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 […]
Social Care
Budget 2018 – Plenty of spin but no more money for the NHS
Chancellor Philip Hammond’s latest budget on 29 October was predictably disappointing for our NHS, with no new funding promised. Despite claims from Hammond that the NHS was, ‘A precious institution that [had] been nurtured for most […]
‘Accountable’ or ‘Integrated’ care organisations – change the name but it still spells unaccountable, disintegration of our NHS
We are all quite rightly concerned about the increasing privatisation and fragmentation of the NHS in England happening under our noses. It is an affront to a publicly funded system that private companies may swoop […]
The NHS and Social Care are one family, we need to love them both
On Saturday 17th of November Health Campaigns Together will stage their Reclaim Social Care Conference in Birmingham. This will be an essential event in response to the ongoing and undeniable crisis in social care. Attending this event is […]
‘Reclaim Social Care’ Conference responds to crisis
The Reclaim Social Care Conference in Birmingham on Saturday 17 November, called by our friends from Health Campaigns Together is an essential event in response to the ongoing crisis in social care. RECLAIM SOCIAL CARE CONFERENCE 11:00am […]
Docs Not Cops – ‘Protect access to NHS on basis of need’
Our thanks to Docs Not Cops for this guest post on their work and recent concession won from the Department of Health. Docs Not Cops is a group of NHS staff and patients that work to combat […]
Trust disowns scheme putting patients in ‘Airbnb style’ local homes – for now!
The plan to discharge inpatients to care of local residents with spare rooms at £50 a day has been put on hold following an outcry from campaigners, press and politicians. The HSJ today (26 October) […]
Labour Conference – get MPs to pledge support for #NHSTakeback
MPs are signing the #NHSTakeback pledges: ask yours now! Keep Our NHS Public and Health Campaigns Together, the umbrella alliance of independent organisations, are both supporting the #NHSTakeback initiative launched by We Own It. This […]
Video by KONP Co-chair: Show it to anyone who still doubts
Keep Our NHS Public Co-Chair Dr Tony O’Sullivan has been videod by Ealing Save Our NHS, answering the questions people ask about the NHS: is it being privatised, isn’t private better, why the NHS is […]
STP Watch: Join in!
Health Campaigns Together have set up STP Watch, to coordinate efforts to fight this monstrous threat to the NHS. Tell the Watch about your STP plunder plans.