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SUMMARY:Find your nearest | NHS Anniversary Protests 2021
DESCRIPTION:On the 73rd anniversary of the founding of our NHS\, a Day of Action has been called by Keep Our NHS Public\, Health Campaigns Together\, NHS Workers Say No and NHS Staff Voices. Join us up and down the UK to demand: patient safety\, pay justice and an end to privatisation! \nBelow you can find your nearest local event using our alphabetised list of all events and our browsable map of events. \n\nList of events\nThis list was last updated 01/07/2021 and will continue to be updated over time. \nBasildon | 11:00 start | Basildon Hospital (green by main entrance) | March to town centre\nFB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2027668570717931/\nContact email address: jackiegilbey@yahoo.com \nBath | 10:30 – 12:30 | Queen Square | Demonstration and street theatre\nContact email address: ponhsbanes@outlook.com \nBedford | 10:00 start | Bedford Hospital South Wing (Kempston Road entrance) | Static demo\nContact email address: jenny.feneley@gmail.com \nBirmingham | 14:00 – 15:30 | Victoria Square | Protest / btuchcc@hotmail.com | Static demo and rally\nContact email address: btuchcc@hotmail.com \nBlyth | 11:00 start | Blyth Market Square | Rally and march\, followed by picnic in Ridley Park\nFB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/4273531895992159/\nContact email address: konpnortheast@gmail.com \nBournemouth | 11:00-13:00 | Bournemouth Square | Static protest or march\nContact email address: Debbiereynolds64@btinternet.com \nBridgenorth | 12 noon – 13:00 | Outside Minor Injuries Unit (Bridgnorth Community Hospital) Static demonstration\nContact: p_l_bolton@yahoo.co.uk \nBristol | 11:00 start | College Green | March to Castle Park\nFB event: https://facebook.com/events/s/nhs-workers-say-no-bristol-pro/514479356360452/\nContact email address: nursessaynobristol@gmail.com \nCambridge | 11:00 – 13:00 | Christ’s Pieces | Speeches\, stall\, display of 999 Call for the NHS Quilts\nContact email address: cambskonp@gmail.com\n \nCardiff | 12:00 – 15:00 | Cardiff Central Railway Station\nFB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/4042760975807918/\nContact email address: Toveys_talkin@hotmail.co.uk \nCarlisle | 12 noon – 13:00 | City Centre | Protest and rally\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/370381561274500/\nContact email address: cumbriahct@gmail.com \nCheltenham | From 12 noon | Outside front of Cavendish House | Static demo\nCheltenham Gloucestershire pay justice drewtitch@gmail.com \nChester | 11:00 – 15:00 | Countess of Chester Hospital | March and protest\nContact email address: Vanessa.harratt@gmail.com \nChesterfield | 11:00 – 13:00 |  Chesterfield Town Hall | Static protest\nContact email address: hilary.cave@hotmail.com (Chesterfield KONP) \nChorley | 10:00 – 12:00 | Chorley Hospital (Euxton Lane) | Picket and rally\nFB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/326738915497676/\nContact email address: Jenny.hurley94@gmail.com \nColchester | Start at 12 noon | St Botolph’s Priory | Protest and march\nFB: https://www.facebook.com/events/s/nhs-anniversary-protest-colche/379322786834903/\nContact email address: hollynhs15@gmail.com \nCoventry | 12:00 – 14:00 | Broadgate | Rally\nFB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1402889600073309/\nContact email address: dave@nellist.net \nCromer (Norfolk) | 10:30 – 13:00 | Outside Cromer Church | Petitioning\nFB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/193072302728410/\nContact email address: mbooth0853@outlook.com \nDarlington | 11:30 – 13:00 | High Row\, Darlington Town Centre | Community stall\nContact: darlingtontuc@gmail.com \nDartmouth | 12:00 – 16:00 | Dartmouth and Kingswear Cottage Hospital | Community stall and activities\nContact email address: lynngunnigle@hotmail.co.uk  \nDerby | 10.45 | Derby Royal Hospital | Static protest and procession to thank NHS staff\nFB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/132753302298637\nContact: