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SUMMARY:People's Covid Inquiry | Session 5: Impact on frontline staff and key workers
DESCRIPTION:It became very clear at the outset of the pandemic that the UK Government needed to radically reappraise the roles of key workers in society. Our inquiry asks: were the roles of key workers and the risks they faced understood; and were they supported and protected? Were employment conditions\, in-work poverty and health and safety at work given adequate consideration by the Government? \n\n\nIn order to answer these questions we will hear the evidence of frontline staff working in the NHS\, in care services\, transport and education. Evidence will also be drawn from the work of bodies including Independent SAGE and assorted trade unions and professional associations across these sectors. \n\nPANEL: \n​Michael Mansfield QC (chair)\, Professor Neena Modi\, Dr. Tolullah Oni\, Dr. Jacky Davis\, Lorna Hackett Barrister (Counsel to the Inquiry) \nWITNESSES: \n\n\nDr Chidi Ejimofo | NHS consultant in Emergency Medicine \n\n\nProf. Raymond Agius | Professor Emeritus of Occupational and Environmental Medicine\, University of Manchester \n\n\nUnjum Mirza | Secretary\, Victoria Line Branch of ASLEF union \n\nKirsty Brewerton | NHS Clinical Sister\, Acute Medicine
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/peoples-covid-inquiry-impact-on-frontline-staff-and-key-workers/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210413T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210413T210000
DTSTAMP:20210331T092625Z
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SUMMARY:Children's mental health and the Covid crisis
DESCRIPTION:Over the past year\, much of our time and energy has been rightly consumed by the Covid crisis. However\, the NHS has faced a number of other crises that must now be addressed more actively. Young people have been struggling to access effective mental health support for a long time. Even before Covid-19 arrived\, more than 100\,000 young people were being turned away from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) every year. Over the past year\, this number has risen exponentially. Many children are now turning to adverse coping strategies\, where others are unfortunately not coping at all. \nThe CAMHS crisis encapsulates the overarching struggles of society in general. These include education\, the difficulties faced by families and parents and staffing issues – particularly the devastating impact of understaffing. This meeting aims to bring together the many elements in our society that can adversely impact children and subsequently wider society.\n\nPlease join us for the discussion.\n\n*NSV public meetings will now take the form of interactive meetings where all are attendees are welcome to actively contribute.*
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/childrens-mental-health-and-the-covid-crisis/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210407T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210407T210000
DTSTAMP:20210428T122548Z
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SUMMARY:People's Covid Inquiry | Session 4: Disability and social care in the pandemic
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DbK_8P-rRgm5VVsUebTKbw \nOver 140\,000 people have now died in the UK of Covid-19. Shockingly\, six in ten people who have died have been disabled\, and more than 35\,000 people have died in care homes. Social care has been stretched to breaking point\, and heavy care responsibilities have fallen upon families and loved ones\, invariably falling most heavily on women. \nWas this scale of death\, long-term illness and distress inevitable? Why were Covid-positive patients discharged into care homes on three separate occasions? Was the UK social care sector well-equipped to meet the pandemic\, and could nothing more have been done to enable social care workers to protect both themselves and those depending on their care? \nThe Panel\n​​\nMichael Mansfield QC (chair)\, Professor Neena Modi\, Dr. Tolullah Oni\, Dr. Jacky Davis\, Lorna Hackett Barrister (Counsel to the Inquiry) \nWitnesses \n\nDr Rachel Clarke (Consultant in Palliative Care Medicine)\nEllen Clifford (Disabled People Against the Cuts)\nProfessor Martin McKee (Independent SAGE)\nCarol Thompson (Social Care Worker and North West Unison activist)\n\nUse the link below to register. You can also use it to register for all the future sessions of the People’s Covid Inquiry: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DbK_8P-rRgm5VVsUebTKbw
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/peoples-covid-inquiry-disability-and-social-care-in-the-pandemic/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210331T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210331T170000
DTSTAMP:20210331T093014Z
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SUMMARY:Pay protest: demand better than 1%!
DESCRIPTION:Demand better than 1% pay rise! A socially distanced protest organised by Unite South East London Medical Branch.
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/pay-protest-demand-better-than-1/
LOCATION:University Hospital Lewisham\, University Hospital Lewisham\, Lewisham High St\, London\, SE13 6LH
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210327T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210327T130000
DTSTAMP:20210323T102627Z
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SUMMARY:Health Campaigns Together affiliates meeting
DESCRIPTION:The next meeting of Health Campaigns Together affiliates will be 10:30-13:00 on Saturday 27 March. This meeting is for delegates of groups affiliated to Health Campaigns Together; if you represent an affiliated group and do not yet have the Zoom details\, contact healthcampaignstogether@gmail.com. \nAgenda \n> Start 10:30am < \n\nApologies and introductions\nDebate and consideration of HCT statement on NHS pay\, featuring guest Speaker: Holly Johnstone\, (Nurses United Sheffield)\nPrivatisation Conference report back and action points\nPeople’s Covid Inquiry\, featuring guest speaker Michael Mansfield QC\nReports on Social Care and White Paper\nOfficer Reports (including website\, finances\, social media\, bulletin\, union liaison)\nAOB\nDate and Time of Next Meeti\n\n> Finish 1pm <
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/health-campaigns-together-affiliates-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210324T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210324T210000
DTSTAMP:20210428T122542Z
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SUMMARY:People’s Covid Inquiry | Session 3: Did they adopt the right strategy?
