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From The Socialist newspaper, 30 March 2006
Save jobs and beds at the Royal Free
MANAGEMENT IS proposing to slash 480 jobs and 100 beds at the Royal Free hospital in north-west London. The Socialist Party is organising a campaign to oppose all redundancies and pay cuts.
John Reid
Four wards are threatened with closure, including the award-winning stroke unit on Berry Ward. It is likely that a further 70 beds will be lost later in the year. Management is also urging staff to take a pay cut to help clear the £25 million 'debt'!
We demand that the £25 million pound 'debt' of the Royal Free and the £182 million debt within the NHS in London be written off by the government. Otherwise there will be a meltdown of health care in London.
The Royal Free played a key role in treating victims of the 7/7 bombings, we cannot afford a rundown in services at this hospital.
The government can find hundred of millions of pounds for warfare but cannot provide a decent health service. We demand that the NHS is totally publicly funded and that private finance is driven out of our health service. The health service should be democratically run by health workers, patient groups and the local community.
Socialist Party public meeting:
Save every job and every bed at the Royal Free.
April, 7.45 pm, The Stag pub, Fleet Road. Speaker: Hugo Pierre, shop steward, Camden UNISON.
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In The Socialist 30 March 2006:
Socialist Party NHS campaign
Call for NHS demo gets support
Huddersfield trust votes for cuts - but campaign gets stronger
Save jobs and beds at the Royal Free
Pensions
Britain - Over one million strike for pension rights...
'Time for a new working-class party'
International socialist news and analysis
France - millions march for job security
USA: Millions march for immigrant workers' rights
Ukraine's 'orange revolution' goes pear-shaped
Will ETA's strategy lead to Basque national rights?
Socialist Party review
Socialist Party campaigns
Why socialists oppose state funding of political parties
Local council services are still worth fighting for
Council elections: Great response in Lewisham
Stoke UNISON prepares for action against cuts
Strong support for minimum wage demand
Lambeth College students launch campaign against cuts
Save chemistry - sack the vice-chancellor!
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