Defend NHS Demo - Victoria Station 11:30 June 24th

Jack | 21.06.2006 13:52 | Health | Workers' Movements | Liverpool

Demonstrations against 800 job cuts and service cuts at Pennine PCT, gather at Victoria Station 1130, Saturday 24th June

Defend the NHS

Manchester demonstration
11:30 a.m. Sat. 24th June
Assemble: Victoria Station
(at Walkers Croft)

Called by Greater Manchester Keep Our NHS Public, UNISON Pennine Acute, UNISON Manchester Community and Mental Health, Manchester Trades Council.
The NHS faces massive cuts in jobs. Pennine Trust in North Manchester, Bury, Oldham, and Rochdale may lose over 800 staff. A+E may have to close. Mental health is in crisis. Rehab wards in Trafford have just closed. Maternity and baby care is under threat in Bury and Salford.
These cuts and job losses will devastate health services. The NHS debt of £800m is less than 1% of its total budget. The government could easily afford to cancel the debt and cancel job cuts. Join together to make them give us the money to run the NHS.
800+ jobs to go in one NHS trust!
No to NHS job cuts. Give us the money
Greater Manchester Keep Our NHS Public
c/o 58 Langdale Rd, Manchester M14 5PN. mobile 07977 986 179

Jack
e-mail: jack.saunders@btinternet.com

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NHS wasters

24.06.2006 14:46

The NHS is wasteful and overstaffed with many people who do next to nothing and who are unpunctual and go sick very often. How do I know - I work for it, and I'm appalled by the poor attitude of staff and even worse management. A recent government report said the NHS is run mainly for the benefit of its employees, not the patients. This needs to change. Privatise the whole thing. That'd be the best way to give NHS customers value for money.

simon

Simple Simon says

13.10.2006 13:37

Poor deluded Simon .... I do hope he never needs the services of our local Independant Sector Treatment Centre which is run by a private company, and which is now doing all the elective orthopaedic work for our area. It costs the tax payer 11% more than the previous service provided by the NHS, but has reduced throughput by 75% (meaning waiting times have risen sharply). Re-admission post operatively has increased dramatically, there have been a series of complaints about increased clinical risk, and the company has increased the numbers that it is referring back to the "proper" NHS on the basis that they are too complex for them to perform. A recent inspection by the local PPIF has called for urgent intervention by the Healthcare Commission. In the meantime, the company running the ISTC walks away with £15 million of tax payers money (no matter how badly it performs) while our local general hospital faces closure because of lack of funds.

Mark

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