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 South London NHS debt funds Tories!Bob Severn, London Socialist PartyTwo hospitals could be privatised with another losing its accident and emergency department on the orders of the South London NHS Trust (SLNT) administrator. The trust, which has been declared bankrupt, is predicted to 'lose' £65 million this year. At least one third of this is due to Private Finance Initiative (PFI) schemes. So does the administrator's report suggest axing PFI? No - axe workers instead! The report wants £34 million cut from medical and nursing pay. But much of SLNT's debt is due to staff shortages! Firm Medacs was paid £4.1 million for medical agency staff. According to Dr Éoin Clarke's blog: "Medacs is part of Impellam Group which is 57% owned by Lord Ashcroft's family. "Ashcroft is the number one Tory Donor of all time having given more than £5 million to the party. Medacs often charge more than £800 per day to supply one agency staff member." Clarke has also calculated that the Medacs payments are part of £10 million that have been paid by SLNT, in one year alone, to firms that finance the Conservatives. Other Tory donors to take money from SLNT include the consultants PriceWaterhouseCoopers and McKinsey & Co. McKinsey's senior partner backed David Cameron's campaign to become Tory leader. Protests against the Con-Demolition of our NHS took place across London in September. The health unions, especially Unison, should be planning industrial action against cuts and privatisation which could be part of a 24-hour general strike against austerity. In this issue
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