DESCRIPTION:Amid increasing criticism of the UK Government for its handling of the pandemic and parallel calls from civil society for the adoption of a ‘Zero Covid’ strategy\, our inquiry asks: what does ‘Zero Covid’ mean and is it possible\, or has the Government really done the best it can? Is it possible to protect the population and protect the economy at the same time? Did the prospect of an effective vaccine side-line effective test\, trace and isolate?\n\nSession witnesses:\n\nProfessor Anthony Costello Professor of Global Health and Sustainable Development\, University College London; former Director at WHO\, member of Independent SAGE\nProfessor Michael Baker – Department of Public Health\, University of Otago\, New Zealand\nRehana Azam – National Secretary\, GMB Union\nJanet Harris – Sheffield Community Contact Tracing Group\n\nPeople’s Covid Inquiry Panel:\n\nMichael Mansfield QC (chair)\nProfessor Neena Modi\nDr Jacky Davis\nDr Tolullah Oni\nLorna Hackett\, Barrister (Counsel to the Inquiry)\n\n\nJoin and take part \nRegister for the meeting here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_etzAsAatRgiDI7IO5TeJLw\nSubmit a question to this session here. \nTo find our more about the People’s Covid Inquiry please visit:\nwww.peoplescovidinquiry.com\nFor general queries please contact inquiry@keepournhspublic.com\nFor press queries please contact press@keepournhspublic.com
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/peoples-covid-inquiry-session-3-did-they-adopt-the-right-strategy/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210318T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210318T210000
DTSTAMP:20210216T103742Z
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SUMMARY:Patients Not Passports: Taking Action to End the Hostile Environment
DESCRIPTION:Event organised by MedAct in partnership with Greater Manchester Keep Our NHS Public and Migrants Organise. \nRegister here \nThis is part two of a two-part event. Part one is here. \nThe NHS as we know it is under threat. Hostile Environment immigration policies have eroded the universal founding principles of our health service\, restricting access to care for migrants\, introducing up-front charging\, sharing patient data with the Home Office and denying care to hundreds of thousands of people. Greater Manchester Keep Our NHS Public is campaigning for free access to the NHS for anyone in the country\, regardless of immigration status\, and against the use of the NHS as a tool for immigration control. \nThis event is for those of you who potentially would like to get involved in the campaign: we will tell you what we’ve done so far\, but also hear your ideas and have a lot of time for discussion. It will be an opportunity to explore how you can get involved\, and for action-planning so that we can take forward the campaign to end the Hostile Environment in the NHS together.
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/patients-not-passports-taking-action-to-end-the-hostile-environment/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210317T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210317T210000
DTSTAMP:20210303T150625Z
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SUMMARY:Rally: Black Nurses Matter
DESCRIPTION:Join Nurses of Colour and Nurses United for an online rally to address structural racism and discrimination against nurses of colour. \nSpeakers include: \n\nEsther Akinpelu\, Nurse of Colour\nThenjiwe Harris\, Movement for Black Lives (NYC\, US)\nZarah Sultana\, MP for Coventry South\n\nRegister / attend
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/rally-black-nurses-matter/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210311T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210311T210000
DTSTAMP:20210216T102826Z
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SUMMARY:Challenging the Hostile Environment for Migrants in the NHS
DESCRIPTION:Event by Greater Manchester Keep Our NHS Public \nRegister here \nThe NHS as we know it is under threat. Hostile Environment immigration policies have eroded the universal founding principles of our health service\, restricting access to care for migrants\, introducing up-front charging\, sharing patient data with the Home Office and denying care to hundreds of thousands of people. \nGreater Manchester Keep Our NHS Public is campaigning for free access to the NHS for anyone in the country\, regardless of immigration status\, and against the use of the NHS as a tool for immigration control. \nTo launch our work on the #PatientsNotPassports campaign\, we’re inviting you to TWO events. In this first event we’ll explore what Hostile Environment immigration policies are and the impact they have on migrants in the UK\, how immigration controls exist in the NHS\, what’s being done across the country to fight back against it. \nThis event is open to anyone who is interested in getting involved in the struggle for a truly universal NHS!
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/challenging-the-hostile-environment-for-migrants-in-the-nhs/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210310T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210310T210000
DTSTAMP:20210428T122539Z
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SUMMARY:People's Covid Inquiry | Session 2: How did the Government respond?
