A placard at the joint demonstration by KONP and Camden KONP:
Department of Health, 31 March 2008
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Tuesday 14 February 7.0 p.m., London Keep Our NHS Public meeting, Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1H 9JE
Tuesday 14 February 6.0 p.m., Camden Keep Our NHS Public meeting, Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1H 9JE (to precede the London KONP meeting listed above)
Wednesday 8 February 2.30-8.30 p.m., Demonstrate in Old Palace Yard, SW1 3JY, opposite the House of Lords, as the Health and Social Care Bill is discussed. (Organizers: Hackney KONP: http://www.hackneykonp.org/index.php/action.)
Also on 8 February: Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, WC2A 2LL, 10.0 a.m. for banner wavers, or 10.30 a.m. others: support Gloucestershire resident Michael Lloyd in his case against the NHS for removing community services in the area. If the case continues to a second day, wave banners on 9 February too.
-->Tuesday 7 February 6 p.m. onwards, BMA House, Tavistock Square, WC1H 9JP. Lobby the BMA's Regional Council, which meets today to discuss the coalition's plans for the NHS (Organizers: Hackney KONP, www.HackneyKONP.org/index.php/action)
Sunday 5 February 5 p.m. "Light Our Lives - Save Our NHS": Candlelight demonstration and Q&A session, The George, Enfield Town Market Place (contact: Theodora Koumbas, theokoumbas@yahoo.co.uk).
Saturday 28 January 12-1 p.m. KONP stall at South End Green, NW3 (near chemist's). Join us to get as many postcards to David Cameron signed as possible.
Tuesday 10 January 7.0 p.m., London Keep Our NHS Public meeting, Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1H 9JE
2011
Tuesday 13 December 7 p.m., London Keep Our NHS Public meeting, Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1H 9JE
Monday 5 December 7 p.m., Defend Whittington Hospital Coalition meeting, Whittington Park Community Centre, Yerbury Road, N19 4RS. The hospital is consulting about becoming a Foundation Trust, but DWHC believes that becoming a Foundation Trust is against the interests of patients.
Thursday 1 December 2.0 p.m., NHS North Central London, Joint Board meeting, Bloomsbury Suite, Friends House, 173 Euston Road, NW1 2BJ
Wednesday 30 November Day of strikes and other actions. London KONP groups plan to meet from 12 noon at University College Hospital, 1 p.m. at Lincoln's Inn Fields, and onwards to rally at the Embankment by 2 p.m. (Banner carriers needed: contact Wendy Savage, wdsavage@doctors.org.uk)
Thursday 24 November "Drop the Bill" London Rally, 2.30-4.0 p.m., Labour Party HQ, 39 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0HA, in support of the Labour Party's recently launched campaign, with Andy Burnham and the shadow health team
Wednesday 23 November 6.30 p.m., Health Scrutiny Committee, Camden Borough Council, Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1H 9JE
Tuesday 25 October 7 p.m., London Keep Our NHS Public meeting, Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1H 9JE
Thursday 13 October 7.30 p.m., Camden Labour Party Open Meeting on Health. Queen's Crescent Community Centre, 45 Ashdown Crescent, NW5 4QE. With John Healy, Frank Dobson, Candy Udwin.
Tuesday, Wednesday 11-12 October Health Bill due to be discussed by Lords
Tuesday 11 October 5.45-7.00 p.m., NHS Support Federation AGM in Committee Room 10, House of Commons. See http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=5f72f778439e38b1d18a28495&id=fd68bd86eb&e=5a9e6963a8 for how to obtain a ticket
Sunday 9 October UK Uncut is organising a blockage of Westminster Bridge in a protest about the Health Bill. Start from the middle of the bridge shortly before 1 p.m. KONP members: Wendy Savage suggests meeting in front of Portcullis House (on the Embankment)
Tuesday 4 October 7 p.m. Meeting about Camden Council's proposal to close four day care centres in the borough. Kentish Town Library, 262-266 Kentish Town Road, NW5 2AA
Sunday 2 October 12 noon, Liverpool Road, Manchester. TUC march and rally at Tory Party Conference (see www.tuc.org.uk/alltogether for more details)
Saturday 1 October Leafleting outside Coop, Kentish Town Road, NW5, 12 noon to 1.00 p.m. (Note change of venue)
Tuesday 20 September London Keep Our NHS Public meeting, 7 p.m., Somers Town Community Centre, Ossulston Street, NW1 1EE (NOTE change of venue)
Sunday 18 September Demonstration at Lib-Dem Party Conference, Birmingham
Wednesday 7 September Demonstration, speeches and march starting at St Thomas' Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, 6.30 p.m., moving on to the Houses of Parliament. 9.30 p.m. Torchlight vigil at the Houses of Parliament, supported by KONP, Unite, Right to Work and the Health Worker Network. See Press release and leaflet.
Tuesday 6 September Help to put Andrew Lansley on trial: 5 p.m., St Thomas' Hospital, Fountain & Gardens. Organised by Lambeth KONP.
[Tuesday and Wednesday 6 and 7 September Report stage and third reading of Health & Social Care Bill due to come before the Commons]
Saturday 3 to Friday 9 September Actions being planned by NHS trade unions to coincide with the return of the Bill to the Commons
Thursday 1 September Why the Health and Social Care Bill must be thrown out! Haringey Public Meeting, 7.30 p.m., Chestnut Community Centre, 280 St Ann's Road, N15 5BN. See attached leaflet.
