Defend the Whittington Hospital Coalition

March to Defend the Welfare State and Public Services

April 8th, 2010, Comments Off

This information is courtesy of Keep Our NHS Public (KONP):
Saturday 10th April, 12.00,  Embankment
Rally at 14.00 in Trafalgar Square
This demonstration is set to coincide with the calling of an election where all the main parties are threatening deep cuts in our public services. Called by the National Pensioners Convention and backed by most Trade Unions [...]

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 [...]

A message from Jeremy Corbyn and Islington Tribune’s report of tonight’s meeting.

March 5th, 2010, No Comments

We received this message of thanks and support from Jeremy Corbyn on Monday.  We thank Jeremy and all the politicians, trade unions, pressure groups, community groups, local press and individuals who are actively involved in the Defend the Whittington Hospital Coalition and the Whittington A&E campaign in general. This battle needs our combined, unified voice [...]