DESCRIPTION:Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/reg…/WN_wQ1ZweADR02KVX7AdanJ2A \nLearn more about the People’s Covid Inquiry and see the full list of sessions. You can submit a question to the Inquiry here\, and fill out our survey of Covid-19 experiences here. \n\n\n—————————\n\nIn this session of the People’s Covid Inquiry\, we will examine the Government’s overall strategy for controlling the spread of infection\, the timing and extent of ‘lockdowns’\, their impact on case numbers\, and the implications for death rates. We will make international comparisons and understand the underlying drivers for the decisions made.\nTHE PANEL: \n\nMichael Mansfield QC (chair)\nProfessor Neena Modi\nDr Tolullah Oni\nDr Jacky Davis\nLorna Hackett Barrister (Counsel to the Inquiry)\n\nWITNESSES \n\nLobby Akinnola (Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice)\nProfessor Sir David King (Independent-SAGE)\nDr Helen Salisbury (GP)\nJan Shortt (National Pensioners Convention)
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/peoples-covid-inquiry-session-2-how-did-the-government-respond/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210225T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210225T203000
DTSTAMP:20210107T172127Z
CREATED:20210107T172015Z
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SUMMARY:Conference: The Pandemic and Privatisation - how to fight back
DESCRIPTION:The pandemic has been a goldmine for private contractors and management consultants. \n• Billions have been signed away in questionable contracts with no scrutiny or accountability\, and billions wasted on contracts that will not deliver\, or result in unusable PPE and defective tests.\n• Such huge sums that could have been wisely spent on expanding and adapting NHS services and public health networks as assets for the future were instead frittered away on failed contracts with Serco\, Sitel\, Deloitte.\n• Parallel private systems have been set up\, that do not properly connect with GP and hospital services\, including ‘lighthouse’ laboratories for testing and processing tests – which we now hear are to be fully privatised.\n• Thousands of NHS beds have been closed\, with thousands more lying unoccupied as winter pressures combine with further waves of Covid infection – while private hospitals have been gifted up to £10bn in contracts to treat NHS patients until 2024. \nBut while the private sector celebrates its new-found riches\, the fiascos of failed private services have been exposed to millions. \nPrivatised test and trace systems have become byword for failure\, just as poor standards of hospital cleaning epitomised the failures of the first outsourced contracts in the 1980s. \nThe question is how health unions and campaigners can work together and develop the right publicity and information to show the folly and expose the waste and inefficiency of privatisation and outsourcing? \nJoin us for an online conference on February 25\, called by Health Campaigns Together\, working in partnership with the health unions UNISON\, Unite and GMB\, the PDA union\, the TUC\, Keep Our NHS Public\, the NHS Support Federation (NHS For Sale)\, and The Lowdown. \nThursday February 25 2021\, 6.30-8.30pm \nRegister at Eventbrite
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/conference-the-pandemic-and-privatisation-how-to-fight-back/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210224T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210224T210000
DTSTAMP:20210428T122531Z
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SUMMARY:People's Covid Inquiry | Session 1: How well prepared was the NHS?
DESCRIPTION:The People’s Covid Inquiry asks: how has policy over the last decade impacted on the resilience of our NHS\, social care system and public health systems and its preparedness for the coronavirus pandemic whilst delivering continuity of core NHS services? \n\nOur panel members are:\n\nMichael Mansfield QC (chair)\nProfessor Neena Modi\nDr Jacky Davis\nDr Tolullah Oni\nLorna Hackett\, Barrister (Counsel to the Inquiry)\n\nThe witnesses for this session will include: \n\nJo Goodman (Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice)\nProfessor Sir Michael Marmot\nProfessor Gabriel Scally (I-SAGE)\nHolly Turner (CAMHS Nurse)\nJohn Lister (Health Journalist and campaigner\n\nJoin and take part \nRegister for the meeting here: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/reg…/WN_a3y1fJPJQ9aUkL3x5oRFtw\nSubmit a question to this session here. \nTo find our more about the People’s Covid Inquiry please visit:\nwww.peoplescovidinquiry.com\nFor general enquiries please contact campaigns@keepournhspublic.com\nFor press enquiries please contact press@keepournhspublic.com
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/peoples-covid-inquiry-session-1-how-well-prepared-was-the-nhs/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210214T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210214T180000
DTSTAMP:20210209T121331Z
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SUMMARY:Privatisation of the NHS and social care (and how to fight it)
DESCRIPTION:An online meeting organised by members of Keep Our NHS Public and the People’s Assembly in Suffolk\, open to any members of the public across the country. \nSpeakers: \n\nLouise Irvine – GP\, member of the BMA Council\, and Executive Committee member of Keep Our NHS Public\nBrian Fisher – Chair of the Socialist Health Association\nPascale Robinson- Campaigns director at “We own it”\n\nZoom details \nTo Join\, use this Zoom link:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81713188096?pwd=VTc4cnFueDVWTFQ5MDF4Rkx6Wkc5QT09\nMeeting ID: 817 1318 8096\nPasscode: 166063\nTo find your local number to phone in from\, go to:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/u/krSOZB. \nMore info \nThe Pandemic has exposed this government’s failures: \n\nTo develop an adequate Test & Trace system\nTo safely quarantine international travellers\nEasing lockdowns too soon\, contrary to expert medical advice\nPressurising schools to re-open before it’s safe\nPromoting competition\, rather than international cooperation to develop vaccines\n\nThey stem from the government’s ideological commitment to privatisation and outsourcing\, from SERCO’s Test-and-Trace billions\, Deloitte’s consultants and Lighthouse labs\, bypassing Primary Care and local Public Health Teams\, to crony contracts with friends and Conservative party donors.  This has contributed to over 109\,000 deaths in the UK since the Pandemic began – the 5th highest figure in the  world. \nBut there’s more – much more – coming down the line. Continued privatisation is being rolled out\, often by stealth\, for example through the forced introduction of so-called ‘Integrated Care Systems’.  At this event we will be joined by experienced campaigners\, who can help us plan how in Suffolk\, we can organise to resist the NHS sell-off and fight to reclaim social care as a public service.”
