2018 – a year of non-stop campaigning
As we take a look back at KONP’s campaigning work in 2018 – alongside Health Campaigns Together and our allies – it is impressive and daunting to see just how much work has been required […]
Good News
Newsletter – November 2018
oveoveeNational KONP and NHS News Scrap ICPs & Support the NHS Bill: Rally & Petition at Parliament & DoH Thank you to the over a hundred supporters who turned out on Friday 26 October to […]
Newsletter – October 2018
National KONP and NHS News NHSE Consultation on Integrated Care Providers NHS England is consulting on a new model of health and social care provision that could see multi-billion-pound contracts handed over to the private […]
We won! Closure of Sheffield services shelved.
The future of Sheffield’s NHS walk-in centre and minor injuries unit has been secured for two years after health bosses agreed to reconsider proposals to close them. After tireless campaigning from Sheffield Save Our NHS (SSON), […]
Medic or not, Dr Bawa-Garba’s case affects us all
On Monday 13 August, after a battle that has lasted nearly three years, the court of appeal ruled that the decision to strike Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba from the medical register should be overturned. Furthermore, the […]
Newsletter – August 2018
National KONP and NHS News Hunt replaced by Hancock as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care May’s panicked cabinet reshuffle on 9 July has finally rid our NHS of Jeremy Hunt who, after […]
Wigan victory against subcos must spur on national fight
The battle to prevent nearly 900 staff at the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Trust being outsourced to a private limited company (“WWL Solutions”) has been won. The Trust, like many others exploring similar plans across […]
ACO Judicial Review: political victories, legal setbacks – good news on costs
Important political wins and favourable costs ruling override disappointment of legal defeat in JR4NHS vs Department of Health and NHS England – ACO consultation launched 3rd August On 5th July, the High Court handed down its judgement […]
Newsletter – July 2018
Happy 70th Birthday to Our NHS National KONP and NHS News NHS at 70: London Demonstration Well done everyone!! Thank you to everyone who joined us in Central London on the 30th June to celebrate […]
Why we marched for #OurNHS70 Birthday
Our NHS is 70 Saturday 30th June, saw tens of thousands march in the capital both in celebration of the 70th birthday of the NHS, but also in protest at the attacks against it by this […]