Update following Judicial Review 23/24 May challenging ACOs
‘The hearing is over – now we wait’ There was great support for the JR4NHS team outside the Courts on both days and also in Court 76 where the drama unfolded (see below for Twitter […]
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KONP Annual Meeting of members and AGM
Register for our AGM on 16 June 2018 Our Annual Meeting this year will be on Saturday 16 June and will include start with short AGM. Venue: Unite the Union, London and Eastern Region Office, 33 […]
NHS 70th Birthday Card Campaign
All the materials you need to take part in our birthday card campaign Stockport NHS Watch have designed a campaign to celebrate the NHS and draw attention to the Conservative’s campaign of privatisation around the […]
Professor Wendy Savage wins the BMJ Healthcare Award
Keep Our NHS Public is proud to announce that Professor Wendy Savage has been given the prestigious award for ‘Outstanding Contribution to health and healthcare in the UK’ at a ceremony held by the British […]
Judicial Review 23/24 May challenging legality of introduction of ACOs
Keep Our NHS Public has supported JR4NHS from the word go and our members are participants in the legal challenge. KONP sees this judicial review taken by the JR4NHS team as an important legal milestone for […]
Dr Chris Day
After a very long and incredibly stressful three and a half years which has seen the derailing of his career, Dr Chris Day has finally won a landmark legal battle. Thanks to the tireless efforts […]
Newsletter – May 2018
National KONP and NHS news NHS at 70: Free, for all, forever On Saturday 30 June people will be taking to the streets to demonstrate and celebrate the NHS’ 70th year. There will be a […]
The NHS doesn’t require reform – it needs a revolution
Kailash Chand and Allyson Pollock (Reproduced with permission: first published in Political Quarterly 1st May 2018) On the 4th July, the National Health Service will celebrate its 70th birthday and there will be much fanfare and […]
Push Doctor implies private service is run by NHS doctors
[first posted 27 August 2017, updated with ASA verdict 20 April 2018] GPs and campaigners in London were shocked to see posters on the London Underground advertising Push Doctor – this is a private doctor […]
Albert Thompson to receive cancer treatment he needs
We wrote about Albert Thompson’s (not his real name) ordeal in our April Newsletter . Despite living in London for 44 years and paying 3 decades of taxes Thompson was told that unless he can […]