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Press releases
- Today’s NHS monthly statistics record unprecedented delays, 13 February 2020
- Keep Our NHS Public will hold a National Winter Crisis Day of Action tomorrow, 14 February 2020
- Keep Our NHS Public supports the latest efforts by workers union United Voices of the World (UVW) on behalf of staff at St George’s University Medical School, 14 January 2020
- Our newly launched election video goes viral with over a million views since last night, 18 November 2019
- Only a third of the public believe Boris Johnson is telling the truth on the NHS and trade deals, 28 October 2019
- Labour’s unprecedented amendment to the Queen’s speech would protect the NHS from privatisation, 18 October 2019
- 40 little white lies: Johnson’s hospitals are neither 40 nor new. Keep Our NHS Public’s reply to the Boris Johnson election propaganda misinformation bandwagon, 30 September 2019
- Powerful film Under the Knife cuts to core of NHS crisis. Free national screenings from October 14-18th, 23 September 2019
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Demonstration to mark World Suicide Prevention Day, 10 September 2019 - Press and photo call: World Suicide Prevention Day 2019: Highlighting children’s suicide/cuts to mental health services, 6 September 2019
- Parliament debates the NHS as part of future trade deals, 22 July 2019
- Stephen Fry lends his support to Keep Our NHS Public’s petition, 20 July 2019
- The NHS Long Term Plan won’t work without a proper workforce strategy – Response to the Health Foundation’s Report, 18 June 2019
- Petition against an NHS trade deal with Trump hits 200,000 signatures, 5 June 2019
- Huge victory for local campaigners as plans to close Charing Cross Hospital and further
downgrade Ealing Hospital have been stopped, 27 March 2019 - The NHS Long Term Plan is impossible without increased staffing – NAO
report released today, 18 January 2019 - DHSC will not ringfence £240m social care funding, 20 December 2018
Keep Our NHS Public in the news
January 2020
December 2019
- Progressives vow resistance against brutal new government, The Morning Star, 13 December 2019
- Brexit, NHS To Decide UK General Election As Johnson Seeks Conservative Majority, Urdu Point, 11 December 2019
- Swindon Conservative candidates criticised for not attending campaigns or hustings, Swindon Advertiser, 10 December 2019
- “As a junior doctor, I believe the NHS as we know it is at stake this election”, Mirror, 9 December 2019
- NHS staff to lead campaigners in protest against Tory sell-off, Morning Star, 8 December 2019
- NHS free at the point of sale, The Canary, 8 December 2019
- The NHS is ‘not for sale.’ But is it a victim of Brexit woes?, PRI, 4 December 2019
- ‘Our NHS is already being sold off – and as a doctor, I know Trump is a danger’, The Mirror, 4 December 2019
- Protestors voice fears on US trade deal, Ecologist, 4 December 2019
- No to Trump, No to Nato, Morning Star, 3 December 2019
- ‘Save our NHS’ protest: Health workers to march on palace as Trump arrives to meet Queen, The Express, 3 December 2019
- Donald Trump protests – what time is the Trafalgar Square CND march? Route map and road closures, Sun, 3 December 2019
November 2019
- Labour exposes Tory plans to open up NHS to US firms, Morning Star, 28 November 2019
- The Guardian view on Boris Johnson and the NHS: a problem of trust, Guardian, 27 November 2019
- Dr Tony O’Sullivan on why we don’t trust Johnson and Trump, Sky News, 27 November 2019
- Give hospitals a life line, Yorkshire Evening Post, 27 November 2019
- The Tories’ NHS lies, Tribune Magazine, 26 November 2019
- Campaigners launch week of action against NHS privatisation, Morning Star, 25 November 2019
- Campaigners demand Boris Johnson take NHS “off the table”, Left Foot Forward, 25 November 2019
- Conservative manifesto: Voters furious over Boris Johnson’s false promise to save Telford A&E, iNews, 25 November 2019
- The Tories’ promise of thousands more nurses isn’t just a lie – it’s proof they’re unfit to run the NHS, The Independent, 25 November 2019
- Latest Tory NHS charge deepens hostile environment for migrants, Left Foot Forward, 22 November 2019
