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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:20260606T063624
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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:20260606T063624
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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:20260606T063624
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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:20260606T063624
CREATED:20201124T164949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201124T165256Z
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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
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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:20260606T063624
CREATED:20201028T113207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201028T113222Z
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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:20260606T063624
CREATED:20201006T144146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201021T154304Z
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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:20260606T063624
CREATED:20201020T091352Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201020T091352Z
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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:20260606T063624
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:20260606T063624
CREATED:20200918T131053Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200929T092854Z
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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:20260606T063624
CREATED:20200929T093821Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200929T093821Z
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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:20260606T063624
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:20260606T063624
CREATED:20200917T110525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200917T110525Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200917T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200917T210000
DTSTAMP:20260606T063624
CREATED:20200917T110151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200917T110151Z
UID:19559-1600369200-1600376400@keepournhspublic.com
SUMMARY:Sussex Defend the NHS: How come we didn't know? #1
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. \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 Valerie and Madeleine from Sussex Defend the NHS working in partnership with the Free University Brighton.
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/sussex-defend-the-nhs-how-come-we-didnt-know-1/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200912T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200912T163000
DTSTAMP:20260606T063624
CREATED:20200903T144820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200903T151458Z
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SUMMARY:Annual General Meeting 2020
DESCRIPTION:The timing of this event has been changed from morning to afternoon\, in order to allow Keep Our NHS Public members to attend and support the day of action over NHS workers’ pay. \nKeep Our NHS Public is holding its 2020 Annual General Meeting over Zoom from 2pm to 4:30pm on Saturday 12th September. \nTo register to attend\, click here. Please note: attendance is only open to members of Keep Our NHS Public\, but new members are very welcome. You can join online here. \nAGENDA\n13:30 | Zoom call opens\n14.00 | Meeting starts: welcome from Chair and reports from officers\, position-holders and working groups\n14.05 | Report on activities and membership – Co-Chairs  and Campaign manager\n14.15 | Treasurer’s report\n14.20 | Press Officer’s report\n14.25 | Report from migrant rights working group\n14.30 | Report from trade deals working group\n14.35 | Report from social care campaign working group\n14.40 | Report from NHS Staff Voices group\n14.45 | Questions from the floor\n15.00 | Motions\n15.40 |  Guest speaker: Richard Horton\, Editor of The Lancet: ‘COVID-19 – what went wrong?’\n16.05 | Questions and discussion\n16.30 | Close of Meeting
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/19396/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200912T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200912T140000
DTSTAMP:20260606T063624
CREATED:20200903T151419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200910T142106Z
UID:19402-1599908400-1599919200@keepournhspublic.com
SUMMARY:Day of action: NHS workers say no to pay inequality!