Suearg1@yahoo.com  \nDerbyshire | 11:00 – 14:00 | Motorcade – Derbyshire hospitals and Derby Hospital\nContact email address: venables_keith@yahoo.co.uk \nDoncaster | 11:00 – 13:00 | Gate 4\, Doncaster Royal Infirmary | Static demonstration\nFB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/319616926527534/\nContact: formafitness@hotmail.co.uk \nDorchester | 11:30 – 13:00 | Town Pump (South Street) | Static protest\nContact email address: lynne.hubbard9@gmail.com \nEvesham (Worcestershire) | 11:00 – 13:00 | Top of Bridge Street (WR11 4RS) | Community stall\nContact email address: sijc@btinternet.com \nExeter | 12:00 – 14:00 | Bedford Square | Protest\, stall and leafleting\nContact email address: davejchappell@gmail.com \nGlasgow | From 12 noon | Doulton Fountain\, Glasgow Green | Rally and community event\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/979680726192929/\nContact email address: TBA \nGloucester | Start 11:30| Opposite Royal Gloucester Hospital (Great Western Road) | Protest and possible procession\nContact email address: smpsusan.powell@gmail.com \nGorleston\, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft | From 14:00 | Outside James Paget Hospital |March for pay justice\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/983930552356185/\nContact email address: xylinahogan@hotmail.com / kevinwingfield2007@gmail.com \nGrimsby | 11:00 – 13:00 | East St Mary’s Gate (outside Barclays) | Community stall\nContact: TBA \nHastings | 12.00 – 13.30 | Outside Debenhams\, Hastings Town Centre | Demonstration\, possible march\nContact: hollyblake22@gmail.com \nHuddersfield | 12:00 – 13:00 | Huddersfield Royal Infirmary | Static protest\nContact email address: mike.forster56@gmail.com \nHull | From 12 noon | Queen Victoria Square | Static demo\nContact: secretary@hullanddistricttradescouncil.org.uk \nIpswich | 11:00 start | Christ Church Mansion | March and protest\nContact email address: xylinahogan@hotmail.com\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/681633979296062/\n \nIsle of Wight (Ryde) | 11.00 – 13.30 | Anglesea Street\, Ryde High St | Pop-up action and leafleting around GP data opt-out\nContact: sharonpmcnamara@protonmail.com \nKing’s Lynn | 12:00 – 14:00 | High Street (outside Burton’s) | Static protest\nContact email address: kingslynnanddistricttradescouncil@hotmail.co.uk \nLancaster | From 13:00 | Royal Lancaster Infirmary / White Cross | Protest\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/303364418135684/\nContact: TBA \nLeamington Spa | | 11:00 – 13:00 | Leamington Town Hall | Community stall\nFB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/3963366210385288\nContact email address: anna.pollert@gmail.com \nLeeds | 11:00 – 12:30 | Millennium Square | Static protest\nContact email address: john.puntis@yahoo.co.uk \nLeicester | 13:00 start | Gallowtree Gate | Static protest\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/896810170914645\nContact email address: secretary@saveournhsleicestershire.org \nLiverpool | From 11:00 | St George’s Plateau | Static protest\nContact: SaveLWH@outlook.com \nLondon – Bexley: Sidcup | 11:30 – 13:00 | Queen Mary’s Hospital (green near Frognal Avenue entrance) | Static protest\nContact: richard.crook973@btinternet.com \nLondon – Camden: UCLH | From 12 noon | University College Hospital (Euston) | March to Parliament Square\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/530053088180070/\nContact: jordanjrivera@gmail.com \nLondon: Ealing | 12:00 – 13:30 | Outside Ealing Hospital | Rally\, speeches\, songs and cakes!