Get ready for the 'Save Our NHS' rally on 7 March (31/01/12) On Wednesday 7 March, under the banner of the All Together for the NHS campaign, health workers, professionals, experts, patients and campaigners will come together for a rally to Save Our NHS.
The rally will drive home the message to Peers and MPs that the NHS is a treasured institution and the people that own it, work for it and use it, will not stand by whilst it is broken up and privatised.
The pressure on Health Secretary Andrew Lansley and Prime Minister David Cameron has been growing in recent weeks, with more professional bodies joining the calls to amend the Bill significantly or withdraw it completely. The rally is intended to add to that pressure by demonstrating the broad coalition of opposition to the Bill.
Join us on Wednesday 7 March 1800 - 1930 at the Central Hall, Westminster, London.
The government’s Health and Social Care Bill, currently going through Parliament, threatens the very principles on which the National Health Service was founded. UNISON has been leading the fight about these reforms since their introduction with more and more groups and individuals joining us in voicing their opposition. The opposition is growing stronger both from providers of care and those who receive it as they feel that their concerns have not been listened to.
The Bill is back in the House of Lords on 8 February for a number of weeks before it returns to the House of Commons for MPs to debate again. There is still time to influence this Bill, which will fragment and privatise our National Health Service:
1) Lobby a Lord: http://www.goingtowork.org.uk/nhs-bill-lobby-your-local-peer/
2) Sign the official e-petition calling on the Government to 'Drop the Bill': http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/22670
3) Attend the rally on Wednesday 7 March at Westminster Central Hall, 1800.
No comments:
Post a Comment