DESCRIPTION:Join nurses and NHS workers around the country for a day of action demanding a fair pay rise! Click on the link of your nearest event to find the details. \n——————– \nAberdeen – Castlegate https://facebook.com/events/s/nhs-workers-say-no-aberdeen-pr/1557690871080079/?ti=icl \nBrighton – Hove Beach\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/792148558258010/ \nBristol – College Green\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/391252255175432/ \nCardiff – Cardiff Central Station\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/1298457870324505/ \nChesterfield – Chesterfield Parish Church https://www.facebook.com/events/224434492335884/ \nCoventry – Swanswell Park and Pool https://www.facebook.com/events/710815502805474/ \nDerby – Florence Nightingale Statue\, London Road\, Derby https://www.facebook.com/events/926560147754323/ \nDorset – The Square\, Bournemouth https://www.facebook.com/events/749009199233823/ \nLeeds – cancelled \nLondon – BBC New Broadcasting House\nhttps://facebook.com/events/s/london-march-for-nhspay15/1356278494570160/?ti=icl \nLiverpool – St George’s Hall https://facebook.com/events/s/liverpool-protest-for-pay-just/318134892772143/?ti=icl \nManchester – Piccadilly Gardens\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/963967317454046/ \nMerthyr Tydfil – Merthyr Fountain https://www.facebook.com/events/359899265174665/ \nNewcastle – Royal Victoria Infirmary https://www.facebook.com/events/298632988101723/ \nNorwich – Chapelfield Gardens https://www.facebook.com/events/660327864580162/ \nNottingham – Nottingham Market Square https://www.facebook.com/events/330271011359271/ \nPlymouth – Plymouth Hoe  https://www.facebook.com/events/232043288085013/ \nSheffield – Barker’s Pool\, Sheffield https://www.facebook.com/pg/NHSworkersSayNo/events/ \nSouthampton – Bargate Street\, https://www.facebook.com/events/665051014364906 \nSouth Essex – Sea Life Adventure\, Southend on Sea https://www.facebook.com/events/668469814017560/  \nSuffolk – A&E\, West Suffolk Hospital https://www.facebook.com/events/681658349101326/ \nSwansea – Castle Gardens https://facebook.com/events/s/swansea-nhs-staff-say-no-prote/291716145445481/?ti=icl \nSwindon – Regent Circus https://www.facebook.com/events/s/march-for-nhs-pay-justice-swin/2721397054850257/ \nWigan – Royal Albert Edward Infirmary https://facebook.com/events/s/wigan-protest-for-fair-pay/643774363237776/?ti=icl
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/day-of-action-nhs-workers-say-no-to-pay-inequality-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200909T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200909T203000
DTSTAMP:20260606T063624
CREATED:20200903T152438Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200903T152438Z
UID:19405-1599678000-1599683400@keepournhspublic.com
SUMMARY:What’s going on: fair pay for frontline workers
DESCRIPTION:Join NHS Staff Voices for an online public meeting about the campaigns for pay equality and justice for frontline NHS staff. \n\nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TstzNyUpRHaDHHeibJycpA\n\nOn July 21st the government announced a pay rise for some public sector workers. It notably excluded nurses\, one of the biggest health and social care workforces in the UK\, and the front line in the fight against covid. Unsurprisingly and understandably\, NHS staff led by nurses from up and down the country have started organising against pay injustice and pay inequality.\nSpeakers\nWe’ll be joined by:\n\nHolly Turner\, NHS Nurse and founding member of NHS Workers Say No to Pay Inequality\nMark Boothroyd\, NHS A&E Staff Nurse\, Guys and St Thomas Hospitals Unite Branch Secretary\nDr Louise Irvine\, GP\, Keep Our NHS Public exec committee and NHS Staff Voices member\nNeomi Bennett BEM\, Nurse\, founder of Equality 4 Black Nurses and NHS Staff Voices member\n\nPlease also look out for details of the events up and down the country planned for September 12th – you can find out more here: https://www.nursesunited.org.uk/pay-rise-actions/\n 
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/whats-going-on-fair-pay-for-frontline-workers/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200903T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200903T203000
DTSTAMP:20260606T063624
CREATED:20200903T153800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200903T153800Z
UID:19407-1599159600-1599165000@keepournhspublic.com
SUMMARY:KONP North East meeting
DESCRIPTION:For those based in the broad Newcastle area\, covered by Keep Our NHS Public North East. \nWe look forward to seeing you there – all welcome:\nMeeting code: 828 3633 3298\nPassword: bubble \nThe agenda will include discussion about the Swedish company Livi\, which has been commissioned by North Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to provide additional GP appointments on-line.  You may have seen coverage of this on Look North.