\nContact: info@ealingsaveournhs.org.uk \nLondon: Enfield | 11:00 – 13:00 | Outside Barclay’s Bank | Community stall and leafleting\nContact email address: defendenfieldnhs@gmail.com \nLondon – Greenwich: Woolwich | 13:00 – 15:00 | Queen Elizabeth Hospital | Static demo\nContact: ghanysue@yahoo.com \nLondon: Hammersmith and Fulham | Leafleting 11:00 – 13:00 outside the Bush Theatre (W12 8LJ); then a picnic (weather permitting) in Hammersmith Park\nContact email address: scxandh@gmail.com \nLondon – Lambeth | 11:00 – 13:00 | St Thomas’ Hospital (Westminster Bridge entrance) | Static protest and banner drop\nContact email address: lambethkonp@gmail.com \nLondon – Lewisham | 14:00 – 16:00 | Outside Lewisham Hospital | Static protest and rally\nContact email address: savelewishamhospital@yahoo.com \nLondon – Newham: Stratford | From 12 noon | Outside Stratford Station | Community stall and leafleting\nContact: newsonhs@gmail.com \nLondon – Wandsworth: Tooting | 11:00 – 12:00 | St George’s Hospital | Static protest and community leafleting\nContact email address: killicktom@hotmail.com \nLondon – Waltham Forest | From 13:00 | Whipps Cross Hospital (Whipps Cross Road entrance) | Rally and protest\nContact: wftradescouncil@gmail.com \nManchester | 11:00 – 12:00 | Piccadilly Gardens | Protest and speakers\nFB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/316366029976303\nContact: konpmcr@hotmail.com \nMargate | From 12 noon | QEQM Hospital in Margate (Ramsgate Road) | Rally\nFB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/501338107801118/\nContact email address: saveournhskent@gmail.com \nNewcastle | 12:00 – 13:30 | Meet Royal Victoria Infirmary\, march to Grey’s Monument| Protest and march\nContact email address: williamgeorgejarrett@gmail.com \nNorwich | 14:00 – 16:00 | Chapelfield Park Bandstand | Rally followed by a march\nFB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1804002196426331/\nContact email address: cathyann74@btinternet.com / nanddpbp@gmail.com \nNottingham | 11:30 (march sets off 12 noon) | Market Square | March and rally\nFB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/781649955882557/\nContact email address: nottskonpcampaign@hotmail.co.uk / D.ratchford@unison.co.uk \nPeterborough | From 14:00 | Cathedral Square | Static protest\nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/526052711914830/\nContact email address: ginabeec@gmail.com  \nPlymouth | 11:00 – 13:00 | Static protest\nContact email address: Kimmylou79@icloud.com \nPortsmouth | 12 noon | Kings Theatre Southsea | Protest and march\nContact email address: defendnhsportsmouth@gmail.com \nReading | 11:30am\, start 12 noon | Royal Berkshire Hospital | March and rally\nFB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/426187525565141/\nEventbrite event: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nhss-73rd-birthday-in-reading-tickets-160449949117\nContact: cathy@cchange.co.uk \nRomsey | 10.30 – 12.00 | Market Place\, Romsey | Community stall and leafleting\nContact: sallysaunders902@gmail.com \nSheffield | 12:00 – 14:00 | Barker’s Pool | Protest and march\nFB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1735005510012776/ \nContact email address: sheffieldhealthworkers@gmail.com / holly.johnston83.hj@gmail.com \nSouthampton | AM event | From 10am | Southampton General Hospital main entrance | Protest\nContact email address: maggiefricker@hotmail.co.uk \nSouthampton | PM event | 12 noon – 13:30 | West Quay – Portland Terrace | Protest and banners\nContact email address: skeepnhspublic@gmail.com \nSouthport | 11:00 – 13:00 | Town Hall Gardens\, Southport | Static protest\nFB information: https://www.facebook.com/groups/414928469327617/permalink/956712095149249/ \nStoke-on-Trent | 11:00 – 13:00 | Hanley Bus Station (ST1 3ED) | Static demo\nFB event: https://www.facebook.com/1037708564/posts/10222604980806709/\nContact email address: andybentley3@hotmail.co.uk \nSutton-in-Ashfield | 10:00 – 12 noon | King’s Mill Hospital (opposite the reservoir) | Protest\nContact email address: TBA \nTeignmouth | A socially distanced protest will take place on 3 July\, but with a limited number of places for reasons of social distancing. Other activists will run a Virtual March.\nMore information: https://www.facebook.com/groups/652187165418338/ \nWalsall | 11:00 – 12 noon | Community stall and leafleting\, then joining event in Birmingham\nContact: ursula.walker1@gmail.com \nYork | 11:00 – 12:30 | York Minster | Static protest\nFB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2832802813637008/\nContact email address: malcolm1rich@gmail.com \n 
