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Resolution from
NHS Together Campaigners Conference
3rd March 2007
THIS Conference resolves to defend all NHS services in
the Eastern Region, as part of the national NHS Together campaign to
oppose NHS cuts, and defend and extend the basic principles of the NHS.
Accordingly, Conference resolves to establish a standing
body of representatives from NHS Together, organisations and supporters,
to link the various campaigns in defence of NHS provisions around the
region, and to provide and promote mutual support for such campaigns.
The campaign will be founded on the following principles:-
 All
actual reductions in service to the community must be opposed. If cuts
are made on financial grounds, the campaign will be aimed at securing
the resources necessary to stop cuts;
The basic principles
of the NHS will be defended, i.e. a service based on public need, financed
by public funding, free at the point of use, with equality of access
throughout the UK, and publicly managed and accountable;
Privatisation of
NHS services will be opposed; the main aim of the private sector is
to make profits, without which they cannot survive - such an ethos has
no place in a public service like the NHS;
Health workers campaigning
to defend their services will be supported by NHS Together; this includes
campaigns to improve pay and conditions, so as to ensure a more stable
and motivated workforce, which is essential for good patient care;
We will work to
achieve the maximum support for the national aims of NHS Together, and
particularly to make the Government change course on its policy of privatisation
of NHS services. Accordingly, we will work to achieve the biggest possible
turnout on national events, and support the call for a national demonstration
to defend the NHS.
This conference was attended by over
100 delegates from NHS staff unions, professional organisations, local
campaign groups and Trades Councils.
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