Newsletter – August 2018
National KONP and NHS News Hunt replaced by Hancock as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care May’s panicked cabinet reshuffle on 9 July has finally rid our NHS of Jeremy Hunt who, after […]
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Wigan victory against subcos must spur on national fight
The battle to prevent nearly 900 staff at the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Trust being outsourced to a private limited company (“WWL Solutions”) has been won. The Trust, like many others exploring similar plans across […]
Naylor Review: NHS Land and Buildings Sell Off
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Keep Our NHS Public is beginning a new series of videos called, What You Need to Know. They will present in bitesized chunks some of the key issues facing our […]
Is Privatisation a risk to our health?
Virgin Care is now one of the largest healthcare providers in the UK. Over the last five years Richard Branson’s company have been awarded almost £2 billion worth of NHS contracts. They now hold at […]
ACO Judicial Review: political victories, legal setbacks – good news on costs
Important political wins and favourable costs ruling override disappointment of legal defeat in JR4NHS vs Department of Health and NHS England – ACO consultation launched 3rd August On 5th July, the High Court handed down its judgement […]
Longer times to Dorset A&E and Maternity create patient risk.
Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group was forced to admit that 396 people per year would be at clinical risk due to longer journey times at our Save Poole A&E and Maternity + NHS beds Judicial Review […]
NHS England – Babylon combine to undermine London’s GP practices
We have pleasure in reproducing this press statement from Save Our Hospitals – Charing Cross & Hammersmith (SOH), who organised a protest on 24 July 2018 outside the HQ of GP at hand, supported by London […]
Apps and Our NHS – A Question of Priorities
From today, let this be clear: tech transformation is coming. The opportunities of new technology, done right across the whole of health and social care, are vast. Let’s work together to seize them. Matt Hancock […]
Hunt may have gone, but there’s little cause for celebration
Following a dramatic day in Westminster on Monday Jeremy Hunt is no longer Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. Hunt, the destroyer of workforce morale, the privatiser, the taker of beds, the one […]
Newsletter – July 2018
Happy 70th Birthday to Our NHS National KONP and NHS News NHS at 70: London Demonstration Well done everyone!! Thank you to everyone who joined us in Central London on the 30th June to celebrate […]