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/nhs-anniversary-protests-2021/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210624T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210624T203000
DTSTAMP:20260606T052513
CREATED:20210610T103355Z
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SUMMARY:Integrated Care Systems: the end of the NHS?
DESCRIPTION:The new Government white paper seeks to legitimise the Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) that are already taking hold of our NHS. Join us for a public meeting as we discuss what ICSs are\, how they impact the services you get and what they mean for our NHS staff. \nSpeakers: \n\nCaroline Bedale – KONP activist\, Manchester\nDave Ratchford\, UNISON Regional Officer\, East Midlands\nDr Colin Hutchinson\, Chair\, Doctors for the NHS and member of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council\n\nCo-organised by Wandsworth Keep Our NHS Public and Lambeth Keep Our NHS Public. \nREGISTER: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkdeGqpjovEtZAIEeuyeBEV85pa3g9LyoL\nMEETING ID: 819-2828-1582\nPW: WWKONP
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/integrated-care-systems-the-end-of-the-nhs/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210623T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210623T193000
DTSTAMP:20260606T052513
CREATED:20210622T150617Z
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SUMMARY:Integrated Care Systems teach-in
DESCRIPTION:The Presentation is aimed to help KONP members learn more about ICSs / White Paper and the new Health Bill\, so they can be confident in their campaigning; also to introduce them to the campaign strategy and materials on the website. \nThe presentation and discussion will take up to 1.5hrs and Caroline Bedale will do the presentation. \nFor further reading\, we have an ICS resources page on our website here: https://keepournhspublic.com/campaigns/legislative-changes/integrated-care/ \nThe teach in will look at: \n\nWhy is Keep Our NHS Public campaigning to halt the roll-out of Integrated Care Systems?\nWhy are the proposals in the February 2021 White Paper and the coming 2021 Health and Care Bill so damaging for the NHS? What is the legislation likely to include?\nWhat could be worse than the competitive market in the NHS? (Answer: an unregulated market meaning a bonanza for private companies)\n\nIf you want to know more about these issues\, and want to discuss what YOU can do as part of KONP’s campaign\, join the ‘teach-in’ on Wednesday 23rd June\, 6.00-8.00pm – see \nRegistration link below. \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtdeihqjsiHtPVoExEjIFRv2-FSeBZlSYJ\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/integrated-care-systems-teach-in/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210605T113000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210605T130000
DTSTAMP:20260606T052513
CREATED:20210601T101546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210601T101732Z
UID:21743-1622892600-1622898000@keepournhspublic.com
SUMMARY:Protest: Save Manchester Fertility Services!
DESCRIPTION:The unique fertility services provided at the Department of Reproductive Medicine in St Mary’s hospital\, Manchester\, remain at risk of closure or privatisation. Despite the latest delay to these dangerous proposals\, the threat remains real. This briefing provides more information about the wonderful services provided by this one-of-a-kind service\, which belongs in the NHS on an accessible and modern site. \nYou can do your bit to save the service by signing the union-initiated petition here\, and by joining our safe socially-distanced peaceful protest on Saturday 5th June\, assembling 11.30am at the Queen Victoria statue in Piccadilly Gardens\, Manchester city centre.
