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    By Jenny Shepherd in Campaigns, NHS

    Calderdale and Kirklees 999 Call for the NHS

    October 6, 2018

    Calderdale and Kirklees 999 Call for the NHS It’s our NHS – the profiteers, privatisers and austerity liars can jog on Scrap a new contract that could wreck our NHS! The quango NHS England is currently holding a badly-publicised public consultation on its new Accountable Care Organisation contract – which it has renamed the Integrated Care Provider contract. Most people won’t have heard about this. Have you?   Why is NHS England consulting on it now, before they even know if their new contract is lawful? This autumn, 999 Call for the NHS is challenging the lawfulness of this contract in […]
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    By Jean Smith in Conservatives

    A Bit of Fry and Laurie: Young Tory of the Year

    October 5, 2018

    For your entertainment.

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    By Tony O’Sullivan in Campaigns, NHS

    Petition from Dr Tony O’Sullivan

    October 5, 2018

    Dear NHS Reinstatement Bill Campaign Friends, I am sharing this as widely as possible. Forgive me if you receive it more than once and forgive the blind copying. We have launched our joint (KONP/HCT/We Own It) petition calling for the scrapping of the ICP contract and also we are asking people to take part in NHSE’s consultation and give your opinion on this dangerous contract. ‘We Own It’ is hosting the petition, which went live before 6pm today: https://weownit.org.uk/ICP-petition-NHS Here is our KONP page with links to the petition, key documents – including the JR4NHS submission, links to NHSE consultation, […]
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    By Roy Trevelion in Clinical conditions, Doctors, Economics of healthcare, Health and Social Care Act 2012, Health Care, Maternity, NHS Funding, NHS reorganisation, Public Health, Rationing treatment

    Government funding cuts leave sexual health and HIV care at ‘breaking point’

    October 2, 2018

    Surveys of members of the British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) and the British HIV Association (BHIVA) provide new evidence of pressure on over stretched sexual health services and a sector at ‘breaking point’   Access to sexual health and HIV services has been dramatically reduced as a result of changes to the funding and organisation of sexual health services since 2013, according to the medical professionals providing care. Over half (54%) of respondents to a survey of members of the British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) reported decreases in the overall level of service access […]
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    By Alex Scott-Samuel in Campaigns, Liverpool, Local Government, Maternity, NHS, Old people, Socialist Health Association, Women

    Pensioners United

    October 2, 2018

    I can’t recommend this film – which focuses mainly on older political activists campaigning for the NHS – too highly. (Statement of competing interests: I feature briefly in the film) Pensioners United Directors: Phil Maxwell, Hazuan Hashim Country: UK Running Time: 75′ Year: 2018 A potent account of a passionate group of pensioners who unite together to fight for a better life for themselves and those who will follow them. Starring Jeremy Corbyn, Harry Leslie Smith, the late Tony Benn, and thousands of inspirational pensioners from across the UK. ~ Allyson Pollock

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    By Alex Scott-Samuel in Campaigns, Liverpool, Local Government, NHS, Socialist Health Association

    Defend Our NHS public meeting video

    September 29, 2018

    You may find this video of a meeting held in Birkenhead Town Hall on September 27 of interest. The meeting set the current situation in Wirral, of an accountable care system at a fairly advanced stage, in its national context. The meeting began with a short contribution from a local GP, Dr Mantgani, who has in the past worked closely with Virgin; he expressed his concerns regarding the threatened closure of five walk in centres. I then spoke – about 12 minutes into the video – about the historical and current context of NHS cuts, rationing and privatisation. After a […]
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    By Jean Smith in Labour Party, NHS, Socialist Health Association

    The World Transformed: Speech given by Jean Hardiman Smith SHA Secretary

    September 29, 2018

    Saving the NHS: Planning our fightback Few people know that the North West of England can proudly lay claim to be the conception point of our NHS. It was here at the 1934 Labour Party Conference that the party accepted a paper on the creation of a National Health Service by Labour politician, surgeon and founding President of the Socialist Health Association, Somerville Hastings. He was a primary mover in the fight for the NHS from the mid-1930s, and we in the SHA today remain steadfast supporters of the values on which the NHS was founded, the values of the […]
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    By Kevin Donovan in Accountability, Campaigns, Health and Social Care Act 2012, Health Law, Local Government

    Judicial Review- URGENT

    September 29, 2018

    Can I appeal to everyone, individuals and organisations, to get solidly behind the judicial review as loudly and forcefully as possible. I’d like to see all of us highlighting and publicising the judicial review in our various communications and campaigns. We are trying in Wirral. If the review succeeds entire awful council/CCG edifices of pooling and dissembling come tumbling. If the review doesn’t raise the required £18k we’re all doomed no matter how vocal our local and national campaigns! Come on! The price of a few glasses of wine/beer/flat white. https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/justice4nhs-stage5-courtofappeal/ Cheers Kevin Donovan

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    By Kevin Donovan in Access to treatment, Campaigns, Local Government, NHS, Patient Choice

    Wirral’s NHS crisis: petition to save the walk-in centres

    September 29, 2018

    Dear chums As you may have heard the Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has announced that it wants to close five local NHS clinics because Wirral residents “were confused about where to get help with urgent care”. The CCG, which is the local arm of NHS England, says it wants to “move care closer to home”. Are YOU confused? Will YOUR care be closer to home if they close centres which are used by THOUSANDS of Wirral residents every week of the year? Eastham Clinic; Victoria Central, Wallasey; Miriam Medical Centre, Birkenhead; Parkfield Medical Centre, New Ferry; Moreton Medical Centre […]
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    By Jean Smith in Labour Party, Liverpool, Socialist Health Association

    Waiting for Jeremy’s speech at the LP conference 2018 in Liverpool.

    September 29, 2018

      Waiting for Jeremy: Wavertree Chair Alex Scott-Samuel and other invited Merseyside activists on stage awaiting the Leader’s Speech at #Lab18 Note the SHA tee-shirt.  

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    By Jean Smith in Labour Party, Maternity, NHS, Patient Choice, Socialist Health Association, Well-being, Women

    Alison Scouller speech

    September 28, 2018

    For everyone who couldn’t make the Conference, here is Alison Scouller’s ( Vice Chair ) speech. An audio file is also posted. Jean Hardiman Smith Hello Alison Scouller here, sorry I can’t be with you. These are my thoughts to accompany the SHA discussion document before you. We decided to write this policy as part of our wider policy work, as we had no statement of the SHA’s perspective on maternity care. I’m a retired midwife who worked in hospital, community and latterly as a midwifery lecturer in South Wales. To devise a policy I took inspiration from the Save […]
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    By Jean Smith in Campaigns, Health and Social Care Act 2012, NHS, Patient Choice, Quality of care, Socialist Health Association, Women

    Jessica Ormerod speech

    September 27, 2018

    For everyone who couldn’t make the Conference, here is Jessica’s speech to our Fringe meeting on the future of Women’s health that I referred to earlier in a members email. Jean Hardiman Smith   Thank you for inviting me to speak to you today. My name is Jessica Ormerod. I run a research and information organisation called Public Matters with my lovely friend and colleague Deborah Harrington. Although we write about all aspects of the NHS and other public services, I have a particular interest in maternity. I have been writing about maternity issues for seven years since I was […]
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