLIC MEETING — Wednesday 22nd January 7.00 pm, Eccles Gateway Centre 28 Barton Lane, Eccles, M30 0TU ALL WELCOME There will … Continue reading Save Mental Health Services in Salford →

The Grange is the only  5 bed unit that offers short break care to children from age 7 up to their 18th Birthday in Salford in which case they would then leave to go to an adult unit called Granville.  The Grange is very important to families who use it because it means that their … Continue reading Save the Grange →

David Taylor-Robinson, Medical Research Council population health scientist1, Dominic Harrison, director of public health 2, Margaret Whitehead, Duncan professor of public health1, Ben Barr, senior clinical lecturer in applied public health1   For the first time in more than 17 years, child poverty in the United Kingdom increased in absolute terms in 2011-12.1 This follows … Continue reading Doctors need to take the lead on poverty’s effects on health →