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/konp-north-east-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200902T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200902T190000
DTSTAMP:20260606T063624
CREATED:20200901T145547Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200901T150305Z
UID:19374-1599069600-1599073200@keepournhspublic.com
SUMMARY:Meeting: Tower Hamlet Keep Our NHS Public
DESCRIPTION:If you are based in Tower Hamlets\, join the regular monthly Zoom meeting of Tower Hamlets Keep Our NHS Public! \nIf you wish to attend\, please email THkeepournhspublic@gmail.com for Zoom details. \nAgenda includes:\n1. COVID: What is happening about local contact tracing; and\, the national day of action for track and trace 12 Sept.\n2. ‘Tell Barts Migrant Charges are Racist’: with North East London Save Our NHS (NELSON) and migrants’ rights campaigns. We are lobbying the Barts Health board on 16 September\n3. Preparing for the Keep Our NHS Public national Annual General Meeting on Saturday 12th September.\n4. NHS post-Covid\, at national and local levels: waiting lists\, cuts\, limitation of procedures\, cancer care and more.\n5 Trade deals\n6.NELSON & other reports\n7. Pay campaigns NHS and care staff\n8. Any Other Business\n8. Date of next meeting \nComing actions: \nSaturday 12th September is a day for activity\n1. National Day of Protest for 15% pay rise called by NHS Workers Say No to Public Sector Pay Inequality and Nurses United at 11.00 on September 12th\, supported by Keep Our NHS Public: how can we support locally?\n2. National day of action for Covid-19 track and trace\, also Sept 12th.. Ideas for local action.
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/meeting-tower-hamlet-keep-our-nhs-public/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200820T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200820T173000
DTSTAMP:20260606T063624
CREATED:20200818T093537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200818T161106Z
UID:19253-1597939200-1597944600@keepournhspublic.com
SUMMARY:Why care? Contradictions and tensions
DESCRIPTION:This event has been organised by Reclaim Social Care\, and will be held over Zoom.\n\nThe pandemic has demonstrated starkly that the current adult social care and support services need to be radically reformed. Join Reclaim Social Care in discussions on how it should be redesigned and what do we mean by the words ‘care’ and ‘independent living’. The first discussion will be on 20 August.\n\nWe are pleased to have a panel of guest speakers which will be followed by a question and answer session. The panel will include:\n\nBryony Shannon – Bryony is a blogger on all things social care and will address the tensions with the word “care”.\nJudy Hunt – Author of No Limits\, The Disabled People’s Movement.  Judy will provide an historical view of the ongoing struggle disabled people face to maintain some control of their lives.\nBob Williams-Findlay – Former Social Services Planning Officer\, Disabled activist\, will acknowledge some of the contradictions and tensions that exist and question conflicting agendas around the notion of “Care”\n\nZoom details: \nLink: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5651080054?pwd=akV0RHRkUU9nOHE0NDZjcTRneFo2Zz09\nMeeting ID: 565 108 0054\nPasscode: Pridmore\nAny queries email reclaimsocialcare@gmail.com \n 
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/why-care-contradictions-and-tensions/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200819T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200819T213000
DTSTAMP:20260606T063624
CREATED:20200818T094014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200818T103619Z
UID:19256-1597865400-1597872600@keepournhspublic.com
SUMMARY:Discussion: the future of mental health in Manchester
DESCRIPTION:Event organised by Manchester Trades Union Council. \nGreater Manchester Mental Health Trust plans to redevelop Park House Psychiatric Hospital in north Manchester. This has sparked a debate about the future of mental health provision\, and whether the plans are appropriate in light of the lessons of Covid-19 and Black Lives Matter. \nOur speakers will be \n\nAnandi Ramamurthy\, Greater Manchester Family and Friends For Recovery\nJane Lee\, UNISON Greater Manchester Mental Health branch\n\nPlease use the Facebook event to promote the meeting. People need to REGISTER in advance via zoom to get the joining details.
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/19256/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200818
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200819
DTSTAMP:20260606T063624
CREATED:20200818T093025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200818T161151Z
UID:19249-1597708800-1597795199@keepournhspublic.com
SUMMARY:Day of Action: not a penny more to Serco!
