Newsletter – December 2017
KONP and NHS News £2m Christmas bonus for Virgin at expense of our NHS Richard Branson makes his base in the tax haven of the Virgin Islands, where Virgin’s empire of companies is registered and […]
Articles by Keep Our NHS Public
Care UK asks NHS GPs to peddle Care UK’s private operations
Care UK, a private business holding many NHS health and social care contracts, has sent hundreds of GPs a list of prices – from minor procedures to major elective surgery. They ‘suggest’ that NHS GPs […]
Hammond conceded less than half of urgent NHS needs in Autumn Budget
The evening before the Budget of 22 November, health campaigners from Oxford and several London branches of Keep Our NHS Public and Health Campaigns Together joined The People’s Assembly’s pre-budget protest against austerity behind a […]
Press Summary – 21st November
NHS chiefs demand more money for NHS ahead of Autumn budget 21 November 2017 Our post Fund Our NHS! gives an overview of the many and varying sources that have called on Philip Hammond to […]
FUND OUR NHS!
Join us at PA’s pre-budget rally at Downing St – 6pm Tuesday 21 November On Wednesday 22 November, Philip Hammond will announce the Autumn Budget. He faces a growing chorus from across the political spectrum […]
Escalating pressures on GP family doctors
General Practice crisis – ‘situation critical’ on Hunt’s watch Threats from private GP companies masquerading under the NHS logo, claims that ‘apps’ are better than seeing your GP, and now selected patients encouraged to transfer to new […]
Appeal to fund Judicial Review vs Jeremy Hunt and ACO imposition
Notice of intention to seek judicial review served on Hunt Co -author of the NHS Reinstatement Bill (with Peter Roderick) Professor Allyson Pollock, Dr Colin Hutchinson, Professor Sue Richards and Dr Graham Winyard, have written to […]
Press Summary – 27th October
27th October There was outcry amongst campaigners, press and politicians following the disclosure of Southend University Hospital Trust’s plans to trial an ‘Airbnb’ style plan of sending discharged patients to private spare rooms. These plans […]
NHS start charging migrants and visitors under new Government rules
A variety of news outlets have reported the change in rules that have recently come into force in the NHS; that migrants and visitors to the UK will now be made to pay upfront to […]
Smokers and the overweight banned from non-urgent surgery in Hertfordshire
[Jeremy Hunt’s Tate & Lyle lanyard after speech on obesity – Conservative Party Conf.] On the 12th October Herts Valleys and East & North Hertfordshire Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) announced a number of distressing decisions […]