Albert Thompson to receive cancer treatment he needs
We wrote about Albert Thompson’s (not his real name) ordeal in our April Newsletter . Despite living in London for 44 years and paying 3 decades of taxes Thompson was told that unless he can […]
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March for Science: our call for evidence-based politics
March for Science now has an international day of action, and the London demonstration took place on Saturday 14 April in Whitehall. Keep Our NHS Public was invited to share this message of solidarity: Thank […]
No to ‘subsidiary companies’ in the NHS!
Legal or not – ‘SubCos’ are No-Gos! Keep NHS staff in the NHS By Martin Blanchard What are SubCos? A ‘SubCo’ – as subsidiary companies are sometimes called – is an independent company wholly owned […]
The NHS loses its powerful ally – Professor Stephen Hawking has died
A too brief history of a man of integrity Keep Our NHS Public extends our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Professor Stephen Hawking who died in the early hours of Wednesday 14 […]
GMC must not deny doctors a fair hearing
Keep Our NHS Public is helping to circulate the on-line letter to the General Medical Council (GMC) and its chief executive, Charles Massey, protesting the GMC’s role and decision on the case of Dr Hadiza […]
Judicial Review for NHS – Justice overrules Hunt and NHS England on costs
JR4NHS team morale boost – as Justice Cheema-Grubb agrees to cost capping order On Thursday 22 February our Famous Five and their legal team won a very important ruling that has a significance even beyond […]
NO need for NHS Royal Commissions: let us restore Bevan’s principles
NHS cross party talks and Royal Commission The Labour Shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth and the Greens are right to reject yet another call for a cross-party review of long-term funding for the NHS. It […]
Fund our NHS from general taxation not National Insurance
KONP rejects calls to fund NHS through National Insurance NHS must be funded through general taxation, not regressive National Insurance At the current time around 80% of NHS funding comes from general taxation. General taxation […]
NHS IN CRISIS: regional reports from 3rd February
London Over 60,000 people marched on Downing Street on Saturday 3rd Feb. Health Campaigns Together have an excellent array of photos and video from the day on their website. Speaking on behalf of KONP and […]
NHS history trumps Trump
The President of the United States, Donald Trump has tweeted about #OurNHS Demonstration this Saturday. The People’s Assembly Against Austerity and Health Campaigns Together have issued this response: Dear Donald Trump The NHS has existed since 1948 in […]