Patients and NHS staff in North Kirklees and Wakefield are feeling the pressure of hospital cuts and changes that are about to be replicated in Kirklees and Calderdale, if NHS Commissioners have their way. This is against the wishes of … Continue reading
This is the second Plain Speaker report on the proposed hospital cuts that are scheduled for public consultation, starting at the end of February. If you’d like to find links to several other reports on different aspects of the proposals, … Continue reading
This is the first Plain Speaker report on the hospital cuts plans that are scheduled for public consultation, starting at the end of February. In it you can find out about: Key elements of the plan – called Right Care … Continue reading
Plain Speaker would urge everyone campaigning to save our A&Es in Calderdale and Huddersfield to beware of this NHS & Social Care Commission Bill and not to give it your support. Many NHS campaigners across the country are signing a … Continue reading
At the 20th January Greater Huddersfield and Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Groups meeting, the governing bodies’ unanimous decision to go ahead with a public consultation on plans to cut hospital and close hospital services was immediately denounced by a member of … Continue reading
The public can ask questions at the Calderdale and Greater Huddersfield Clinical Commissioning Groups Governing Bodies meeting at 1.30pm, Wednesday 20th January at Briar Court Hotel, Halifax Road, Huddersfield HD3. My question is about whether the decision to make Calderdale … Continue reading
Friday 15 Jan was the day that Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS market bureaucrats finally published their pre-consultation business plan for the hospital cuts that have been hanging over us all in Calderdale and Huddersfield for 2 years now. It was … Continue reading
GP Dr Bob Gill uncovers the real reason for Hunt’s attack on junior doctors. Junior doctors’ reduced income (through loss of unsocial hours pay) and increased hours performing routine work in evenings and weekends, would increase profitability for the private … Continue reading
Response by Allyson Pollock and Peter Roderick to a recent post on the website of the Socialist Health Association by Irwin Brown on the NHS Reinstatement Bill (5th November 2015) IB writes: “The NHS Reinstatement Bill is expected to have … Continue reading
Skipton and Keighley 38 Degrees group are holding a public workshop in Shipley on the afternoon of 7th November, to relaunch the Yorkshire campaign for the NHS Reinstatement Bill. In July 2015, twelve MPs – including Caroline Lucas of the … Continue reading