DESCRIPTION:National Day of Action on Track and Trace contracts – Tuesday 18th August\nMatt Hancock needs to scrap Serco and Sitel’s failed contracts now instead of renewing them on August 23rd. \nThe government must give the £528 million allocated for these contract extension to local authorities and Public Health England teams instead. Privatised track and trace has been a disaster that is costing lives. \nIt’s time to put local public health teams in charge of the whole system. They have the tools and the local knowledge they need to do this vital work before any second wave this winter. Now they need the money. \nRead more: https://weownit.org.uk/blog/not-penny-more-serco-give-local-public-teams-cash \n————————- \nKeep Our NHS Public groups are supporting actions in a number of locations around the country\, including: \nLeeds – 1:00pm outside Leeds Civic Hall\nLiverpool: 2pm outside Liverpool Town Hall (Dale Street)\nLondon (Hackney) – 12:30pm outside Hackney Town Hall\nLondon (Lewisham) – Noon\,  Lewisham Civic Centre (Catford Road)\nLondon (Southwark) – 11:30am ouside Southwark Council (Tooley Street)\nNewcastle – 10:30am outside Newcastle Civic Centre
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/day-of-action-not-a-penny-more-to-serco/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200812T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200812T210000
DTSTAMP:20260606T063624
CREATED:20200811T113045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200818T161118Z
UID:19232-1597258800-1597266000@keepournhspublic.com
SUMMARY:Meeting: Greater Manchester
DESCRIPTION:Join Greater Manchster Keep Our NHS Public for our regular meeting. \nThe meeting will be held on Zoom. The meeting details: \nJoin link\nMeeting ID: 897 9957 9266\nPasscode: 848893 \n\nAgenda: \n\nThe future of mental health services in Manchester. We’re very pleased to be joined for a discussion about how mental health services are\, and should be\, organised in Manchester by both campaign group “Greater Manchester Family and Friends For Recovery” who have produced this statement and this briefing document\, and the branch secretary of the Unison union branch covering Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust.\nReview of Saturday’s pay protests\nSt Mary’s campaign update\nTrade Bill update – report from working group\nSocial care – report from GM Reclaim Social Care\nMigrant charges – report from working group\nAny Other Business\nNext meeting
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/meeting-greater-manchester/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200808
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200809
DTSTAMP:20260606T063624
CREATED:20200728T115755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200807T174506Z
UID:19142-1596844800-1596931199@keepournhspublic.com
SUMMARY:Nationwide | NHS workers say “NO!” to Public Sector pay inequality
DESCRIPTION:NHS workers across the country are organising a wave of protests on Saturday 8th August demanding a 15% pay increase paid from 1 December 2020\, in order to start recovering a decade of lost wages. \nFrom the organisers: “We are calling on NHS staff and supporters to join us to send a clear message to the government. We do not accept your plans to exclude us from the public sector pay increase\, and we will make ourselves heard until you listen.” \nAn online rally will also be taking place from 11:30am to 1pm for anyone who cannot join outdoor protests. \nThe following list will be updated over time as more events are organised. If possible\, view the Facebook event to ensure that times or details have not changed. \nBasildon | Assemble 11am at Basildon University Hospital\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/908612586298526/ \nBournemouth | Assemble 11am at The Square\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/280258143255638/ \nBirmingham | Assemble 11am at Victoria Square\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/745407806290592/ \nBridgend | Assemble 10am at Princess of Wales Hospital\nFacebook event: TBA \nBrighton | Assemble 11am at Royal Sussex County Hospital (Eastern Road)\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/723638475142141/ \nBristol | Assemble 11am at College Green\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/627616574541437/ \nCambridge | Assemble 11am at Parker’s Piece\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/209331673812340/ \nCardiff | Assemble 11am at Senedd\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/284537349441925/ \nChesterfield | Assemble 11am at Town Hall\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/310373143669614/ \nCornwall | Assemble 11am outside Royal Cornwall Hospital\, Truro (alongside the A390 roundabout)\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1316347398555772/ \nCoventry | Assemble 11am at Swanswell Park and Pool\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/984093035442695/ \nDerby | Assemble 11am at Council House\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/4172315839507939/ \nDoncaster | Assemble 11am at Nigel Gresley