Health Care Assistants take action at Lewisham and Greenwich Trust
We went along to a great picket line outside Lewisham Hospital today. Over 200 Health Care Assistants are taking a two day strike action because they feel that they are not being paid enough to carrry out the extra clinical tasks they are being asked to take on. See this from their Union Unison. https://london.unison.org.uk/…/strike-dates-announced…
We leafleted in June and July in Lewisham Centre on Saturday 8,15, Friday 21 and Saturday 29 June (NHS birthday stall)
This video of our leafleting on 15 June was made by a campaign supporter, Martin Smith
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DAY OF ACTION ‘RESTORE THE PEOPLE’S NHS’ IN LEWISHAM CENTRE 11 MARCH 2024
We had a great morning in Lewisham at our stall which was part of the Keep Our NHS Public Day of Action ‘Restore the People’s NHS’. Five of us kept up the speeches attracting many to the stall to sign postcards – about 90 were signed. A member of the public who was 85 spoke on the microphone about the old days before the NHS and his regret for all the privatisation taking place. Very many shoppers came to our stall to sign posters urging our MPs to put on pressure for more NHS funding and an end to privatisation. See our press statement here
SEE OUR CAMPAIGN TIMELINE
Videos and photos of all the main events in our campaign 2012-13 here
SAVE LEWISHAM HOSPITAL CAMPAIGN – 10 YEAR CELEBRATION
On 8 July we commemorated 20 years since saving Lewisham A&E, maternity and essentially the whole hospital in 2013 in the High Court. At the same time we marked the NHS 75th birthday which is in an unparalleled state of crisis.
Because of forecast thunder showers, we moved the event to Lewisham Hospital Wellness Garden which was undercover – thank you so much to Lewisham and Greenwich Trust for facilitating this.
Louise Irvine, Chair of our Campaign unveiled a bench with former Lewisham Mayor Steve Bullock who was Mayor at the time, to commemorate this historic victory. There speeches from campaigners, patients, Councillor Paul Bell, Cabinet member for Health, and Vicky Foxcroft MP. A refuse truck was decorated with special signs about the NHS 75th birthday and 10 years since saving the hospital.
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END GOVERNMENT HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT IN OUR NHS – OUR STALL 17 JUNE
Saturday 17 June our stall, leafleting and speeches to share information with people in Lewisham Centre about effect of Government legislation on migrants and undocumented people in denying full access to health care.
NHS STRIKES
April we stood on picket lines with Junior Doctors 3 times, and with Physios outside Lewisham Hospital and with cleaners in the GMB Union outside the Ladywell Unit (South London Maudsley Trust) employed by ISS, who are protesting against low wages, unpaid back pay, and for fair working terms and conditions. For more photos follow our Facebook page and Instagram
Our support for GMB cleaners employed by ISS working for SLAM – picket line line April 2023
11 MARCH SOSNHS DEMONSTRATION
For full report on day’s press see here
NATIONAL KEEP OUR NHS PUBLIC DAY OF ACTION 28 JANUARY 28
In support of striking NHS staff and the NHS. Note our new banner – Lewisham Save Our NHS/Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign.
NURSES AND NHS STRIKES
Yesterday we joined striking nurses and other health campaigners on the St Thomas’s nurses’ picket line.
The Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign stands with NHS staff who have been forced to take strike action to improve pay, retain staff and protect the NHS from destruction by this Government. You have our full support. #RCNStrike#GMB#unite#UNISON For roundup of information and resources see https://keepournhspublic.com/nhs-strikes-and-solidarity
MARCH AGAINST OUTSOURCING IN CROYDON
We marched on Saturday 10 December 2022 with GMB staff and campaigners in protest against outsourcing of NHS staff which is destroying livelihoods and also the NHS.
CELEBRATION OF FIRST LEWISHAM MARCH TO SAVE HOSPITAL, NOVEMBER 2012
Celebration of the first Lewisham march to save Lewisham Hospital in November 2012. Supported by Councillors Paul Bell, Carol Webley-Brown and Tauseef Anwar, MP Vicky Foxcroft.
Watch out for our big celebration in July 2023.
Video of march from Barry Still
Click below to see part 1, Video link pt 2 https://youtu.be/p26M3rO70Dk
Video link pt 3 https://youtu.be/PsQTNgb5nwQ, Video link pt 4 https://youtu.be/RspOjCNthP
The Health and Care bill has now become an Act. Keep Our NHS Public says:
An Act of intent, deliberately breaking up the NHS and facilitating the spread of parasitising private interests, looking to make £billions from funding for public services. It does nothing to address the state of emergency the NHS is now in. The intent is never clearer than in allowing the conflict of interest of private bodies directly (sitting on boards and committees) or indirectly (through provider collaboratives) to influence provision of NHS service
The legislation will drastically worsen the state of emergency by imposing costly and disruptive reconfiguration. The Government has doggedly refused to agree to regular workforce review, despite 110,000 vacancies and catastrophic staff morale, yet without an adequate workforce the NHS simply cannot deliver safe and compassionate care.
Please join us. Contact: savelewishamhospital@yahoo.com
SOS NHS DAY OF ACTION SATURDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2022
NHS WORKERS, CAMPAIGNS & TRADE UNIONS, TOGETHER TO SAVE OUR NHS
Thanks to all who came along – Unite the Union, MP Janet Daby, Councillor Tauseef Anwar, representatives of the CWU Union and Save Lewisham Hospital supporters. The NHS is facing its worst crisis ever. This is a national emergency. In 2010, after a decade of investment, our NHS was delivering its best-ever performance: after more than a decade of austerity – despite heroic efforts by staff – it has sunk to its worst-ever. The problems were there before the pandemic but have been deepened by the continued high level of Covid infections. We need emergency funds to save lives now. MORE IN
WE DEMAND
1. Emergency funding of £20 billion to save lives this winter
2. Invest in a fully publicly owned NHS & guarantee free healthcare for future generations
3. Pay staff properly: without fair pay, staffing shortages will cost lives
