Labour commits to legislation to reinstate the NHS
As we approach the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the NHS, very many also had their eye on 11 July when Eleanor Smith, MP for Wolverhampton South West was due to present her NHS […]
Month: June 2018
Jeremy Corbyn: Let’s stand up for #OurNHS70
A Message of support for the #OurNHS Demonstration from Jeremy Corbyn This Saturday in London, I will be joining Health Campaigns Together, The People’s Assembly Against Austerity, the unions, doctors, nurses, campaigners and tens of thousands […]
Events leading up to #ourNHS70 birthday – celebrate and protest to preserve it
Saturday 30 June – 12 noon Portland Place London W1A – national event to celebrate and demonstrate for #ourNHS70 (see top) [Details hosted by PA here – Facebook event details and transport details here ] Calling for: a […]
Happy Birthday Windrush Generation – the immigrants who built our NHS
This year we celebrate two anniversaries that are inextricably linked. On June 22 1948, two weeks before the NHS was founded, the Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury, bringing the first wave of immigrants from the […]
Serious questions surround increased NHS funding
Joint press release by Keep Our NHS Public, Health Campaigns Together and The People’s Assembly Against Austerity 17 June 2018 Serious questions surround increased NHS funding – an inadequate response for cash-starved service Theresa May […]
Select Committee report on Integrated Care and ACOs
PUBLICATION OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE COMMITTEE REPORT ON INTEGRATED CARE: ORGANISATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS AND SYSTEMS The Health and Social Care Committee (HSCC) has published its report on Integrated Care: organisations, partnerships and systems today. Keep […]
Jeremy Hunt’s Impact – Fault or Design?
Jeremy Hunt has now been Secretary of State for Health for almost five and a half years, the longest ever to serve in British history, overtaking fellow Conservative Norman Fowler (health secretary under Margaret Thatcher). […]
Newsletter – June 2018
National KONP and NHS news NHS at 70: Free, for all, forever The People’s Assembly, Health Campaigns Together, Trades Union Congress, Unison, Unite, GMB, British Medical Association, Royal College of Nursing, Royal College of Midwives, […]