Briefings and publications archive

NHS constitution is no defence against commercialisation

NHS failing to consult the public on Darzi health centres

Summary of Lord Darzi's interim report of October 2007.

Gordon Brown cannot risk imposing Darzi, says the NHS Support Federation.

Brown's NHS privatisation programme will hurt Labour, campaigners warn.

February 2008 newsletter - SW London branch of Keep Our NHS Public

Keep Our NHS Public statement of January 2008 in response to the reviews of the NHS by Lord Darzi: "Our NHS Our Future — NHS Next Stage Review" and "Healthcare for London: A Framework for Action"

Keep Our NHS Public press release 11 January 2008 - Brown reforms and Darzi review 'incompatible' warn campaigners




October 2007 newspaper - London region of Keep Our NHS Public

Download the updated Keep Our NHS Public campaign leaflet

The California Nurses Association annual conference was held in Sacramento on 10-12 September. Angela Gorman, an NHS nurse and Keep Our NHS Public activist was invited to take part in a panel discussion with representatives and campaigners from other "socialised" health services. Read her passionate and moving account of her experience of the conference.


Keep Our NHS Public press release 4 July 2007 - Brown's dramatic health policy: 'no change'



See the local KONP group's latest campaigning leaflet.


The summer 2007 issue of our newsletter


Government’s case for hospital closures may be based on ‘dodgy dossier’

Keep Our NHS Public press release 1 February 2007 - questions over Hewitt's role in privatised NHS plan

A comprehensive report from the Centre for International Public Health Policy

The winter 2007 issue of our newsletter

Reports and pictures from the conference.

A comprehensive report from the Centre for International Public Health Policy

Foundation hospitals are part of a market driven solution that the government hopes will reduce NHS waiting lists and raise standards of care.

The new model NHS is a marketplace, where public and private health providers compete for contracts to care for NHS patients. The government believes that competition will raise capacity, choice and standards.

The new system of payment by results will reward those treating more patients with extra funding...

Although the rhetoric of ‘choice’ implies patients having a greater variety of health care options from which to choose, the reality is that patients and communities are experiencing a range of closures, cut-backs and disruptions to their local services