Even more use would be individuals raising issues with constituency
MPs who support the consortium. They have to get their proposals
through Parliament, and it will help if they think their constituents
are worried. We don't want a postcard campaign. We need individual
patients and clinicians to raise as many different issues as possible.
Not to denounce its proposed aims, many of which are laudable, if trite,
but to talk about unintended consequences.
Anyone who wants some issues to talk about can find a briefing at
http://www.sochealth.co.uk/Policy/WPresponse.html
Unison are looking for people to make statements in support of their
Judicial Review - people who think they should be consulted before the
NHS is denationalised. If you are prepared to do this please let me
know and I will put you in touch
Martin Rathfelder
Director
Socialist Health Association
22 Blair Road
Manchester
M16 8NS
0161 286 1926
www.sochealth.co.uk
On 01/10/10 01:37, Macfarlane, Alison wrote:
> It isn't much use loads of people sending the same letter to Andrew
> Lansley. The consultation documents are here:
> http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_117353
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> The arguments need to be deployed under the headings used in the White
> Paper
> Liberating the NHS
> Putting patients and the public first
> Improving healthcare outcomes
> Autonomy, accountability and improving efficiency
> There are an avalanch of further documents in the pipeline, but the
> ConDems are already implementing the proposals and American companies
> are poised to come in and run the GP consortia.
> Alison Macfarlane
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