- Stressed out! Staggering figures show number of sick days NHS staff have over mounting pressure, Lincolnshire Live, 21 November 2019
- How worried should we really be about NHS privatisation?, Dazed, 21 November 2019
- Hospital staff sickness due to stress, anxiety and depression is getting worse, Devon Live, 19 November 2019
- Doctor’s and nurses powerful reasons why you shouldn’t vote Tory if you love our NHS, The Mirror, 19 November 2019
- Mansfield campaigners protest to ‘keep our NHS public’ outside community hospital, Mansfield and Ashfield Chad, 19 November 2019
- Hospital staff sickness due to stress, anxiety and depression is getting worse, Devon Live, 19 November 2019
- Doctors’ and nurses’ powerful reasons why you shouldn’t vote Tory if you love our NHS, The Mirror, 19 November 2019
- Medical staff skewer Boris Johnson’s NHS pledges in viral video, ScramNews, 19 November 2019
- Leaked document reveals ‘unprecedented’ medicine shortages in NHS, European Pharmaceutical Review, 19 November 2019
- Chuka Umunna trots out an utterly ‘disgraceful’ lie as massive numbers of kids live in poverty, The Canary, 18 November 2019
- General election: Medical staff debunk Boris Johnson’s dodgy NHS promises in viral video, The Mirror, 18 November 2019
- Revealed: NHS running short of dozens of lifesaving medicines, The Guardian, 18 November 2019
- Islington Keep Our NHS Public Goes To GPs, Islington Tribune, 15 November 2019
- St Leonard’s Hospital plans should prevent relocation of dementia patients, say campaigners, Hackney Citizen, 15 November 2019
- Prevention at the heart of new healthcare plan for the region, Leamington Observer, 14 November 2019
- Activists demand secret files on Johnson and Trump’s dirty dealings, Morning Star, 14 November 2019
- The Tories are lying when they say the NHS is not for sale, Left Foot Forward, 12 November 2019
- Doctors write to NHS trust chief in support of 150 striking cleaners at St Mary’s Hospital in London, iNews, 12 November 2019
- Our NHS is at risk from a US trade deal, Letter to The Guardian, 10 November 2019
- Revealed: private surgery for NHS patients surges under the Tories, The Guardian, 9 November 2019
- Private operations for NHS patients have almost trebled since Tories took power, Metro, 9 November 2019
October 2019
- Nearly half of UK think Boris Johnson is lying about protecting NHS from Trump trade deal, Independent, 28 October 2019
- Almost half of Brits think Johnson is lying about protecting NHS from Trump, The London Economic, 28 October 2019
- Almost half of Britons think PM lying about protecting NHS from Trump – survey, Express and Star, 27 October 2019
- Brexit: Poll reveals majority believe lying Boris Johnson will sell off NHS services to US, The Mirror, 27 October 2019
- Almost half of Britons think PM lying about protecting NHS from Trump – survey, ITV, 27 October 2019
- Lib Dems criticised for not backing Queen’s Speech amendment calling for restoration of fully public NHS, The Morning Star, 24 October 2019
- South London Memories: Lewisham Hospital Campaign; Government given taste of their own medicine, London News Online, 16 October 2019
- The Surrey hospital waiting game: Statistics show how long patients waited for non-urgent treatment, Get Surrey, 16 October 2019
- Attempts to save money by renegotiating PFI contracts have failed to ease pressure, campaigners warn, iNews, 15 October 2019
- The Lost Billions investigation: ‘Scandalous PFI rip-offs are still a major problem’, Blackpool Gazette, 14 October 2019
- Free screening in Leamington of Investigative documentary film covering “privatisation” of NHS, Leamington Spa Courier, 12 October 2019
- Hackney Keep Our NHS Public to host a free screening of Under The Knife at the Castle Cinema, Hackney Gazette, 9 October 2019
- Mental health provision is in crisis. Solving it requires more than warm words, Left Foot Forward, 7 October 2019
- NHS documentary Under The Knife to be screened in Swindon, Swindon Advertiser, 4 October 2019
September 2019
- Campaigners, professionals and patients meet at Mental Health Crisis Summit, Morning Star, 29 September 2019
