NHS Bill clears Parliament: Write to your local paper (London)

Step 1:

Select the recipient(s)

Choose the local paper you read or which covers the area nearest to where you live.
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Step 2: Compose Email

Please write a letter to your local newspaper, telling them how concerned you are about the planned changes to the NHS.

If you have concerns about, or a connection to a particular local health facility, make sure to mention it in the letter.

You’ll have a particularly good local angle for your letter if your MP voted to pass the Bill in the Commons, without waiting to see the Risk Register. Check this list to see how your MP voted.
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  • Talking Points
  • Writing Tips

Please write your own email to have the most impact, but here are some points you might find useful:

  • The Bill did not feature in either governing party manifesto, or in the Coalition Agreement. In fact, the Prime Minister himself promised the NHS was safe in his hands before the election, saying categorically there would be no “top down reorganisation of the NHS”.
  • The government’s “Listening Exercise” was a sham, and the legitimate concerns of the majority of the public, and the vast majority of health experts, were blatantly ignored.
  • The minor amendments accepted by the government have done nothing to alter the nature of the Bill, which can only damage the quality of healthcare for ordinary people around the UK, by breaking up the NHS as we know it, reducing accountability and raising administrative costs, allowing private patients to jump the queue for care while NHS patients face growing waiting lists, and intensifying postcode lotteries for treatment.
Dear [Recipient],
Sincerely,

[Your Name]

[Your Address]
[Your City]
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