Hunt or Johnson? It’s Hobsons choice for the NHS
The country is on the verge of a constitutional crisis. The prospect of a no-deal Brexit looms large and either Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt will be the one to lead us through the storm. […]
Stop privatisation of the NHS
Government response provides no clear guarantees over the NHS and future trade deals
Yesterday the department of international trade responded to a petition entitled ‘Don’t put our NHS up for negotiation – Please introduce concrete safeguards that will make sure our NHS is kept out of any future […]
Just 17% of public think NHS should be ‘on the table’
Overwhelming opposition from both remain and leave voters to post-Brexit US trade deal including NHS, new Survation poll shows A new Survation poll reveals the backlash the Conservatives will face if they try to sell […]
June Newsletter 2019 – Trump, Mental Health Crisis, Annual Meeting
This June Newsletter, has the biggest stories in health campaigning, Donald Trump flip-flopping on the NHS, speaker announcements for our upcoming Mental Health Crisis Summit, some fantastic news for domestic NHS staff and our annual meeting, which is […]
Princess Alexandra Hospital domestics win battle against outsourcing
Domestics at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow have scored a dramatic victory against a threat to outsource their jobs. Management confirmed yesterday that they are committing to keeping the workers in-house, narrowly averting a strike […]
Donald Trump: Hands Off Our NHS!
While the NHS is clearly under serious threat from commercial interests on both sides of the Atlantic, our huge petition – and the massive anti-Trump demonstrations which had concerns about the NHS at their heart […]
Protect our NHS – join KONP today!
Donald Trump has caused a storm of outrage with his plans to put the NHS “on the table” in a predatory trade deal with US private healthcare interests. Over 200,000 people in 24 hours have […]
Harlow hospital staff announce six days of strikes to stop privatisation
Backed by a near unanimous vote of UNISON members working as domestics at Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust in Harlow have announced six days of strikes against their service being subjected to market testing. The strikes, […]
KONP Annual Meeting and AGM 2019
KONP’s next Annual Meeting for members will take place on Saturday 15 June at the London Regional Office of Unite the Union, at 33-37 Moreland St, EC1V 8BB in Central London (nearest tube is Angel). […]
Victory in Nottingham for the NHS over Circle Healthcare
Circle Healthcare have failed in their attempt to force local NHS Commissioners to award them the new contract to run the Nottingham Treatment Centre at the QMC. The High Court of Justice in London agreed […]