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/protest-save-manchester-fertility-services/
LOCATION:Queen Victoria Statue\, Piccadilly Gardens MCR\, Queen Victoria's Statue\, Piccadilly Gardens\, Manchester\, M1 1LU
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210603T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210603T203000
DTSTAMP:20260606T052513
CREATED:20210527T095557Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210527T095739Z
UID:21705-1622745000-1622752200@keepournhspublic.com
SUMMARY:NHS Anniversary Organising Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join us on 3 June for a discussion on how best to organise your local event for the NHS 73rd Anniversary on 3rd July. There’ll be time to get tips\, advice and support\, to get materials organised and tell your fellow campaigners what you’re up to.\n\nREGISTER: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkf-urpj8oGtGNspqwP_eORgT9bJwj359Y?\n\nWe’ll also be hearing speakers from Keep Our NHS Public\, NHS Workers Say No\, Health Campaigns Together\, NHS Staff Voices and more on why the fight for patient safety\, pay justice and an end to privatisation is more vital than ever.
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/nhs-anniversary-organising-rally/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210526T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210526T110000
DTSTAMP:20260606T052513
CREATED:20210525T144637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210525T150128Z
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SUMMARY:G7: drop the patents\, save lives
DESCRIPTION:From organisers:\n\n“Global Justice Now will be protest outside of the Department of International Trade in London from 10 am to 11 am on Wednesday 26 May\, to greet the G7 Trade Ministers with the message – drop the patents\, save lives!\n\nThe UK Government continues to block the proposal to suspend patents on vaccines and treatments at the World Trade Organisation. More and more people are dying every day because of vaccine apartheid and we so we need to continue to put pressure on the UK to stand down from its opposition to the proposal.\n\nNext week\, the G7 trade ministers are coming to London for a two day meeting hosted by Trade Secretary\, Liz Truss. We want to take our demands directly to the seven richest countries in the world.Department of International Trade.”
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/g7-drop-the-patents-save-lives/
LOCATION:Department of International Trade\, 3 Whitehall Place\, London\, SW1A
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210519T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210519T210000
DTSTAMP:20260606T052513
CREATED:20210511T145226Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210511T145523Z
UID:21479-1621450800-1621458000@keepournhspublic.com
SUMMARY:People's Covid Inquiry: Profiteering from the people's health?
DESCRIPTION:A striking feature of the government’s pandemic response has been the contracting out of Covid-related services to private companies. This has been without the usual tendering processes and without any transparency around contract details including costs. Despite a number of contracts failing spectacularly (e.g. Serco’s contract to run NHS Test-and-Trace) and some pre-Covid contracts such as that with NHS Logistics being exposed as wholly inadequate\, public contract funding has been differentially awarded to Conservative party donors and close contacts. \nWe will hear about the reliance on and scale of private contracts during the pandemic\, and the level of pre-pandemic outsourcing and privatisation. How did this contribute to the failures in response?  We will hear about legal challenges on behalf of the taxpayer in relation to Covid contracts. And from staff experience\, we will hear about the dangers and anxieties caused by shortages of PPE\, and the worries of staff around decisions to outsource contracts. \nTHE PANEL: \n\n​Michael Mansfield QC (chair)\nProfessor Neena Modi\, Dr. Tolullah Oni\nDr. Jacky Davis\nLorna Hackett Barrister (Counsel to the Inquiry)\n\nWITNESSES: \nDavid McCoy | Professor of Global Health Medicine\, Institute of Population Health Sciences\, QMUL; Centre for Health and the Public Interest \nDr David Wrigley | GP in Carnforth\, North Lancs\, Deputy Chair of the BMA\, co-author of ‘NHS for Sale’ and ‘NHS SOS’ \nA representative of Foxglove\, a group campaigning against secrecy of coronavirus NHS data contracts  \nDr Michelle Dawson | NHS Consultant Anaesthetist\, trustee of the Healthcare Workers’ Foundation charity (previously ‘Heroes’)
