Defend the Whittington Hospital Coalition

Why We Won the Whittington

May 5th, 2010, Comments Off

There is no doubt that the victory over the U-turns of the Labour Secretary of State for Health is very largely the result of our non-party campaign to Defend and save the Accident and Emergency, Maternity, Trauma and Paediatric Services at the Whittington Hospital, and to oppose privatisation and cuts in any other NHS hospital.
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Planning Meeting

April 23rd, 2010, Comments Off

Regular planning meeting but with a focus on the Day of Action (29th April 2010). All are welcome.

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Day Of Action, More Press and another Video

April 5th, 2010, 1 Comment

Sorry that’s it’s been a while since the last update, things have been a bit hectic over the last few weeks.
We had a good couple of hours with the stall outside the Nag’s Head, Holloway on Saturday morning, collecting more signatures, distributing flyers and spreading the word about the Day of Action.  We’ve now got [...]

Day of Action

April 5th, 2010, Comments Off

We are going to have a day of action for the Whittington on Thursday 29th April and would like workplaces, surgeries, nurseries, housing associations etc. to organize events and hold photo opportunities during the day.  We can come round and take photos of the events you organise with a view to creating a montage for [...]

Videos and a reminder

March 21st, 2010, No Comments

This is a brilliant video by Sarah Mills documenting the campaign up to the march on 27th February.

The BBC have footage of Lynne Featherstone’s Westminster Hall debate, ‘London Hospitals’, from 17th March 2010 (a transcription from TheyWorkForYou was posted here the other day.). It includes contributions from Jeremy Corbyn, Health Minister Mike O’Brien and MPs [...]