The Socialist 31 October 2012 Solidarity with Ford workers - Defend every job  Solidarity with Ford workers - Defend every job Prepare for a 24-hour general strike Savile case: How bullies and predators thrived Tory cuts will increase child poverty Gas prices - All companies join price hike Scores of trains cancelled in west midlands Spain: Autumn heats up as general strike approaches South African miners: the struggle continues Socialist MEP obstructed by Kazakh authorities Housing: How the market has failed Birmingham cuts: council workers must lead a fightback Birmingham council threatens 1,000 jobs ... national Unison leadership responds meekly Teachers at Stratford Academy strike against scandalous pay cuts Bromley council: Drop your plans or face a strike! Glasgow Unison's fighting strategy Stop cuts at Dewsbury hospital South London NHS debt funds Tories! EDL fails in second attempt to rally in Waltham Forest Rotherham workers and youth unite against the National Front University of East London - scrap the unfair attendance policy! Student demonstration must be just the beginning |
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Home | The Socialist 31 October 2012 | Join the Socialist Party Stop cuts at Dewsbury hospitalFight to save our NHS!Dr Jackie Grunsell, Huddersfield Socialist Party 200 protestors march to stop cuts at Dewsbury hospital, photo Yorkshire Socialist Party (Click to enlarge) Undeterred by the biting cold, 200 protesters took to the streets of Dewsbury in West Yorkshire on Saturday 28 October, marching from the hospital to the town centre to the supportive hoots of passing car horns on the way. We were demonstrating against plans by the Mid Yorkshire Trust bosses, to remove consultant-led A&E and maternity services from the hospital, along with related services such as the special care baby unit, intensive care unit, trauma surgery and emergency medical services, among others.  200 protestors march to stop cuts at Dewsbury hospital, photo Yorkshire Socialist Party (Click to enlarge) Dewsbury District General will look more like a cottage hospital once they've finished with it! One of the local MPs condemned the demo as a 'political, anti-government' march, yet we have managed to unite communities across north Kirklees in a battle to defend these services. The trust seems to be implementing changes by stealth before the consultation has even begun. We heard of a woman in labour being sedated in order to cope with the ordeal of an emergency transfer to Wakefield so she could get the consultant care she needed to deliver her baby safely.  200 protestors march to stop cuts at Dewsbury hospital, photo Yorkshire Socialist Party (Click to enlarge) We are calling on the trust to use the £40 million a year spent on a Private Finance Initiative contract to fund the maintenance of services. This demonstration was just the beginning of a growing campaign. We plan to take our fight to the trust board meetings and demand our elected representatives give their support. North Tees marches against 're-engagement'Over 100 NHS workers and their trade union supporters demonstrated outside North Tees Hospital in Stockton on 25 October. The protest was against the hospital trust's plans to sack and re-engage the whole NHS workforce of 5,500 people on inferior conditions with reduced rates of sick pay (see the Socialist 738). Members of Unison, Unite, the GMB and the RCN unions, supported by some PCS members, were there with placards, banners and flags. This noisy demonstration was greeted by many 'hoots' from passing motorists. Alan Docherty, Teeside Socialist PartyIn this issue
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