The Socialist Health Association is a campaigning membership organisation which promotes health and well-being and the eradication of inequalities through the application of socialist principles to society and government. We believe that these objectives can best be achieved through collective rather than individual action.
We stand for:
- Universal Healthcare meeting patients' needs, free at the point of use, funded by taxation
- Democracy based on freedom of information, election not selection and local decision making
- Equality based on equality of opportunity, affirmative action, and progressive taxation
We campaign for an integrated healthcare system which reduces inequalities in health and is accountable to the communities it serves.
We arrange conferences, publish policies and reports, and provide a platform for debate on health issues. This debate informs our contributions to the development of the Labour Party's Health Policy. More details are in our Annual Report . Our AGM,which decides our policies, is on 17th March 2012 and on that page you can find an account of how we operate.