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/privatisation-of-the-nhs-and-social-care-and-how-to-fight-it/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210211T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210211T190000
DTSTAMP:20210112T102906Z
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SUMMARY:‘He Died Waiting’ Learning the Lessons: A bereaved mother’s view of mental health services
DESCRIPTION:Mental Health – Time for Action are hosting a book launch for ‘He Died Waiting’\, a new book by Caroline Aldridge\, whose son Tim was one of 139 people who died during one year while under the same Mental Health Trust. \nLearn more and register for the event here.
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/he-died-waiting-learning-the-lessons-a-bereaved-mothers-view-of-mental-health-services/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210119T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210119T213000
DTSTAMP:20210119T120154Z
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SUMMARY:Public meeting: the pandemic\, the NHS and us
DESCRIPTION:A virtual public meeting with a range of expert and activist speakers to discuss key issues relating to the NHS and the pandemic\, with an opportunity for public questions and comments. \nFull programme and registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-pandemic-the-nhs-and-us-public-meeting-tickets-134791965397 \nSpeakers:  \n\nProfessor Anthony Costello\, Professor of Global Health and Sustainable Development at UCL\nPraful Nargund\, Chair of Islington South and Finsbury Constituency Labour Party\nJon Ashworth MP\, Shadow Secretary of State for Health\nDr Amy Colori\, Junior Doctor\, Clinical Oncology Registrar and Quality Improvement fellow at University College Hospital London\nDr Tony O’Sullivan\, co-chair of Keep Our NHS Public\nProfessor Sue Richards\, health campaigner and Professor of Public Management at the University of Birmingham\n\n2020 has seen Covid-19 wreak havoc in the UK. The pandemic has had a huge impact on daily lives and \nlivelihoods and\, tragically\, by the end of December over 72\,000 people had died. All of this has brutally exposed Britain’s deep-seated race and class inequalities. At the same time\, this desperate situation has highlighted the extraordinary skill and dedication of NHS staff\, who continue to achieve so much despite years of low pay\, cuts and underfunding and risk their lives at the frontline every day. \nDid it have to be like this? Can it be different in future? \nWe cordially invite you to our virtual public meeting\, which will take place on 19th January at 7PM. Speakers will include a leading scientist\, the Shadow Secretary of State for Health\, representatives of grass roots NHS staff and the co-chair of Keep our NHS Public. There will be time for discussion. \nPlease register for free via Eventbrite\, and pass the details on to your friends and contacts. We look forward to a lively and informative meeting on January 19th.
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/public-meeting-the-pandemic-the-nhs-and-us/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210116T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210116T143000
DTSTAMP:20210105T155807Z
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SUMMARY:Zero Covid conference
DESCRIPTION:England’s four-tier system is a failure. Test-and-Trace is not doing its job. We urgently need a proper nationwide strategy to eliminate the virus. Join the Zero Covid campaign on Saturday 16th January for an online day of discussion on Saturday 16th January to talk about what it will take to really beat the virus – and how we can force the government to take the action required. The event will be held over Zoom.\n\nFind out more and register here\n\nThere will be plenary sessions with speakers as well as break-out groups and sessions for discussion among all participants. Speakers in plenary sessions include: \n\nProfessor Michael Baker (New Zealand Ministry of Health’s Pandemic Influenza Technical Advisory Group\, pc)\nProfessor Susan Michie (Independent SAGE\, pc)\nHector Wesley (Black Activists Rising Against Cuts)\nJanet Newsham (Hazards Campaign for workplace safety)\nDiane Abbott MP\nRichard Burgon MP\nHelen McFarlane (NHS worker\, Scotland)\nKevin Courtney (Joint General Secretary\, National Education Union\n\nA full timetable is available here.
