Public meeting on Future of the NHS in Cornwall with Speaker from Save Our Hospital Service, Campaign Group

Public meeting, chaired by the Labour Party, with invited speakers from from Save Our Hospital Service (Devon Campaign Group http://www.sohs.org.uk/) to discuss the impact of changes to the NHS funding in Cornwall on services in the county and saving our NHS locally.

Date: 6th December 2016

Time: 7 – 9 pm

Where: Albaston Methodist Church

Tamar Valley Facebook Page Has Just Moved

Our Facebook page has now moved

JUST A BRIEF update for all members, supporters and those interested in making a difference for the better in the North East Cornwall area – our   Facebook page has now moved.

The page has moved to: https://www.facebook.com/TamarValleyLabourParty/

Please take a look, feel free to post items in the visitors section of the left page that can be subsequently reviewed and published on the main timeline if suitable or topical.

We aim to grow the readership and link the page to campaigns we support locally creating a wider community of interest and debate for members and non-members alike.

Please like the page and show your support as well as sharing the articles we post with your Facebook friends and getting them to like us too.

We welcome and look forward to your contribution to debates, ideas, policy and campaigns.

Join Our Campain to Save Cornwall’s Health Services from Devastating Tory Cuts

• Save Our NHS – Sign and Share the Petition
• Leafleting event and Demonstration on NHS Campaign Day, Saturday 26th November in Lisekard
• Write to your MP or local Councillor urging them to support this initiative and to commit to building a better NHS
• Come to one of the public Meetings being held in Liskeard on @ 7.00pm on 5th December and Gunnislake on 6th December – details below

UNPRECEDENTED CUTS to our local health services are threatened by new Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs). The level of cuts required in Cornwall to eliminate the deficit is likely to be £277million by 2020/21. Several community health services have already lost funding and face closure.

Underfunding the NHS is a political choice: Government could choose to fund it in line with comparable developed countries.

Privatisation is costly:  having a market in healthcare costs £4.5 billion a year. Without this there would be no need for cuts.

Together we can act: to stop these plans being drawn up behind our backs, because our elected councillors will be scrutinising them. Let’s make our voices heard and tell them we need more resources for community-based care, but not at the cost of cuts elsewhere:

• NO to closure of community hospitals
• NO to reduction in community beds
• NO to closure of minor injury units or GPs surgeries
• NO to reduction in access to treatment
• NO to job losses

WHAT YOU CAN DO

1. These cuts concern everyone – please forward this post to your friends and share our events on facebook.
2. Sign our petition and find out more at:
   www.laboursecornwall.org.uk/save_our_nhs
3. Help make sure the public are aware: Join us leafleting in Lisekard. Meet at the Parade, PL14 6AH on Saturday 26th November between 10.00am – 2.00pm as part of Labour’s National Campaign Day or order leaflets for your local street or event
4. Attend one of our public meetings:
   Liskeard – Eliot House Hotel, Castle St, Liskeard
   Monday 5 December, 7pm with speaker Dr. Jan Macfarlane
   Gunnislake – Tamar Valley – Methodist Centre, Albaston, Gunnislake
   Tuesday 6 December 7pm with speaker from Save Our Hospital Services
5. Join our protest outside the NHS Kernow meeting in St Cleer on Tuesday 6 December, 9.30 – 10.30 am
6. Write to your MP or local Councillor urging them to support this initiative and to commit to building a better NHS

More info on STPs and this campaig  can be found at:

• Resource Pack produced by joint health campaigns
• Save Our Hospital Services website – North Devon campaignCornwall Council are due to publish the Outline Business Case of the Cornwall STP and start a public consultation on 28 November. It should appear on this page. You can respond to the consultation direct – or contact your local councillor.
  

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Date for your Diary: Next Branch Meeting on Tues November 1st 2016 @ 7pm

 

This meeting is open to the public. Both members and non-members with an interest in joining can attend. So if you know anyone keen to find out more about Labour in our locality please bring them along or pass on details of the event.

Meeting agenda will be circulated by email.

Meeting location:

Tamar Valley Methodist Church in Albaston, Gunnislake,

Cornwall, PL18 9EP