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A judge has granted permission for national campaign group 999 Call for the NHSto bring a Judicial Review of NHS England’s draft Accountable Care Organisation contract. The group believe this is not only unlawful under current NHS legislation, but would threaten patient safety standards and limit the range of available treatments. The case will be … Continue reading Judicial Review Granted of NHS England’s Accountable Care Organisation contract.
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The State of the NHS: rationing and closures as cuts bite by Nuri Syed Corser Nov 15th, 2017 Executive summary The founding principle of the NHS is universally accessible health care that is free at the point of use. With increasing demand and diminishing budgets, this founding principle is at risk. New analysis by 38 … Continue reading
Jeremy Hunt's actions are more callous than ever. New regulations have come into force in the NHS. Anybody accessing an NHS service outside of hospital will be required to prove their eligibility for free care. This includes mental health and antenatal care. Foreign visitors who are deemed ineligible will be required to pay up-front, before … Continue reading I’m a Doctor – Not a Proxy Border Guard
Campaigners’ Conference Saturday November 4, 11.00-4.30pm Hammersmith Town Hall, W6 9LE Our NHS and Social Care in Crisis FIGHTING BACK – TO WIN This is a campaigners' conference, to update and share information and experience from the fight to defend our NHS against cash-driven cuts and privatisation. It will have no status to debate or … Continue reading National Conference – Saturday November 4th
Hundreds of low paid workers determined to secure a fair pay increase from their employer Serco have announced 25 more days of strike action at Barts Health NHS Trust. Talks are scheduled between Unite and Serco this Friday (11 August). Strike action can be avoided if Serco gets serious about resolving this dispute and brings … Continue reading Low paid workers announce 25 more days of strike action at largest health trust in England
Yet again, we are talking about the costs to the NHS of ‘health tourists’. It’s pretty clear to me that this argument is distracting from the larger debate about central funding. People who deliberately come to the UK to benefit from NHS care cost £100-300 million per year, 0.3 per cent of the annual health … Continue reading The human cost of the ‘health tourism’ crackdown
On Monday 26th June, the Parliamentary Labour Party will discuss the order of possible Labour private members bills If you have a Labour MP, please ask them to attend this Parliamentary Labour Party discussion and support Margaret Greenwood’s NHS Bill as the one to be allocated to the Labour MP who comes highest in the … Continue reading Urgent – ask your Labour MP to give the NHS Bill priority in the Private Members’ Bill ballot
Speakers confirmed: Dr Kailash Chand OBE; Estephanie Dunn - Royal College of Nursing; Karen Reissman - Unison Health; Lisa Nandy MP. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fight-for-our-nhs-tickets-33306146581 Wigan Trades Council has invited local MP’s and Councillors to join them in a local campaign to challenge the Government’s plans to reform the NHS. In letters sent today to MP’s and Councillors … Continue reading Wigan calls Public NHS Meeting Sat 6th May- As Council look to cut £87million
Following on from the successful public meeting in March there will now be weekly protests. Suporters will meet weekly for up to an hour between 1.30 and 3.00 pm on a Wednesday to express support for staff at the hospital. We would like everyone who can to commit to gathering at the hospital every week … Continue reading Weekly NHS Protests to be held in Bolton
Bolton NHS - What is the future? “£116million cuts and a smaller Bolton hospital” Come to our PUBLIC MEETING hear what is planned and how we can fight these cuts. Speaker - Dr Jackie Grunsell, GP 7.30pm on Thursday 23rd March at Friends Meeting House 50 Silverwell St Bolton BL1 1PP
A report in the Financial Times on 27 Feb stated that “local leaders are offering leading drugmakers, including GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Novartis, access to Greater Manchester’s sophisticated electronic patient record system to test the real-world outcomes of their drugs”, Keep Our NHS Public Spokesperson Hugh Caffrey said: It seems that Greater Manchester is being … Continue reading Patients are people not guinea-pigs!
Greater Manchester Keep Our NHS Public coach, 6.30am Chorlton Street coach station, Manchester city centre. Tickets £20 waged, £10 low/unwaged. Email konpmcr@hotmail.com with your name and phone number to book your place.
We appeal to all the health campaigns, unions and users of the NHS to join us with banners and placards at the Old Entrance of the MRI on Oxford road opposite the Whitworth Gallery at 2.00pm this Saturday and then move to the entrance on Grafton street http://www.cmft.nhs.uk/media/1629774/site%20map%202016.pdf Facebook event here
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