- NHS privatisation to be reined in under secret plan to reform care, Guardian, 25 September 2019
- Joined up thinking, Private Eye, 20 September 2019
- Post-Brexit trans-Atlantic trade deal faces obstacles, MarketPlace, 4 September 2019
August 2019
- NHS staff in Bradford force trust bosses to climb down over ‘back door privatisation’ plans, Independent, 23 August 2019
- NHS patient data ‘worth £5 billion’ to private companies, Consultancy.uk, 23 August
- ‘This money is not new, it’s not enough, and it’s not going to do what’s promised’, Sky News, 5 August 2019
- Keep Our NHS Public fear over City Community Hospital’s closure, Oxford Mail, 5 August 2019
July 2019
- Why the NHS must come before any UK-US trade deal between Boris Johnson and Donald Trump – Judith Cummins, Yorkshire Post, 24 July 2019
- PET-CT scanner privatisation contract ‘about to be signed’ – rumours, Banbury Guardian, 11 July 2019
- NHS hospital demands £18k for hip op as trust sells treatments that used to be free, 19 June 2019
June 2019
- Yes, we should be terrified of US healthcare firms – but wait till you see what’s happening to the NHS already, Independent, 6 June 2019
- Donald Trump should not get his hands on our NHS under any circumstances, Metro, 6 June 2019
- As A Doctor, I’m Livid At The Idea The NHS Could Ever Be ‘On The Table’, Huffington Post, 5 June 2019
- Petition demanding Trump keep his hands off our NHS hits over 230,000 signatures, Mirror, 5 June 2019
- More than 240,000 people sign petition telling Donald Trump ‘hands off our NHS’, Metro, 5 June 2019
May 2019
- Healthcare campaigners hit out at Coventry and Warwickshire CCG merger as cost-cutting, Coventry Observer, 24 May 2019
- New rules for NHS privatisation in Nottinghamshire agreed by health bosses, Nottinghamshire Live, 10 May 2019
March 2019
- ‘People don’t realise what it is we’re giving up’ says Leeds resident as crowds march against NHS privatisation, Yorkshire Evening Post, 30 March 2019
- Keep Our NHS Public: Campaigners slam ‘savage’ NHS proposals at Islington Town Hall, Islington Gazette, 14 March 2019
2018
- Hundreds of patients in Dorset ‘at risk of dying under NHS cuts’, iNews, 14 December 2018
- “Not on the NHS” – from grommets to hysterectomies – unless you act now, OpenDemocracy, 25 September 2018
- Sir Paul McCartney throws weight behind Liverpool Women’s Hospital campaign, iNews, 18 September 2018
2017
- NHS march: Aerials show Parliament Square, BBC, 4 March 2017
- NHS protest: Tens of thousands march against ‘hospital cuts’, BBC, 4 March 2017
- NHS march: Protestors tell their stories, BBC, 4 March 2017
- Thousands take to the streets of London to protest NHS cuts, ITV, 4 March 2017
- ‘It’s our NHS’: thousands of protestors take to London’s streets, ITV, 4 March 2017
- Protestors march on London to support the NHS, Channel 4, 4 March 2017
- 250,000 march on London to support NHS, Sky, 4 March 2017
- Thousands march against NHS cuts, Sky, 4 March 2017
- Proteste in London: Demonstration gegen Einschnitte ins Gesundheitssystem, Tagesschau, 4 March 2017
- Jeremy Corbyn urges protestors to to ‘defend the NHS with all of your might’, Daily Mail, 4 March 2017
- NHS march: 200,000 take to the streets of London, Daily Express, 4 March 2017
- ‘The blood washes off my hands’: 250,000 people march through London to stop the Tories killing the NHS, Mirror, 4 March 2017
- ‘It’s a cry for help’, say supporters as 250,000 march to save our NHS from Tory cuts, Mirror, 4 March 2017
- NHS march: Recap after thousands gather in London for OurNHS rally to protest against cuts to services, Mirror, 4 March 2017
- ‘Defend NHS with all your might’, Corbyn urges demonstrators, Guardian, 4 March 2017
- NHS march: Tens of thousands of activists march in central London to support health service, Evening Standard, 4 March 2017
- Thousands march in protest over plans for ‘unprecedented’ NHS cuts, Independent, 4 March 2017
- Jeremy Corbyn: NHS crisis ‘was made in Downing Street’, Telegraph, 4 March 2017
- Thousands take to streets of London for one of the biggest NHS rallies in history, Metro, 4 March 2017
- NHS Cuts March Sees Tens Of Thousands Take To London Streets, Huffington Post, 4 March 2017