Keep Our NHS Public is a campaigning organisation, with local groups across England, committed to reversing what it describes as the
ongoing privatisation of the
NHS
The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been funded out of general taxation. There are three systems which are referred to using the " ...
and its services.
History
The group was founded in 2005 by the
NHS Consultants Association, the
NHS Support Federation and
Health Emergency. It was very active in the campaign against the
Health and Social Care Act 2012
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It has local groups which are involved in campaigns against the closure or reorganisation of local hospitals, such as the Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign. It attracted support from many existing health related campaigns such as Save Finsbury Health Centre It has been very vocal in denouncing the use of
private health providers to treat patients outside the health service.
Notable campaigns
* Campaign to keep the NHS out of future UK trade deals
* Campaign by Save Lewisham Hospital to oppose Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt's plans to close it
See also
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History of the National Health Service (England)
The National Health Service in England was created by the National Health Service Act 1946. Responsibility for the NHS in Wales was passed to the Secretary of State for Wales in 1969, leaving the Secretary of State for Social Services responsibl ...
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Private providers of NHS services The private provision of NHS services has been controversial since at least 1990. Keep Our NHS Public, NHS Support Federation and other groups have campaigned against the threat of privatisation, largely in England.
The 1997 Labour Party manifesto ...
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Health care in the United Kingdom
Healthcare in the United Kingdom is a devolved matter, with England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales each having their own systems of publicly funded healthcare, funded by and accountable to separate governments and parliaments, together wi ...
References
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External links
Official website
National Health Service (England)
Lobbying organisations in the United Kingdom