NHS winter crisis looms

There's a by election in Copeland soon.
The NHS will figure highly in that because the local maternity unit in Whitehaven is set to close, meaning that women will have to go to Carlisle, an 80 mile round trip.
Jon Ashworth was there yesterday.

Good! Labour is under real threat in Copeland. I hope Labour throws everything at it, without breaking any rules.

The MP fighting against the downgrading of Burton A&E is a Conservative, djen, so there are concerns from all sides of the house.

Good, Jalima. That's how it should be. The NHS is for all of us to save.

Momentum have moved into Copeland

Well, it could be interesting.
It was close last time and the MP was not a Corbynite.
If Momentum have moved in they could do a lot of damage to Labour's prospects.

They are putting forward momentum members for selection ,

A Labour source told "Business Insider" that if it's an election on the NHS we'll win, but if it's about Corbyn we're f-----d. Sadly probably true.

The constituency labour party will choose the best candidate from the field they have in front of them.

Pleased to see Jeremy popped up briefly on the evening news re this crises.

Crisis

Seems Labour Party HQ is rather over represented here!
Haven't you guys got anything better to do?

What a silly little post Mair

I might, and do, disagree with DJ and others, but I'd never deny them their voice.

I have just emailed my MP about the desperate state of the NHS and posted on FB asking my friends and family to do the same. Most won't, but I've tried.

What is better than campaigning to maintain the NHS mair... moaning about it?

www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2017/01/07/todays-nhs-tweets/

skwawkbox.org/2017/01/07/dept-of-health-jeremyhunt-not-awol-hes-been-turned-into-an-app/

why aren't people taking to the streets about the NHS ,its being sold off to the likes of Branson and nobody seems to care .Its shocking how bad things are,if reports on the news are to be believed .It 's not ALL about money its clearly very bad management

www.konpdurham.org.uk/?p=362

That's taking to the streets. It happened. It was very well attended and reported in the North East.

It's about money, and about the amount of money this government has cut from the NHS and social care budgets.
It's about a government that doesn't care because people like Branson are only too keen to take money and rob the country of tax.

www.nhsforsale.info/private-providers.html

More than Branson.

nothing about it on "national" news ,but thats not surprising

A march needs to be in London to be on National news.
However, there have been quite a few over the last year, all warning the government what would happen.

www.thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/our_nhs

www.healthcampaignstogether.com/

I propose that we up the spending to at least the European average and to do so pay a NHS specific tax

Or use the Brexit money!

Is there any, Anya?

I propose we claim all the tax that should be paid, scrap Trident and the Hinckley Point contract, and use the money to properly fund the NHS and social care. Let the councils run care homes again, instead of them being run by private companies.

That sounds like a plan dj