The NHS Bill and “Integrated Care Systems”: Why we should be worried

Tuesday 21st September 20217:15pm Bristol Protect Our NHS are hosting a Zoom meeting for a briefing and discussion on the Health and Care Bill (aka the NHS Bill). Guest speaker Caroline Bedale Who is a retired NHS worker and UNISON activist, and active in Keep Our NHS Public (KONP) and in the Socialist Health Association.ContinueContinue reading “The NHS Bill and “Integrated Care Systems”: Why we should be worried”

Privatisation of the NHS

Mike Levine, a local historian and NHS activist, has written a pamphlet that gives details of this process, which has been going on since 1990. He says that we will eventually have a two-tier health service with less and less care for those who cannot afford to pay. Mike argues that IT CAN BE STOPPEDContinueContinue reading “Privatisation of the NHS”

PROTECT OUR NHS Demonstration – Adult Community Services

A ten year contract amounting to over £1 billion is about to awarded to provide these essential health services, including those which focus on diabetes, learning disabilities and Parkinson’s disease among others.We do not know who is bidding for this, it could be NHS services, community ventures or private companies like Virgin Care seeking toContinueContinue reading “PROTECT OUR NHS Demonstration – Adult Community Services”

Don’t let them privatise #ourNHS

Saturday 27th May 2017, 1pm @ Horfield Common, Gloucester Road, BS7 0XG Join others campaigning to protect the NHS in this march, starting from near Southmead Hospital, on Horfield Common, to make a statement that Bristol does not want a *government from this election* which will continue to privatise and cut our NHS! — CalledContinueContinue reading “Don’t let them privatise #ourNHS”