Let's push for more. Join our ICS Day of Action on Saturday June 11th!
From the 1st of July 2022 our NHS across England will be reorganised. England will be divided into 42 new NHS bodies called Integrated Care Systems (ICS).
After 20,500 We Own It supporters emailed NHS leaders in the last few weeks, the chairs of 8 ICSs have come out and pledged that private companies won’t sit on their boards.
So it’s time to push harder and force more of them to make the pledge, or to go further for patients not profits. Join our Day of Action on Saturday, 11th June to help pile on the pressure.
This Day of Action is supported by Keep Our NHS Public and Unite Community.
By doing ONLY one out of these three kinds of actions, you can have a huge impact today:
1. You can send a message directly to your local NHS chair in 3 easy steps:
i. On a plain sheet of paper, write out the message: "Dear [*name of your town] NHS leaders, let's rebuild our local NHS together and keep private companies out" ,
ii. Take a selfie with your message.
iii. Use our tool to tweet your picture (or email it to us at info@weownit.org.uk if you don't use Twitter or live in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland)
2. Join a local action near you today.
Scroll to the bottom of this page to find out where actions are happening and if one is happening near you.
3. Distribute leaflets by yourself or with friends and family on your local high street.
This action is only for people who have received leaflet deliveries from us.
Who has made the pledge so far?
- Bath & North East Somerset Swindon & Wiltshire ICS
- Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire ICS
- Devon ICS
- Sussex ICS
- Birmingham & Solihull ICS
- Hertfordshire & West Essex ICS
- North East & North Cumbria ICS
- Nottingham & Nottinghamshire ICS
- South East London ICS
- Suffolk and North East Essex ICS
- West Yorkshire ICS
Find out which ICS you live in and ask your ICS chair to make the pledge here.
Local actions:
Birmingham
Who: KONP Birmingham
Where: outside HSBC on New St (bottom of the ramp) in central Birmingham
When: 11:30am - 1:00pm
Bristol
Who: Bristol Protect our NHS
Where: 60 High Street, Hanham, BS15 3DR
When: 3 - 4pm
Cambridge
Who: Cambridgeshire KONP
Where: stall at the Strawberry Fair on Midsummer Common, Cambridge (in Scarecrow Corner, the green area, near the Fort St George pub)
When: From 12noon
Enfield
Who: Defend Enfield NHS
Where: Palmers Green Triangle N13
When: 11am - 12:30pm
Exeter
Who: Exeter KONP
Where: Stall at Exeter Respect Festival
When: 11:30am
Kendal
Who: KONP Kendal and South Lakes
Where: Kendal Market Place
When: 11am - 1pm
Kent
Who: Save Our NHS Kent
Where: Obelisk Ramsgate Harbour
When: 12noon
Leeds
Who: Leeds KONP
Where: Chapel Allerton, in the vicinity of Starbucks, 53 Harrogate Road, Leeds LS7 3PD
When: 11.30am - 13.00pm
Leicester
Who: Leicester Campaign Against NHS Privatisation and Save our NHS Leicestershire
Where: Gallowtree Gate (outside the old British Home Stores)
When: 12 - 2pm
Lewisham
Who: Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign
Where: The Clocktower, Lewisham Centre, London, SE13 6BB
When: 11am - 1pm
Lydney
Who: Hands Off Lydney & Dilke Hospital (HOLD)
Where: outside the Co-op in Lydney
When: 10am - 12noon
Lytham St. Annes
Who: Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Trades Council
Where: St Anne’s town centre, St Anne’s Road West, FY8 1SB
When: 10:30am - 12:30pm
Newcastle (Byker)
Who: KONP North East
Where: Meet at Morrisons cafe near Byker Metro Station
When: 1.30pm
North Shields (North Tyneside)
Who: KONP North East
Where: outside the Metro Station
When: 12 - 1pm
Nottingham
Who: Nottingham and Nottinghamshire KONP/ Nottingham Trades Council
Where: outside the Council House in Nottingham’s Market Sq, NG1 6FG
When: 11am - 1pm
Oxford
Who: Oxfordshire KONP
Where: In front of the Clarendon Building on Broad Street, Oxford
When: 12:30pm
Reading
Who: Unite Community Berks/Oxon/Bucks branch (Reading members)
Where: Broad Street, outside the entrance to The Oracle Shopping Centre
When: 11am - 1pm
Skelmersdale
Who: Unite Community Lancashire Branch NW/11500
Where: The Nye Bevan Pool
When: 11am - 1pm
Southampton:
Who: Southampton KONP
Where: Trump Bridge, Portland Terrace/Bargate Street
When: 1:30 - 3:00pm
Stockport
Who: Stockport NHS Watch group
Where: Merseyway precinct at the Lancashire Bridge end of the precinct
When: 11am and 1pm
Sunderland
Who: KONP Sunderland & District
Where: Seaburn sea front (opposite Dykelands Road)
When: 12noon
Swindon
Who: Swindon NHS campaigners
Where: Waterfall Canal Walk, Bridge St Junction, SN1 1BP, Swindon town centre
When: 1-2pm
Whitley Bay (North Tyneside)
Who: KONP North East
Where: meet beside the red phone box outside Whitley Bay Metro Station
When: 10.30 - 11.30am
On-going media coverage of the day:
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New Health and Care Act 'looks and smells bad' say campaigners - Hamstead & Highgate Express
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Campaigners to stage protest over fears private companies will have a say in running health services in Sunderland and South Tyneside - The Shields Gazette
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Campaigners to protest against private company involvement in local NHS - but health bosses say they've got it wrong - Hucknell Dispatch
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Campaigners take to the streets of Kendal for a day of action - The Westmorland Gazette
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New Health and Care Act 'looks and smells bad' say campaigners - Islington Gazette
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Protest in Southampton ahead of changes to NHS - Southern Daily Echo
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Protesters to take to streets ahead of upcoming change to NHS - Yahoo News
