6 December
Ability to cope with winter crisis worse
[9 more stories]
GPs and KONP demand better consultation over STP (local)
Quote from South Wawicks KONP, well done. Leamington Spa Courier
GPs shut out of STP (local)
Another example of STPs excluding those they are meant to take advice from, with their shroud of rushed secrecy. Coventry Telegraph
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/gps-shut-out-plan-nhs-12252624
2 December
Labour Ex-welfare minister recommends hypothecated funding for NHS
STPs could slash, trash and privatise NHS (local)
Local MP and GPs see risks in STP. Coventry Telegraph:
Campaigners warn council over care cuts (local)
Quote from Camden KONP’s Candy Udwin. Well done Candy.
Camden New Journal
http://www.camdennewjournal.com/momentum-health
Radical shake-up of NHS finances needed
Comprehensive review of the problem for a tabloid. Mirror:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/health/how-save-nhs-stark-choice-9388511
NHS bosses blame patients for being old and fat
The ruthless depiction of the undeserving sick continues. Cambridgeshire this time.
Mirror: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nhs-health-chiefs-slammed-catalogue-9388755
Sun claims most juniors would back privatising the NHS
The Mirror once coined the phrase, ‘There are lies, damned lies, and Sun statistics’ – this is a perfect example. The Murdoch press at its dissent-crushing worst. Sun:
6 December
Ability to cope with winter crisis worse
Why the secret over STPs?
Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/dec/06/secret-plans-to-transform-nhs-zara-aziz
STP slammed for its inaccessible language (local)
Local MP says plan is ‘jargon’. Some of us knew that months ago..
Coventry Telegraph: http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/jargon-filled-nhs-report-masks-12278821
8 December
No consultation on STPs (local)
Southern Daily Echo: http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/yoursay/letters/14948940.It_s_clear_there_will_be_no_consultation_on_NHS_plans/
Also for Coventry and Warwickshire. Stratford upon Avon Herald:
http://www.stratford-herald.com/62555-crucial-nhs-plans-criticised-lack-detail.html
NHS Improvement ‘cracks down’ on temp bosses
The £2,000 per DAY wage bill shouldn’t surprise anyone: isn’t that the obscene inequality you ALWAYS get once you abandon any sense of public commitment? Marketise the system, in come the management consultants … Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/07/nhs-regulators-crackdown-payments-temporary-bosses-2000-day/
Trust bans NHS staff from negative comment on STPs (local)
Even for the NHS, this is an astoundingly effective shot in the foot. Also highly undemocratic and possibly unlawful. The very people you should be encouraging, you shut up? Southampton KONP reported as sending in damning letter to CCG; well done Southampton. Bournemouth Daily Echo/Dorset Echo: http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/14952433.___Gagged_____Health_workers_banned_from_having_their_say_on_NHS_shake_up__unless_it___s_positive_/
Fears over future of NHS as STP published (local)
Quote from Anne Pollert, South Warwickshire KONP. Well done Anne.
Leamington Spa Courier
Ninety per cent of NHS still relying on Windows XP
Not especially relevant to us; but I found it hard to believe!
The Register: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/12/08/windows_xp_nhs_still/
Threat to Newquay’s community hospital (local)
KONP Cornwall get a mention; well done. Newquay Voice:
http://www.newquayvoice.co.uk/news/5/article/6064/
Recent enquiries to KONP nationally have included Talk Radio, BBC 5 Live, ITV News, and several freelance enquiries. Several branches are now sending in press releases – thank you. Please send to Alan Taman: [email protected]
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