On Saturday the 20th of February 2016, Friend of KOSHH, Campaigner, and GP, Dr Bob Gill appeared on RT’s “Sputnik” programme, being interviewed about some of the threats to the NHS. During the interview, a document called “Britain’s Biggest Enterprise” was referred to. This document was written by Oliver Letwin and John Redwood in […]
Category: NHS
Tory MP, Paul Scully to celebrate with private hospital
Only a week since Conservative health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced his intention to impose a new contract upon NHS junior doctors, and the Sutton Guardian have reported that Conservative MP for Sutton and Cheam, Paul Scully intends to attend a “topping out” ceremony to celebrate the building of a new facility at a private hospital […]
Urgent: Save Our Pharmacies
The Epsom Guardian have published another very thorough article, this time on the looming threat to local Pharmacies. You can read the online edition of the report by clicking here, and we have provided a copy for your reference below. “At a meeting of MPs and peers at the All-Party Pharmacy Group in January, Mr Burt […]
NHS staff “must stick together”
#ThisPersonNHS Selfie Card
Show that you want a public NHS! Download and print your very own KOSHH #ThisPersonNHS selfie placard, take a picture of yourself holding it, send it to us, and we will publish them. Check out the #ThisPersonNHS gallery here Let the world know that you support an NHS which is: Publicly funded Publicly accountable Publicly […]
Remember
The junior doctors’ strike 10th Feb 2016
KOSHH supports the action taken by the junior doctors absolutely. Junior doctors are protecting our NHS by fighting a contract that is unsafe for patients and unfair to doctors. We’re appalled that this government is lying to the public about weekend deaths being caused by under staffing so that they can push through a contract […]
The Epsom & St Helier Trust have written an open letter…
Further to the story which we covered here and the Epsom Guardian article detailed here and here, the Epsom and St Helier Trust have issued an “Open Letter” to the Epsom Guardian, the text of which you can find here and it is reproduced in full below for your reference: This open letter questions a […]
Trust announces “Grant” of £46k to help maternity patients lose weight – and a private provider is involved
“Record numbers of patients at Epsom and St Helier” – and what it means for you
The Epsom and St Helier Trust have announced “record numbers” of patients during 2015, an increase on 2014’s figures of “over 11,000”. See the press release here. KOSHH commends the hard work of the excellent staff at Epsom and St Helier in coping with this increase. It is important to remember that early 2015 saw […]