Picket lines took place at all three main hospitals in Leicester, as well as a ‘meet the doctors’ event in the city centre. Doctors were keen to explain their stand to the public. Picket lines on the main roads got constant beeps of support from passing vehicles. As one Doctor explained: “Its not about us […]
Comments made by doctors on the picket line to Socialist Party member Steve Score: “We are here because we want to stop the dismantling and privatisation of the NHS. Individually we would be better off if it was, but that’s against our principles.” “I never expected to have to go on strike, Jeremy Hunt should […]
Today marked a great start to NHS workers efforts to prevent the ongoing running into the ground of our country’s vital and unique health services. After 30 years of refusing to take strike action, workers across the country took a momentous step this morning by striking for four hours in their campaign for fair pay. […]
Seventy-eight UNITE union members in the Pathology department at Northampton General Hospital have been locked out of work by a vicious management. Since 26 July they have maintained a protest outside the hospital. Steve Score went down to support the protest and spoke to Terry Lodge, lead UNITE rep at the hospital who works in […]
When a vicious ruling-class warrior dies, the working class rejoice. But sadly Margaret Thatcher’s vile capitalist legacy lives on; now within even the body politic of the Labour Party, which like the Tories has worked hard to dismantle the NHS. Part of Thatcher’s legacy has recently come to fruition here in Leicester, which recently saw […]
If you look at one of our local ambulances, you see the words “Arriva, in partnership with the NHS”. You might be mistaken for thinking that, out of a sense of community responsibility, the bus company has lent the NHS some vehicles for use. In fact, Arriva have bought out the East Midlands non-emergency ambulance […]
About a hundred and fifty people gathered at short notice on Saturday 8 September to show their opposition to the proposed closure of the children’s heart unit at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester. In a very noisy protest, cars hooted their support as the chanting protesters marched up and down Belgrave Road. The march was organised […]
Public services should never be run for private profit; not prisons, not armed forces, nor education or healthcare. Nevertheless capitalist vultures pay no mind to such humane advice and are working hand-in-hand with political elites to undermine the hard-won gains of the working class. Taking his cue from New Labour, former Goldman Sachs merchant banker […]
“My daughter wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for the heart unit at Glenfield Hospital”. This was one of the comments made on Leicester Socialist Party stall campaigning against the closure of the local children’s heart unit. The government want to cut the number of specialist heart units in the country down from 11 to […]
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