Taking the fight to Birmingham - Regional March
After the success of the NHS SOS march and rally on Saturday 29th April the campaign has decided to take the fight to the next level and organise a regional march. The cuts and job losses being pushed through by Hewitt affect health workers and patients throughout our region, and we are confident this next march will be bigger, better and far louder than the first!
Photos from the first march are now up on the site. Were you there?
Important Campaign Dates
- EVERY
WEDNESDAY: Each week NHS SOS meets at the Coachmaker's Arms on
Lichfield Street in Hanley at 7.30pm. We need patients, health workers
and everyone who cares about our health service to come along and help
us build this fight. Please come along if you can, or for more
information please phone or email info@nhssos.org.uk.
- Saturday April 29th 2006: campaigners marched from central outpatients into Hanley in a strong show of anger at the proposed cuts.
- Monday April 10th 2006:
Government proposals for University Hospital of North Staffordshire
cuts went to the local Scrutiny Committe. Open to the public, at 1.30pm
at the Civic Centre in Stoke, many attended to lobby the local council
for action, including campaigners from North Staffs NHS SOS. For more
information...
Why It Is Important To Fight The Cuts
Government proposals to cut up to 1,200 jobs at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire, to close a further 160 beds, and to cut outpatient appointments by a staggering 27,000, mean that the service we, as patients, receive will undoubtably be compromised.
We are being given assurances that quality and services will not be affected, but just one look at the figures for proposed losses shows that is a ridiculous assertion. We have seen for ourselves the affect privatisation of cleaning services in our hospitals has had over the past decade, with steep increases in deaths where MRSA was considered a factor, so why are we to believe this will be any different?
When Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt visited our hospital and met with campaigners and health staff on the 4th April, she spoke about a rise in day cases being the panacea to all our problems. However, her claims are misleading. The success of day cases depends on there being a solid base for patient care outside of hospitals in our communities. Our local PCT is millions of pounds in the red, and is cutting services and staff left, right and centre. 1,800 support jobs are planned to go across Staffordshire, in addition to those being lost at our hospital, over the next 3 years. So where is the support for this community health care that the Secretary of State speaks of coming from?
The answer is simple. It is coming from nowhere. As you can see, it just doesn't add up. Services are being slashed in our hospital AND in our community, and yet care isn't supposed to suffer? We are not that stupid. We will not fall for the lies any more. Our health staff do a fantastic job in caring for us when we need them, consistently working unpaid overtime to make up for a shortfall in staff that already exists.
This is why we MUST fight to stop these cuts and the job losses. It is no longer enough to simply moan about the state of the NHS - the time has come that we need to come together and fight to create a better health service for us all. Please show your support by getting involved in this campaign. There are lots of ways you can help, and each of them is crucial to help us win this fight.
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