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/zero-covid-conference/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210112T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210112T203000
DTSTAMP:20210112T101840Z
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SUMMARY:Covid 2021: lockdown\, communities and schools
DESCRIPTION:Speakers:\n \n\nProfessor Susan Michie\, Professor of Health Psychology & Director of Centre for Behaviour Change\, UCL\, UK\, member of Independent SAGE and SAGE\nLouise Irvine\, Lewisham GP\, Chair Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign\nDuncan Morrison\, National Education Union\, Lewisham Branch Secretary\nDoctor Aaminah Verity\, GP working in the community and Lewisham A&E\nDoctor Lola Fakoya-Sales\, GP working in the community and Lewisham A&E\nHera Lorandos\, Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network\nParents and a student speaker\n\nJoin us for a public meeting to discuss: \n\nLockdown: why it’s needed\nInfection rates and community transmission\nGovernment guidance and u-turns\nHave schools been “Covid secure” or safe enough?\nMoving out of lockdown\, what’s necessary\nVaccinations\n\nThis meeting will be held over Zoom: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85926717545?pwd=b0wwTnU2SjM1WWtQWC9ZWjgzeERoQT09\n \nIf the meeting gets full and you are not admitted\, you can watch live on facebook\nhttps://www.facebook.com/savelewishamhospitalnhs/
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/covid-2021-lockdown-communities-and-schools/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201214T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201214T210000
DTSTAMP:20201209T163627Z
CREATED:20201209T162130Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T163627Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting: Greater Manchester Keep Our NHS Public
DESCRIPTION:This is an open meeting of Greater Manchester Keep Our NHS Public. \nThe meeting will be from 7pm to 9pm on Zoom on Monday 14th December. If you would like to attend\, please email konpmcr@hotmail.com for Zoom details. \nThe first item will be a major discussion of upcoming campaign work to oppose the pro-privatisation ‘Integrated Care Organisations’ policy. This item will be introduced by Phil Welldrake who is on the national Steering Group of KONP. \nOther items up for discussion include: \n\nA report back from this weekend’s Zero Covid demonstration\nA report back from the Migrant Charges working group\nWAWY dispute\nMedia – press publicity\, website\nNHS pay\nSocial care\nTrade Bill update\nAOB
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/meeting-greater-manchester-keep-our-nhs-public/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201211T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201211T130000
DTSTAMP:20201209T161406Z
CREATED:20201208T172038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T161406Z
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SUMMARY:Bristol Protect Our NHS protests against Tory corruption\, croynism and privatisation
DESCRIPTION:On Friday 11 December Protect Our NHS at 11AM will hold a protest outside the Weston Super Mare constituency office of John Penrose\, the government’s Anti-Corruption Champion to flag the role of his partner\, Dido Harding\, who oversees the £12 billion test and trace programme. Members of the group will unveil a banner which says – ​John Penrose\, Anti-Corruption Champion\, how did your ​unqualified ​wife Dido Harding get her ​unadvertised ​job as head of Test and Trace.​ \nThe protest is part of an ongoing effort to draw attention to the government’s unsavoury practice of awarding contracts to private firms\, such as Serco\, Sitel and Deloitte\, with close political and personal ties with government ministers and advisors without adhering to any well-established tendering process. Other groups such as Keep Our NHS Public\, Open Democracy and We Own it have been campaigning on the issue\, especially underscoring the wasteful spending of taxpayers’ money on companies which fail to deliver on the 80% testing and tracing target. \nAccordingly Protect Our NHS is making the following demands: \n● ​End the cronyism and corruption in the awarding of COVID-19 contracts; \n● ​Sack Serco and other private companies running the incompetent test and trace system. Instead give the money to local public health authorities which have a far better track record in carrying out testing and tracing functions; and \n● ​Call on the relevant Parliamentary Committee to hold hearings on the government’s awarding of COVID-19 related contracts.
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/protests-against-tory-corruption/
LOCATION:BS23 1QX\, 24-26 Alexandra Parade\, Weston-Super-Mare\, Bristol\, BS23 1QX
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201206
DTSTAMP:20201204T101317Z
CREATED:20201204T100425Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201204T101317Z
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SUMMARY:Zero Covid National Day of Action
DESCRIPTION:Zero Covid Campaign have called a national day of action on Saturday 5 December \nAS ENGLISH LOCKDOWN ENDS: DAY OF ACTION ON 5 DEC FOR MORE EFFECTIVE MEASURES \nDoctors\, scientists\, students and trade unionists are planning coordinated protests across Britain on Saturday 5 December to protest the UK government’s reckless return to regional tier measures and to demand a Zero Covid strategy. It will be many months before most UK citizens are vaccinated\, and there is not yet evidence whether the vaccines prevent transmission as well as protecting against illness\, so more effective measures are needed to reduce community infection near to zero. This would save lives and livelihoods\, and avoid on-off lockdowns dragging on for months. Key figures from the British Medical Association and the Independent SAGE panel of expert scientists\, workplace safety campaign Hazards\, the President of the National Union of Students\, the General Secretary of the train drivers’ union ASLEF and the food manufacturing Bakers’ Union and a raft of local trade union bodies backed the call. \nYou can find a full list of events here.
