GPs label private care home placements“wrong” Patients have to return to the James Paget Hospital when out-of hospital care fails The site for a North Lowestoft medical centre is inadequate The attempted sale of the Lowestoft Hospital site has fallen through Speakers include Chris Brooks (presentation on the history of Lowestoft Hospital), Bill Adnams…
In 2013 a decision was made to close and sell off Lowestoft Hospital. A public meeting called by the Great Yarmouth and Waveney Clinical Commissioning Group overwhelmingly opposed the plan. In a straw poll carried out by Lowestoft Coalition Against the Cuts 190 out of 194 opposed the closure. Nonetheless the plan to replace the…
You may have heard of STPs (Sustainability and Transformation Plans) which aim to integrate health and social care in the Norfolk and Waveney region. When they have finished “planning” we will have an ACO (Accountable Care Organisation) which will hold all the money for the region, limited to a per head total. Cuts of £300m…
About 15 demonstrators gathered outside a little publicised meeting in The Waveney House Hotel, Beccles (7th March) to discuss the future of the NHS, a future which apparently lies as part of new corporate bodies now to be known as ICOs. (Integrated Care Organisations). This astonishingly radical reorganisation aims to bring together a host of…
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) aim to integrate NHS provision (eg NHS hospitals) with social care (funded by County Councils and mainly privatised). This is a massive, complex and costly task imposed on services that are chronically underfunded and understaffed. So why now? Norfolk and Waveney NHS and social care budgets are to be cut by…
The coach leaves from James Paget University Hospital at 7am. Picking up in Lowestoft at 7.30am and one or two stops further south on the A12. For further details and to book a seat, phone / leave a message on 01502 574010.
Resolution To be put to Stop the NHS $windle Meeting, Mon 4th Dec 2017. URC London Road North 1. This meeting condemns the secrecy and the haste with which such a radical and disruptive reform of health and social care, the STP, was conceived only three years after the radical reform of the NHS, the…
PRESS RELEASE 27 Nov 2017 Lowestoft Coalition against the Cuts PUBLIC MEETING United Reformed Church, London Road North, Lowestoft NR32 1HB Monday December 4th 7pm STOP THE GREAT NHS SWINDLE What the STP means to You Lowestoft Coalition against the Cuts (LCAC) has organised a public meeting on the STP, a plan for a radical…
Meeting Mon 4th Dec: Stop the Great NHS $windle. United Reform Church (top of precinct next to Volunteer pub), London Road North, Lowestoft, NR32 1HB We will be leafletting in Low precinct on Sat 25th and Sat 2nd Jan. Meet outside Santander 11 am – we may have to pitch up nearby if Christmas stall.…
Introduction The Tories are in disarray and fighting amongst themselves about their programme of continuing cuts. After the election fiasco many Tory MPs fear for their jobs. The attempt to buy off some unions has failed. Making them pay for a below inflation pay rise through cuts to jobs and services has angered workers not…
Trade Union speakers including the NHS, teachers, fire fighters, local council and civil service workers, Labour and Green party. Plus live music. Assemble outside United Reformed Church, Lowestoft (next to the Volunteer pub at top end of precinct.
The next organising meeting for the Scrap The Cap demonstration is on Wednesday 13th September, 7.30pm in the upstairs room at the United Reformed Church, London Road North (next to The Volunteer pub), NR32 1HB.
A coach has been booked leaving GT Yarmouth Troll Cart at 9am with further pick ups at Lowestoft Royal Green at 9-30 and then at Beccles Bus station at 9-45 with possible pick up at Bungay if required? Please contact Richard Chilvers WTUC Sec for seats on landline 01502 574010 or 07517544669 No charge but…
The next organising meeting for the Scrap The Cap demonstration is on Tuesday 29 August, 7.30pm in the upstairs room at the United Reformed Church, London Road North (next to The Volunteer pub), NR32 1HB.