Square\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/688545988396648/ \nDorchester | Assemble 12:30pm at the Town Pump\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/306247593873711/ \nEastbourne | Assemble 11am at Queen Elizabeth II Field\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/377008596597743/ \nEdinburgh | Assemble 11am\, Scottish Parliament Building\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/295330008217451/ \nGlasgow | Assemble 11am at Glasgow Green\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2637139446550485/ \nHastings | Assemble 11am at Conquest Hospital\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2609748695959270 \nHull | Assemble 12pm\, Hull and District Trades Council\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1064655007240421/ \nIpswich | Assemble 11am at Christchurch Mansion\, Christchurch Park\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/648475509105668/ \nInverness | Assemble 11am\, Inverness City Centre\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/323255162050469/ \nLeeds | Assemble 11am\, City Square\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/209086270503009/ \nLiverpool | Assemble 11am\, St George’s Hall\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/212987350017033/ \nLondon  | Assemble 11am at St James Park\, march to Parliament Square via Downing Street\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/573203316679624/ \nManchester | Static socially distanced demo | Assemble 10:45am at Piccadilly Gardens\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/314333879929387/ \nMansfield | Assemble 11am at Mansfield Market Place\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/317313812799867/ \nMedway | Assemble 11am near the White Lion\, Chatham High Street\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/658810674724890/ \nMerthyr | Assemble 11am at Merthyr Fountain\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/281385352962327/ \nNewcastle | Assemble 11am\, Newcastle City Centre\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1979989188799202/ \nNorwich | Assemble 11am Chapelfield Gardens\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/212461936777493/ \nNottingham | Assemble 11am at Brian Clough Square\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1698242090534929/ \nOxford | Assemble 2pm at Bonn Square\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/582738165944844/ \nPeterborough | Assemble 11am at Cathedral Square\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/283404592991877/ \nPortsmouth | Assemble 11am at Guildhall Square\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/303760290964149/ \nPlymouth | Assemble 11am at Plymouth Hoe\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2690224574553482/ \nSheffield | Assemble 11am at Barker’s Pool\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/3168968803198745/ \nSouthampton | Assemble 11:30am at Guildhall Square\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/613783932905050/ \nSwansea | Assemble 11am at Castle Gardens\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/4196842477054867/
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/nationwide-nhs-workers-say-no-no-to-public-sector-pay-inequality/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200804T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200804T210000
DTSTAMP:20260606T063624
CREATED:20200729T094513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200729T094513Z
UID:19157-1596567600-1596574800@keepournhspublic.com
SUMMARY:Meeting | KONP North East | Trade Bill: The campaign continues
DESCRIPTION:The Trade Bill has progressed through the House of Commons unamended\, which means the NHS is still on the table.  This trade deal could lock in current and future privatisation\, making it impossible to reverse\, as well as opening doors to ever-spiralling drug costs. Future governments trying to reduce or remove privatisation could be faced with expensive legal challenges from US healthcare companies and the risk of massive fines. \nThere is still a chance that the House of Lords can amend the Bill – we have booked this Zoom meeting to discuss our campaign options.  Please join us to see how you can help in the fight for our NHS. \nZoom meeting code: 853 2743 9935\nPassword: Lords
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/meeting-konp-north-east-trade-bill-the-campaign-continues/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200801T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200801T130000
DTSTAMP:20260606T063624
CREATED:20200728T121030Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200728T121030Z
UID:19147-1596283200-1596286800@keepournhspublic.com
SUMMARY:Protest for pay: justice for life-savers!
DESCRIPTION:More than 540 Health & Social Care Workers have died from the Covid virus this year. The UK has the HIGHEST recorded healthcare worker death rate in the world.\nThere is no pay rise from the government for them. Clapping won’t pay their bills. \nThese are the people who made the ultimate sacrifice. \nJoin Save Our NHS in Kent & pay your respects.
