Events Archive (Nov 08 - Apr 10)
Events which have been featured in the Forthcoming Events page from November 2008.
Defend the Whittington Hospital Coalition rally
Thursday 29 April 2010, 12 - 2pm. Whittington Hospital, St. Marys Wing, Highgate Hill, London N19 5NF
See further details of Defend the Whittington Hospital Coalition's day of action.
Keep Our NHS Public benefit performance
Sunday 18 October 4pm, New Players' Theatre, The Arches, Villiers Street, London WC2N 6NG.
Keep Our NHS Public AGM and public meeting
Saturday 6 June, 11am - 4pm. Caxton House, 129 St John's Way, London N19.
The AGM will run from 11am - 1pm with a public meeting at 2pm - 5pm. Speakers include Mark Serwotka (PCS), John Lister (KONP, Health Emergency), Jonathon Tomlinson (For Patients, Not Profits), Sally Ruane (De Montford University, Leicester).
Conference, International Association of Health Policy in Europe (IAHPE)
Saturday 20 June. Coventry University.
20 June will be a wider event than the full conference Health care, marketising
reforms and the media. The day is open, with no charge, to health workers and campaigners to hear speakers from around Europe discuss issues of common concern.
Campaign meeting - Waltham ForestKeep Our NHS Public
Monday 30 March, 7.30pm. Hornbeam Environmental Centre, 458, Hoe Street, E17. All welcome.
Contact: walthamforestkeepournhspublic@googlemail.com
Agenda items:
- Polyclinic in Waltham Forest
- Stroke and major trauma threat to Whipps
- Effect on community health of new Outer North-East London Autonomous Provider Organisation
- Future activities
Public meeting - Southwark Keep Our NHS Public; Unite
Tuesday 31 March, 7 - 9pm. Inspire, the crypt at St Peters, Liverpool Grove (off Walworth Road).
The new casualty department at Kings. Have we been let down?
Speakers include Gail Cartmail asst General Secretary UNITE; Briony Sloper, Kings Casualty; Cha Power, Maudsley Hospital; Health campaigners. Local MPs invited
Campaign launch - Newcastle Keep Our NHS Public
Saturday 14 March, 2pm. Crisis Skylight, City House,1-3 City Rd, Newcastle.
Speaker - Jim Cousins MP for Newcastle Central
Contact: Richard Marx 07504 950788, Richard.marx1@googlemail.com
Meeting of London Keep Our NHS Public campaigns
Tuesday 20 January 7pm, Camden Town Hall, Judd St WC1 (Kings Cross tube)
Follow up to London workshop held in October. A chance for London campaigns to share practical experience and discuss building support for the Valentine's Day protests (see below). New KONP newspaper available for collection.
Email bronwenhandyside@aol.com if there are issues you want to add to the discussion and if members of your group will be able to attend.
'We Love the NHS' local protests
There is a proposal for local groups to organise on Valentines Day, Sat 14 February 2009. Camden and Haringey groups (see below) are already planning events in those areas. Let us know of any further local protests you may be planning.
Haringey
Valentines Day 'We Love the NHS' march - Saturday 14 February.
Assemble 12 noon at The Laurels, St Ann's Rd, N15 (just east of the entrance to St Ann's Hospital).
Improvements, Not Cuts, Closures and Privatisation for Our Health Services. Save Our GP Surgeries!
Organised by the Stop Haringey Health Cuts Coalition, supported by Haringey Trades Union Council and the Haringey Federation of Residents Assocations
Camden:
Camden Keep Our NHS Public is planning a demonstration on 14 February in solidarity. The group intends to use a Valentine card as part of the publicity and plans to hand in their petition to the PCT that day and use the march as the next step in the campaign against privatisation of GP practice.
Public meeting - Camden Keep Our NHS Public
9 December, 6.30pm. Camden Town Hall, Judd Street (off Euston Rd).
To include report from meeting with PCT chair John Carrier, to be held on 3 December
Public meeting - Friends of Levenshulme
Thursday 27 November, 7.30pm. Klondyke Club, Burnage Range, (off Albert Rd), Levenshulme, Manchester, M19
The new GP clinic planned for Levenshulme is one of the first of its kind in the country. Rather than being run by GPs through the NHS, it willl be run by a private company for profit.
Come and hear both sides of the argument and join the debate on local GP care.
Speakers include Dr Kailash Chand (GP and regional representative of the British Medical Association) and prepresentatives from Manchester PCT.
Download KONP leaflet on GP led health centres.
Campaign group meeting - Camden Keep Our GPs in the NHS
4 November, 6.30pm. Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1.
Contact: defendcamdenNHS@gmail.com
