Wilson's claims to be helping the poor and underprivileged are now wearing rather thin. Some of his latest victims are sick children in the Newcastle area.
The Newcastle Area Health Authority Is now planning to close the Fleming Memorial Hospital forsick Children.
The main idea put forward is to transfer all burns cases from the Fleming to Newcastle General. All other cases would be transferred to the Sanderson Orthopaedic Hospital. At the same time the AHA proposes to transfer all paediatric and orthopaedic cases to the new теетап кода nospitai However, all orthopaedic and paedmarie coloren woua pe ransterrca to the seventh floor at Freeman Road. At sanderson Kose uney are on me srounc floor of a hospital with plenty of well aired rooms and with large grounds. These facilities would not be available at Freeman Road. print union have donated £150 to the NCC and are designing and printing posters to mobilise for the demonstration. Rover Solihull T&G branch have also donated £50 to the NCC.
This is a sign of the growing rejection in the workers movement of the Labour Government's health cuts, and the impetus given by them to the growth of private practice. The Wilson Government has totally ignored the resolution passed at the last Labour Party conference (which we print below). MAIN POLICIES Red Weekly would not subscibe to all the policies put forward in unal resorunon. In parucular, we would strongly oppose the idea that having health workers participate in the decisions of management would in any way aid the fight against the attacks on the health service.
Nevertheless, the main policies put forward there represent a real alternative around which a fight can be mounted against the attacks on the health service, and we would wish to unite with all those fighting for the implementation of that poliself to a socialist policy for the Health Service.
Conference therefore: abolition or prescription. dentar and olner cnardes private patient insurance plans.
any purpose to restrict the availability of abortion on social grounds.
service.
- Voved Di Seconded by focus to begin this fight back. First ana toremost we snould demand In every locality that Labour MPs give their support to the demonstration and speak at local meetings building public sector. recall of the TUC and Labour Party conferences to organise a fight for the Labour Party conference resolution and its extension to the whole LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE IMPLEMENT POLICY ON NHS.!
NCC picket of the London Labour Party Regional Council demanding the implementation of conference policy on the NHS Labour Party conference policy into the local trade unions and working class organisations. These are the steps that are needed if we are to turn the lefts words into actions.