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/zero-covid-doa-dec5/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201126T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201126T203000
DTSTAMP:20201124T165256Z
CREATED:20201124T164949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201124T165256Z
UID:20088-1606417200-1606422600@keepournhspublic.com
SUMMARY:Public meeting: taking back Test-and-Trace
DESCRIPTION:How do we take back control of Test-and-Trace? \nThis is a public meeting held over Zoom. The meeting has been organised by Wandsworth and Lambeth Keep Our NHS Public groups\, and is open to everyone. Join with the following link: \nhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemyUO_SJdUsHanXG7vpNNbi66cMmCKR-aGLzm2XjiKl4dexQ/viewform?usp=sf_link \nJoin our panellists below for the latest developments followed by Q&A: \n1. Pascale Robinson – We Own It (Organiser of ‘Not a Penny More to Serco’ Campaign)\n2. John Lister – Health Campaigns Together and Keep Our NHS Public Activist\n3. Susan Sidgwick – Lambeth KONP (Investigating SE London Test & Trace schemes)\n4. Frank McEntaggart – Chair of Wirral Defend Our NHS
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/public-meeting-taking-back-test-and-trace/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201114
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201115
DTSTAMP:20201111T164852Z
CREATED:20201111T164852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201111T164852Z
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SUMMARY:Day of Action for a Zero Covid strategy!
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday 14 November a National Day of Action is being held by Zero Covid UK\, a new campaign group that is demanding an elimination strategy for tackling Covid in the UK.The message is simple: we don’t have to live with the virus. Other countries have beaten it\, and we can too.\n\nWHAT’S HAPPENING?\n\nAt 11am there will be an online rally featuring a range of speakers\, including scientists\, health workers and trade unionists\, and at 2pm supporters are holding safe outdoor protests in ones and twos\, and taking photographs for social media campaigning.\n\n11am- ONLINE RALLY\n\nRegister here to get your Zoom link: https://actionnetwork.org/…/zero-covid-day-of-action-rally\n\nSpeakers:\n* Dr Gabriel Scally (Independent SAGE\, personal capacity)\n* Janet Newsham (Hazards Campaign)\n* Larissa Kennedy (President of the National Union of Students\, personal capacity)\n* Clare Rayner (Long Covid)\n* Daniel Kebede (Vice President of the National Education Union\, personal capacity)\n* Elane Heffernan (Chair of UCU Disabled Members’ Committee and NEC\, personal capacity)\n* Dalbir Dhillon (Vice-president\, RMT Manchester Victoria branch\, personal capacity)\n* Dr Emma Runswick (British Medical Association activist\, personal capacity)\n* Q&A with participants\n\n\n14.00 SAFE OUTDOOR PERSONAL PROTESTS\nHold safe outdoor protests in ones and twos following the guidelines: https://zerocovid.uk/2020/11/10/protesting-safely/\nPrint out a ZERO COVID poster or better still make your own placard\, and to share photos on social media with the hashtag #ZeroCovid
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/day-of-action-for-a-zero-covid-strategy/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201102T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201102T193000
DTSTAMP:20201028T113222Z
CREATED:20201028T113207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201028T113222Z
UID:19905-1604340000-1604345400@keepournhspublic.com
SUMMARY:Social care campaign meeting
DESCRIPTION:Following up the successful launch event of our new campaign for a National Care Support and Independent Living Service\, this meeting will discuss how to wage a broad and powerful campaign to force the government to pay heed to our demands. \nThis event will be held over Zoom. Please register here:  \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsdumqrTwoG9a-0u4Le1APRsDs6CwLB6i5 \nAgenda  \n\nIntroduction from Keep Our NHS Public Co-Chair\, Dr Tony O’Sullivan\nBrief overview on campaigning from a member of the Keep Our NHS Public Steering Group and Reclaim Social Care (see attachment)\nBrainstorming ideas for campaigning. Open space for people to speak on:\n\n\nWhat they think should be priorities for campaigning now\nWhat tools they think would be useful:: petitions\, motions\, webinars\, ‘marketing’ materials\, etc.\nVideos\, local and or national meetings\, possible days of action\, etc.\nWhat they can offer as individuals or organisations\nAny thoughts on how to structure working together and have channels for direct sharing of informaiton between organisations\n\n\nPulling together priorities\, top ideas and offers\nAgreeing actions and next steps
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/social-care-campaign-follow-up-meeting/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201024
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201025
DTSTAMP:20201021T154304Z
CREATED:20201006T144146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201021T154304Z
UID:19787-1603497600-1603583999@keepournhspublic.com
SUMMARY:Day of Action against the US trade deal
DESCRIPTION:Despite the fact we’re in the middle of a pandemic\, the government is pushing forward with a trade deal with Trump. This could permanently open up our NHS to American healthcare companies\, among a host of other damaging effects.\n\nThat’s why Keep Our NHS Public is teaming up with 7 other organisations to hold a nationwide day of action against the deal.\n\n\nFor more information on how to participate from home or in your local area\, see the Global Justice Now website\, where you can also sign up to take part and receive updates.\nThere will be a socially distanced rally in London in Parliament Square at noon on Saturday 24 October.\nOnline evening rally – we are also planning a line of up of high-profile speakers for an online rally to wrap up the day. More information shortly.\nIf you want to help with the Stunt in Central London- stewards are needed (Covid permitting) please email OffleyRoad@GlobalJustice.org.uk\nIf you or your group are having a local live or virtual event please send photos before\, during or after the 24th: you can send them to stopUStradedeal@dropevent.com Or add them direct via add button at: https://dropevent.com/stopUStradedeal
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/day-of-action-against-the-us-trade-deal/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201020T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201020T210000
DTSTAMP:20201020T091352Z
CREATED:20201020T091352Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201020T091352Z
UID:19839-1603222200-1603227600@keepournhspublic.com
SUMMARY:Stop the toxic Trump trade deal!
