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Yearly Archives: 2013
“I can assure you there will be no privatisation of the NHS under this government…” Craig Whittaker MP
Craig Whittaker has refused to sign Early Day Motion 1188. EDM 1188 asks for the annullment of the ‘new’ regulations (SI 2013/500) under Section 75 of the Health and Social Care Act – the ones that provide a stealth route to privatising the NHS. The advice of David Lock, a Queen’s Counsel employed by campaigning organisation 38 Degrees, is that the new regulations (the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013),
“are likely to have the effect of both permitting and promoting the transfer of NHS services to private sector.”
Great ideas from folk at Growing Futures Day
Last night I opened the box with all the post it notes and survey forms from the Growing Futures Field Day. I wondered what would jump out! And found fun ideas. Thanks to everyone who wrote them down – or drew them.
Really enjoyed reading it all. Here’s what you said.
New NHS privatisation regulations to be debated in House of Lords on 24 April. Campaign now.
This is a briefing from Keep Our NHS Public (KONP). It basically asks you to write to LibDem and Cross-bench peers asap,asking them to block the second set of NHS privatisation regulations. It provides examples of standard letters for each type of peer. It also asks you to write to your MP asking them to support Early Day Motion (EDM) 1188, if they haven’t already done so.
I’m doing these things today, I hope you will too.
It explains the background to these campaign requests.
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NHS plc by Cartoon Kate – Says it all, unfortunately
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Straw Works at Growing Futures Field Day
Myra James, Incredible Edible Mytholm management committee member, muses on Barbara Jones’ straw bale building talk.
This doesn’t claim to be a summary of the excellent, informative and inspiring talk given by Barbara Jones of Straw Works at Incredible Edible Mytholm’s Field Day, just some of my own musings based on what I can remember, assisted by a few scribbled notes.
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Our NHS is being dismantled for transnational corporations – Dr Lucy Reynolds
This article is republished from the Opendemocracy website according to the terms of their Creative Commons licence
LUCY REYNOLDS 3 April 2013
As a key part of the EU-US trade deal currently being fleshed out, the Conservatives are making good on a decades old fantasy of theirs – breaking up the NHS and opening it to global business. This is the reality and it’s happening now.
50th anniversary conference on EP Thompson’s The Making of the English Working Class
The People’s History Museum and The Working Class Movement Library are holding a one-day conference on Saturday 13th April 2013 to celebrate EP Thompson’s classic history book, The Making of the English Working Class.
The cost is £10/£5 unwaged. The conference, at the People’s History Museum in Manchester, starts at 10 am and ends at 4.45pm. Booking is required, please contact 0161 838 9190 or info@phm.org.uk.
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Community Self Build Housing – Film Night in Tod, 17th April
Message from Chris Goddard of HB Self Build CIC:
“The Hebden Bridge Community Self Build Community Interest Company has now joined forces with Todmorden Sustainable Low Impact Community Eco homes (SLICE) and is now called the Hebden Bridge And Todmorden Community Self Build Housing CIC (or HATS for short).
SLICE invites everyone to their Film Night on Wed 17th April at 7pm, in Todmorden Community Resource Centre (in the corner of the car park off Union St near the
centre of Todmorden).
Healthwatch – “neatly sewn up”
In case anyone is under any illusions about the toothlessness of the Calderdale Healthwatch dog, Dr Lucy Reynolds spells out the facts in a video interview (about 50 minutes in).
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