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/peoples-covid-inquiry-profiteering-from-the-peoples-health/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210505T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210505T210000
DTSTAMP:20260606T052513
CREATED:20210428T122012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210428T124616Z
UID:21420-1620241200-1620248400@keepournhspublic.com
SUMMARY:People’s Covid Inquiry | Session 6: Inequalities and Discrimination
DESCRIPTION:Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DbK_8P-rRgm5VVsUebTKbw \nThe devastating differential impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on BAME people have come been shocking but not surprising. Even prior to the pandemic there was strong evidence that racism and inequality in educational\, employment and economic opportunities\, as well as in access to housing and healthcare\, had major differential effects on the health of BAME communities. These issues were compounded during the pandemic\, with particularly acute consequences for keyworkers who could not work at home\, and who kept transport\, health and other essential services running throughout. The impacts of Covid have also fallen differentially on women in many important ways. \nThe next session of the People’s Covid Inquiry asks: was there any serious appraisal of risk for sections of our society who experience inequalities and discrimination? What has the outcome been and how has the Government responded? \nIn order to answer these questions and to learn lessons\, in this session we are listening to a researcher on the differential impact of Covid on the BAME health workers and we will hear testimony about the experience of BAME frontline staff and the differential impacts of Covid-19 upon migrants and upon women. Evidence is also available from the work done by Independent SAGE\, the Fenton Review and health unions. \n\n\nTHE PANEL:​ \nMichael Mansfield QC (chair); Professor Neena Modi; Dr. Tolullah Oni; Dr. Jacky Davis; Lorna Hackett\, Barrister (Counsel to the Inquiry)​ \nWITNESSES: \n\nMary-Ann Stephenson | Director\, Women’s Budget Group\nKamlesh Khunti | Professor of Primary Care Diabetes and Vascular Medicine\, University of Leicester\, member of Independent SAGE\nDr Latifa Patel | British Medical Association (PC)\nAliya Yule | Migrants Organise
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/peoples-covid-inquiry-session-6-inequalities-and-discrimination/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210422
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210423
DTSTAMP:20260606T052513
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SUMMARY:Stop the corporate take-over of our GP surgeries
DESCRIPTION:Join Keep Our NHS Public local groups to protest the take over of many NHS GP surgeries by Operose Health\, owned by Centene\, a US health company. Find out more about why we are protesting in our post: But aren’t all GPs private anyway? \nFind materials to include in protests in our campaign resource library. \nNational event\nDemonstration outside Centene headquarters \nWhen: 3-4pm Thursday 22 April 2021 \nWhere: Operose Health HQ\, 77 New Cavendish St\, W1 6XB  3-4pm \nLocal events\nLondon\nProtest against Operose take-over of East One Health\, Deancross Street branch\, Tower Hamlets\nWhen: Meet at 3pm Thursday 22 April 2021 \nWhere: Meet outside Watney Market Idea Store\, 260 Commercial Rd\, Shadwell\, London E1 2FB \nProtest against Operose take-over of St Ann’s Surgery\, Laurels Healthy Living Centre\, Haringey\nWhen: Meet at 3pm Thursday 22 April 2021 \nWhere: Meet outside practice St Ann’s Surgery\, Laurels Healthy Living Centre\, 256 St Ann’s Road\, N15 5AZ \nProtest against Operose take-over of Trowbridge Surgery\, Hackney\nWhen: 3-4pm Thursday 22 April 2021 \nWhere: Trowbridge Surgery\, 18 Merriam Avenue\, London\, E9 5NE \nProtest against Operose take-over of Carpenters Practice\, Newham \nWhen: TBC \nWhere: Carpenters Practice\, 236-252 High Street\, Stratford E15 2JA \nJoint Lambeth/SE London: \nWhen: 2.30pm\, Thursday 22nd April \nWhere: Crown and Sceptre pub at the corner of A 23 and South Circular/Streatham Place\, Streatham Hill SW2 4AF for protest  outside 3 nearby AT Medics/Centene surgeries. \nProtest against Operose take-over of Cranberra Old Oak Surgery at Parkview Medical Centre\, Hammersmith and Fulham\nWhen: 11-11.30am Thursday 22 April 2021 \nWhere: 56 Bloemfontein Rd\, W12 7FG \nProtest against Operose take-over of Cassidy Medical Centre\, Hammersmith and Fulham\nWhen: 2-2.30pm Thursday 22 April 2021 \nWhere: 651A Fulham Rd\, SW6 5PX \nProtest against Operose take-over of Lister Health Centre and Queens Road\, Southwark\nWhen: 3-4 pm\, Thursday 22 April 2021 \nWhere: Lister Health Centre\, 101 Peckham Road SE15 5LJ and Queens Road\, 136 Meeting House4 Lane\, SE15 2UA \nProtest against Operose take-over of Burnley Practice\, Willesden Green \nWhen: 2-3pm Thursday 22 April 2021 \nWhere: The Burnley Practice \nLeeds\nWhen: TBC \nWhere: TBC \nNottingham\nProtest against Operose take-over of The Practice\, St Albans\nWhen: 3-4pm Thursday 22 April 2021 \nWhere: The Practice St Albans\, Hucknall La NG6 8AQ
