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Latest UK protests target health service changes
London, Oct 10, IRNA -- Peers in the House of Lords Monday were starting a critical debate on the government's controversial Health and Social Care Bill following protests warning it will destroy the country's National Health Service (NHS). |
Campaign led thousands of
health workers, trade unionists, pensioners and students in occupied London's
Westminster Bridge on Sunday in a last-ditch battle to stop the government's
health changes.
Block the Bridge, Block the Bill protest warned that government is “just weeks
away from destroying the NHS forever” and would lead to hospitals being sold to
private corporations, if the legislation was passed.
Civil Service union PCS leader Mark Serwotka said that the legislation
represents the 'gravest threat to the NHS' since its foundation.
'Peaceful protest and civil disobedience have a long and proud history in this
country, and are a perfectly legitimate response to plans that no-one voted for
and no-one wants,' Serwotka said in reference to the reforms that were not even
in the coalition's election manifestos.
The government has already been forced to delay the bill, hold a consultation
and then reintroduce it due to the extent of opposition within the NHS, but
reports suggest a compromise was being planned to pass the bill.
UK Uncut, which has been in the front-line of campaigns exposing the extent of
corporate tax avoidance, is joining global protests around the world to demand
the people's rights for real democracy in a march to parliament next weekend.
Canadian Health Care Policy Reform
This guide is a starting point for research into the health care policy reform in Canada. If you want to suggest additions or make comments, contact Anna Krangle-Long, the Liaison Librarian for the Faculty of Health Sciences, 778.782.4962 or akrangle@sfu.ca.
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