Protest at NHS meetings this week.

There are two significant meetings to do with the NHS next week:

NHS Nottingham City AGM and Annual Public Meeting,  Wednesday 28th. September 12.00 to 15.00, Council House, Old Market Square

Nottingham University Hospitals Annual Public Meeting, Wednesday 28th. September 17.00 to 19.30, Cityside Restaurant, City Hospital, Hucknall Road

These meetings are open to the public but Notts SOS has not made any plans for action.  We are going to attend these meetings in order to point out that:

1. The reorganisation of the PCT being carried out by NHS Nottingham City is illegal because the legislation to authorise this action, the Health and Social Care Bill, has not yet been passed by Parliament.

2. The plan by Nottingham University Hospitals to become a foundation trust should be dropped.

We are preparing the text for a suitable leaflet for these occasions and when it is ready will post it on these sites.  The Notts SOS meeting on Monday may care to consider whether they want the leaflet to go out under their name.  We need to know by Tuesday morning.

We urge as many people as possible to attend these events.  It is all very well expressing indignation about NHS privatisation, such as at the meeting last night, but what is needed is effective, as opposed to token, actions to disrupt the"reforms".

Maria and Ross