URL:https://keepournhspublic.com/event/stop-corporate-take-over-gp-surgeries/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210421T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210421T210000
DTSTAMP:20260606T052513
CREATED:20210413T153430Z
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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:20260606T052513
CREATED:20210331T092625Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210331T092625Z
UID:21130-1618340400-1618347600@keepournhspublic.com
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:20260606T052513
CREATED:20210325T172827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210428T122548Z
UID:21103-1617822000-1617829200@keepournhspublic.com
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:20260606T052513
CREATED:20210331T093014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210331T093014Z
UID:21132-1617177600-1617210000@keepournhspublic.com
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:20260606T052513
CREATED:20210323T102627Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210323T102627Z
UID:21091-1616841000-1616850000@keepournhspublic.com
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:20260606T052513
CREATED:20210316T121014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210428T122542Z
UID:21030-1616612400-1616619600@keepournhspublic.com
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:20260606T052513
CREATED:20210216T103742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210216T103742Z
UID:20857-1616094000-1616101200@keepournhspublic.com
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:20260606T052513
CREATED:20210303T150625Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210303T150625Z
UID:20969-1616007600-1616014800@keepournhspublic.com
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:20260606T052513
CREATED:20210216T102826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210216T102826Z
UID:20856-1615489200-1615496400@keepournhspublic.com
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:20260606T052513
CREATED:20210303T125950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210428T122539Z
UID:20963-1615402800-1615410000@keepournhspublic.com
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:20260606T052513
CREATED:20210107T172015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210107T172127Z
UID:20492-1614277800-1614285000@keepournhspublic.com
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:20260606T052513
CREATED:20210211T133310Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210428T122531Z
UID:20818-1614193200-1614200400@keepournhspublic.com
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:20260606T052513
CREATED:20210209T121331Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210209T121331Z
UID:20766-1613318400-1613325600@keepournhspublic.com
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:20260606T052513
CREATED:20210112T102906Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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:20260606T052513
CREATED:20210119T120154Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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:20260606T052513
CREATED:20210105T155807Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210105T155807Z
UID:20458-1610791200-1610807400@keepournhspublic.com
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
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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:20260606T052513
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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:20260606T052513
CREATED:20201208T172038Z
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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:20260606T052513
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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:20260606T052513
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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