DESCRIPTION:A Zoom meeting organised by the Alliance for Green Socialism and Global Justice Now\, on the need to oppose and defeat any possible trade deal with Trump (or any other US president). \nSpeakers:  \nJohn Puntis Keep Our NHS Public\nJean Blaylock Global Justice Now \nJoin: \nhttps://zoom.us/j/93240292778?pwd=U3RYZTBvM3liY0kzTkh2Skl1OFJKZz09 \nMeeting ID: 932 4029 2778 \nPasscode: 453699
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/stop-the-toxic-trump-trade-deal/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201020T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201020T190000
DTSTAMP:20201016T114455Z
CREATED:20201016T103206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201016T114455Z
UID:19832-1603220400-1603220400@keepournhspublic.com
SUMMARY:What's going on: we aren't ready for a winter crisis
DESCRIPTION:Please join this important meeting to discuss whether we’re actually to handle a coronavirus ‘second surge’ along side the now annual ‘winter crisis’.\n\n\n\nPlease register for the event here: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/reg…/WN_g2G7CVD_Tm22qdzWMEpW2A\n\n\n\nSpeakers inlude:\nAllyson Pollock – Public health doctor (KONP)\nKaren McDougall – Nurse and NSV member\nHelen O’xConnor – GMB organiser in the NHS\nElly Badcock – Occupational Therapist and NSV member\n\n\nThe ongoing coronavirus crisis has been devastating. Much of the lethal impact on lives and livelihoods could easily have been avoided if our Government had taken the appropriate steps in time. Instead\, they dithered and avoided responsibility and put all our lives at risk. Their strategy has been one of ‘herd immunity’ in all but name\, and prioritising profit over the safety of ordinary people. The Government has slashed funding\, privatised services and mismanaged the NHS prior to the current crisis. Its handling of the crisis has been shameful\, privately run test and trace a total failure. Its policy of discharging Covid-19 patients back into care homes (frequently a death sentence for our elderly and most vulnerable)\, and excluding nurses and other frontline staff from the latest public sector pay rise announcements\, (while MP’s are to be awarded a further £3\,300 pa pay rise) are more examples of their callous attitude. While infection rates soar once more in a ‘second surge’\, (a situation aggravated by the Government’s re-opening of schools\, workplaces\, restaurants and universities) the approaching crisis will hit during winter. As Keep Our NHS Public and other campaign groups\, including the British Red Cross have been arguing for years\, the regular ‘winter crisis’ in our NHS\, is nothing short of a ‘humanitarian disaster’ in its own right. The consequences of Covid-19 peaking again during winter months will be dire. Many more will lose their lives unnecessarily.