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/protest-for-pay-justice-for-life-savers/
LOCATION:QEQM Hospital\, QEQM Hospital\, Accident and Emergency Department\, Margate\, CT9 4AN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200801T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200801T130000
DTSTAMP:20260606T063624
CREATED:20200723T141109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200730T152931Z
UID:19137-1596277800-1596286800@keepournhspublic.com
SUMMARY:Joint affiliates meeting: Health Campaigns Together & Keep Our NHS Public
DESCRIPTION:This NHS anniversary weekend just past\, we not only marked the moment with successful nationwide and online events\, giving an often-poignant response to the Government’s continued mishandling of the current pandemic. We also launched our ‘2020 Vision’ for the NHS. \nThe ‘Rescue Plan’\, written by John Lister\, sets out our vision to rebuild health and social care starting now. \nThe Covid-19 global pandemic has revealed – or at least\, laid bare\, many inadequacies\, inequalities and injustices in the way our society is run\, with perhaps the clearest example coming from the shockingly high death toll in BME communities\, who are disproportionately represented in many of the lowest-paid and most hazardous front line jobs. \nBut the crisis has also shown in detail much of what Health Campaigns Together\, Keep Our NHS Public and other NHS activists have been saying all along\, in many cases for years before the coronavirus outbreak; that the NHS is dangerously underfunded\, understaffed and that if we are to save our NHS from total ruination by the current Government\, we must win the arguments that privatisation is harmful for the NHS – both for its staff (especially those outsourced to private companies working for the NHS) and dangerous\, even occasionally lethal\, for its patients. \nThat’s why we have called a joint Health Campaigns Together and Keep Our NHS Public affiliates meeting\, to work closely together to hone our 2020 Vision\, to make sure we have the best rescue plan possible and pool our resources to put it into practice. Delegates can attend from organisations affiliated to either organisation. \nYou can read the full ‘Rescue Plan’ in its current draft here: https://healthcampaignstogether.com/2020Vision.php \nAnd a summary on the Keep Our NHS Public website here: https://keepournhspublic.com/nhs-2020-vision/ \n\n 
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/joint-affiliates-meeting-health-campaigns-together-keep-our-nhs-public/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200730T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200730T213000
DTSTAMP:20260606T063624
CREATED:20200728T163418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200728T163418Z
UID:19153-1596137400-1596144600@keepournhspublic.com
SUMMARY:Screening: Under the Knife
DESCRIPTION:Organised by Just Treatment. Click here to register.\n \nJoin us as we collectively watch the NHS documentary film\, ‘Under the Knife’. The film will end with a short discussion on what we need to do next in order to stop and reverse NHS privatisation. There will also be an update on the progress made and next steps with the NHS New Deal. \nUnder the Knife delves into the changes to the law in 2012 which have left the NHS open to large scale privatisation. Interviews with over fifty clinicians\, patients\, journalists and politicians paint a vivid and shocking picture of the state of our NHS and reinforce why we must bring about a New Deal. \nSuggestions on how to stop and reverse NHS privatisation will directly feed into the demands for the NHS New Deal
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/screening-under-the-knife/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200729T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200729T230000
DTSTAMP:20260606T063624
CREATED:20200723T133216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200723T133216Z
UID:19132-1596042000-1596063600@keepournhspublic.com
SUMMARY:March for Pay Justice for NHS & Key workers
DESCRIPTION:Facebook event here.\n \nSocially distanced protest – wear a mask! \nAssemble at St Thomas Hospital from 5pm\, march to Downing Street at 6pm. All welcome. \nNHS workers have been criminally let down by this government. Despite all our sacrifices\, the government has not included us in the pay deal for public sector workers. \nWe have worked masses of overtime\, isolated from our families\, and lost over 540 of our colleagues to COVID-19. And we are not valued. \nWe are calling on all NHS workers in London to join us for a *socially distanced* protest to demand pay justice for all NHS workers and key workers. \nNHS workers deserve a pay rise for the 20% pay cut since 2010. We need a pay rise to address the 40\,000 vacancies across the NHS that puts our patients at risk. We need a pay rise because of a decade of austerity. \nWe need the government to act now to show they value NHS staff\, before we face a second wave. Demoralised and underpaid staff won’t be able to protect and care for patients through a second wave. \nWe are supporting the protest on August 8th\, but want to mobilise people now to pressure the government and demand they increase all NHS workers and key workers pay.
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/march-for-pay-justice-for-nhs-key-workers/
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