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of campaigners gathered in Old Palace Yard, opposite Parliament, last Saturday
for a march, rally and “howl” against Government plans that are further
dismantling the NHS.
The
Government’s “Sustainability and Transformation Programme” (STP) that is being
imposed on NHS trusts is in effect calling on all trusts to come together in
their localities to produce five-year plans that are mainly about cutting costs
and outsourcing services. Campaigners say the STP stands for “Slash, Trash and
Plunder”.
The
protest was organised and supported by the NHS Party and many local campaigns:
for St Helier hospital, Horton Charing Cross, Hammersmith and Fulham, Grantham
with campaign groups from Lewisham, Bromley and Greenwich, dozens of banners
and placards from the GMB union and a banner from the Workers’ Party of Iran
Hekmatist.
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