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/whats-going-on-we-arent-ready-for-a-winter-crisis/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201010T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201010T130000
DTSTAMP:20200929T092854Z
CREATED:20200918T131053Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200929T092854Z
UID:19567-1602327600-1602334800@keepournhspublic.com
SUMMARY:End the Social Care Crisis Conference
DESCRIPTION:SATURDAY OCTOBER 10 – 11:00am – 1:00 pm \nJoin us to hear from a range of speakers discussing the crisis in social care and other services. Learn how Covid exposed the shocking state of healthcare\, social care and supported living\, and find out more about our proposal for a National Care Support and Independent Living Service. \nRegister for the event here \nSpeakers include:\nJohn McDonnell MP\nJan Shortt General Secretary\, National Pensioners Convention\nStephen Cowan\, Leader of Hammersmith and Fulham Council\nSandra Daniels and Bob Williams-Findlay\, disability rights activists\nHeather Wakefield\, ex-Unison and Women’s Budget Group\nRachel Harrison\, GMB Public Services National Officer\nMore TBA \nRegister today and get involved with the discussion here \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \nThe pandemic has exposed the neglect\, injustice and exclusion in our Social Care system. Lives have been casually devalued. Large\, often remote residential units or chains\, designed to max profit rather than provide what people need and want have heightened risk; while what fragmented\, severely rationed support at home remains after wholesale privatisation and 50 % cuts to Local Authority budgets falls dangerously short of meeting even basic needs. \nWe believe in a radical reform of social care provision in Britain.  \nThis means we support the demand for a national care service that incorporates ‘care\, support & and that includes support for independent living as a principle. We’re working towards a National Care\, Support & Independent Living Service.\n \nThis would necessarily have to be: \n\nPublicly funded\, free at the point of use\nPublicly provided\, not for profit\nNationally mandated but designed and delivered locally\nCo-produced with service users and democratically accountable\nUnderpinned by staff whose pay and conditions reflect true value & skills\nMeet the needs of informal carers\nInclude the Setting up an independent living task force\n\nThis event is hosted by Keep Our NHS Public and The Socialist Health Association and supported by Reclaim Social Care\, Health Campaigns Together\, GMB\, National Pensioners Convention\, Reclaim Our Futures Alliance of Disabled People’s Organisations.
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/social-care-conference/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201003T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201003T130000
DTSTAMP:20200929T093821Z
CREATED:20200929T093821Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200929T093821Z
UID:19672-1601721000-1601730000@keepournhspublic.com
SUMMARY:Health Campaigns Together Annual General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Health Campaigns Together AGM will be held over Zoom this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. \nAs ever\, the decision-making at the AGM will be for delegates from affiliated organisations only. \nThe guest gpeaker this year will be Dr Dominic Pimenta\, on his new book Duty of Care\, about NHS staff working during Covid. Trade union speakers have been invited and will be confirmed in due course. \nPlease also note that motions to be discussed at the AGM need to be received by the end of September 23 and nominations for officer positions must be received by the end of 1 October. \nContact: healthcampaignstogether@gmail.com
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/health-campaigns-together-annual-general-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200924T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200924T210000
DTSTAMP:20200917T110101Z
CREATED:20200917T110042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200917T110101Z
UID:19556-1600974000-1600981200@keepournhspublic.com
SUMMARY:Sussex Defend the NHS: How come we didn't know? #2
DESCRIPTION:This is an online event – register here. \nSceptical about the Government response to the Covid-19 pandemic? Concerned what has been happening to the NHS? This is your chance to find out what has really been going on\, to ask those questions which won’t be answered elsewhere\, to share your ideas and thoughts with others. \nGovernment exploitation of the crisis for its own ends is mind-boggling. Contracts for the Nightingale hospitals\, provision of PPE various versions of tracking and testing arrangements have been handed out wholesale to private sector companies and with usual fail-safe arrangements suspended. Some of those contracts have gone disastrously wrong with little or no publicity. \nThis second session is a follow on from the first and focuses on the NHS Test & Trace service\, the NHS Test & Trace app and the digitisation of the NHS. \nFor all those who care what is happening to our NHS and the erosion of our democracy. Different viewpoints are welcome. \nThe workshop will be presented by Megan from Free University Brighton working in partnership with Sussex Defend the NHS.
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/sussex-defend-the-nhs-how-come-we-didnt-know/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200923T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200923T210000
DTSTAMP:20200917T110525Z
CREATED:20200917T110525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200917T110525Z
UID:19561-1600887600-1600894800@keepournhspublic.com
SUMMARY:Why a US/UK Trade Deal must be opposed
DESCRIPTION:This is an online meeting held over Zoom. Details to join can be found below. \nSpeakers: \n\nJean Blaylock\, campaign and policy manager from Global Justice Now\nNikki Dancy\, GMB Regional Organiser\nGay Lee\, Keep Our NHS Public\n\nOur campaign is urgent because this trade deal could be done by Christmas. Corporations are lobbying hard because it could give them everything they want. Our voices need to be heard. Research reveals that these corporations are looking to maximise their profit even if that means lowering food standards\, weakening chemical regulation\, increasing medicine prices and stopping attempts to regulate the financial market. The infamous Pharma lobby has also been open that it wants to stop the NHS capping outrageous medicine prices\, and a US-UK trade deal might just be how it gets its way. \nHow can we challenge this\, and other toxic trade deals? This meeting will give us an opportunity to think about a positive way forward. \nJean has been involved with trade and food campaigning for over 15 years and will be able to give us an up-to-date picture of what is happening with the trade negotiations. Nikki will give us an idea of how the trade deal would affect workers’ rights and Gay Lee will be able to speak about the NHS. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions and to find out how we can campaign on this issue. \n————————————- \nMEETING DETAILS \nTo join Zoom Meeting: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81336709050?pwd=WU1XT2Z2UWQ3OTNib3MrOVhrMVBSdz09 \n\nMeeting ID: 813 3670 9050\nPasscode: justice
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/why-a-us-uk-trade-deal-must-be-opposed/
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