Why you should be in Balham this Tuesday night KOSHH campaigner Colin Crilly writes about why everyone who cares about the NHS should attend a public meeting this Tuesday night (27 October) at 7.30pm in Balham: If you believe all that you read and see in the media, you would be forgiven for thinking that […]
Handy tips for journalists reporting on NHS stories The standard of reporting on stories in the mainstream British media about the NHS is frequently lazy, inaccurate, incomplete or just poor. We received a terrific response to our blog post on 1 September about the terrible reporting across multiple media outlets on personal health budgets. We […]
Healthwatch Sutton diary date, for those who can make it… Healthwatch Sutton is holding a semi-public meeting about the Epsom-St Helier Hospital Estates Review. We say “semi-public” because people who want to attend cannot simply turn up on the day. Instead, they must RSVP in advance. We are not sure how many people will be […]
Update on personal health budgets in South-West London/Surrey We received an excellent response to our blog post on personal health budgets, the poor media reporting of these budgets and what they may mean for health services in our area. Thank you to everyone who took the time to read the blog post and share it. […]
Summer houses on the NHS? Cutting through the news reports with questions for our CCGs! Sky News led its bulletin this morning with attention-grabbing headlines about summer houses, holidays and sat-navs being funded by the NHS. Sky News didn’t actually research the story themselves – that was done by Pulse magazine, which investigated how personal […]
Diary date! Free TTIP film screening The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership – or TTIP – will have far-reaching implications on the NHS. To find out more, come along to a free screening of The Trouble With TTIP, a one-hour documentary. Linda Kaucher from the Stop TTIP campaign will be on hand to answer your […]
CCGs (or why campaigning to save the local hospitals is so hard…) Campaigning to save your local health services often feels like being at the foot of a mountain. You start to climb, you feel like you’ve made some progress, and then someone at the top of the mountain drops a giant bucket of mud […]
Asking questions of the Epsom-St Helier Trust, Part I Yesterday, we informed the public that the Epsom-St Helier Trust’s Estates Review document is not a benign document about mere bricks and mortar. It is about the very future of our local hospitals. KOSHH campaigners are systematically going through the document and we have already started asking […]
KOSHH campaigner in the news! It has never been easier to write to your local newspaper in this era of email. And with newspapers now online, the reach of newspapers goes beyond the traditional audience of people who actually buy newspapers or have them delivered. We urge everyone to be heard via the letters pages […]
KOSHH campaigners support the Newsquest journalists KOSHH campaigner Colin Crilly has sent this message to Newsquest journalists in support of their recent industrial action: On behalf of our group, I would like to wish Newsquest journalists all the very best of luck in your ongoing struggle. It is essential that there are experienced local reporters, […]
@chrismaxwell41 @GNev2 And yet, the NHS Is the most cost efficient, fairest, and among the best performing health s… https://t.co/LeXMIbYbRk
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RT @DrUmeshPrabhu: @drbobgill @davidschneider @drbobgill is amazing
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RT @drbobgill: @davidschneider Thank you for sharing.
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RT @davidschneider: Very good explainer from @drbobgill on how the NHS is being turned into a cash cow for private corporations and gov… https://t.co/MWMRnKtak5
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RT @GNev2: Had it explained to me last night by a GP. The most deceitful government of all time ! https://t.co/QZLNiUCftZ
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Happy St George’s Day
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Profile: Alan Milburn – Former health secretary, now…
The Disappearing £Millions of Epsom Hospital
ACT NOW! KEEP OUR EPSOM & ST HELIER HOSPITALS
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URGENT – Act Now!
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A strange vehicle arriving at St Helier Hospital