Wednesday 31 August London Keep Our NHS Public meeting, 7 p.m., Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1H 9JE
Thursday 4 August Protest to the Mental Health Management, 2.15 p.m., outside St Pancras Hospital
Saturday 23 July Queen's Crescent festival: volunteers needed for leafleting
Thursday 21 July Can the NHS survive the government's Health & Social Bill: a meeting at the Caversham Practice, Peckwater Street, NW5, 7.0 p.m., with Frank Dobson, MP, as a speaker
Tuesday 12 July Camden United Against Cuts, Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1H 9JE, 7 p.m. "What next after J30 Campaign Meeting": you are invited to discuss actions over the summer and autumn plans
Tuesday 5 July NHS 63rd birthday: Unite have agreed to call a national demonstration in the vicinity of Parliament. This is the day of action on behalf of the NHS called by the TUC NHS All Together campaign
Thursday 30 June National public service strike against the government's attacks on pensions
Tuesday 28 June London KONP meeting, 7 p.m.
Saturday 25 June Keep Our NHS Public Annual General Meeting, 10 a.m.-4.0 p.m., Somers Town Community Centre, 150 Ossulston Street, NW1 1EE. Speakers to include Ron Singer, Allyson Pollock and Clive Peedell
Wednesday 22 June Unite the Resistance: build 30 June strikes, 6.30 p.m. Friends House, Euston Road, NW1: speakers include Mark Serwotka and Tony Benn. Health campaigners are invited to assemble outside Friends House at 6.0 p.m. to publicise the 5 July protest
Tuesday 21 June Camden KONP meeting, 6.30 p.m. Meeting cancelled.
Saturday 18 June Labour Party meeting, organised with Unison and the GMB, 1.30-4 p.m., Islington Town Hall, Upper Street, N1. Speakers to include Ken Livingstone
Thursday 9 June How do we strike back? Local coordinating meeting for 30 June strikes, 6.30 p.m., Room B34, Birkbeck College, WC1E 7HX (see camdenunited.org.uk)
Tuesday 31 May Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1H 9JE
Saturday 28 May NHS Day of Action: leafleting from 12 noon at Sainsbury's, Camden Road. At 1 p.m. join UK Uncut’s Emergency Operation there to transform your local high street bank in Camden into a hospital, as banks are sick. Tell the government to leave our NHS alone.
Actions elsewhere in London:
Hackney 11am Homerton Hospital walk in centre
Haringey 11am Wood Green Library
Islington 1 pm RBS, Angel tube
Walthamstow 11am Under big TV, Selborne Walk
Westminster 11am Soho Square
Westminster 12pm Soho Square
Tuesday 24 May London-wide meeting, 7 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1H 9JE: follow-up to the March to Save the NHS on 17 May and decide further action
Tuesday 17 May March to Save the NHS: assemble at 5.30 p.m. in Euston Road, opposite University College Hospital, WC1, to march at 6 p.m. to the Department of Health, Whitehall. See details at postcard 20110421 and Kill Lansley's bill. (If you are a health service worker who wears a uniform, you might like to wear it for the march.)
Saturday 14 May Leafleting at Queen's Crescent and Sainsbury's, Camden Road, 12 noon
Monday 9 May Camden KONP Public Meeting, 7 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1H 9JE. Speakers include Frank Dobson, M.P., and Dr Jacky Davis.
Saturday 7 May Leafleting at South End Green and Sainsbury's, Camden Road, 12 noon
Saturday 23 April Leafleting at Sainsbury's, Camden Road, 12 noon
Thursday 21 April Health Scrutiny Committee meeting, Camden Town Hall, 6.30 p.m.
Tuesday 19 April Camden Town Hall: London-wide planning meeting for march on 17 May, 7 p.m.
Saturday 16 April Leafleting at South End Green, 12 noon
Tuesday 12 April Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1H 9JE
Friday 1 April All Together for the NHS TUC day of action (see http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=183161051729399): Lunchtime at the Department of Health, Whitehall. Locally, lobby Lib-Dem MPs, in particular, to get them to vote against the NHS Bill. In North London lobby Lynne Featherstone, 6 p.m., Clock Tower, Crouch End (call 07946 480 261 if you need a lift).
Wednesday 30 March 5 p.m., meet at Royal London Hospital (Whitechapel tube) to march to Deutsche Bank, Great Winchester Street, EC2N 2DB, to demand an apology from the bankers who taunted the Day X NHS demonstrators (see http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=209973882348018&ref=ts)
Saturday 26 March TUC March for the Alternative. 11 a.m., Victoria Embankment to Hyde Park. See http://marchforthealternative.org.uk/. To join the KONP supporters, meet from 11 a.m. at Middle Temple Gardens (corner of Middle Temple Lane and Victoria Embankment). Otherwise, you can join the Camden contingent in Lincoln's Inn Fields at 11 a.m. NHS campaigners will then find their way to join the KONP contingent. If you work in the NHS, wear your work clothes to make it clear what you are marching for.
Wednesday 23 March Lunchtime protest at Great Ormond Street Hospital when Andrew Lansley is due to visit.
[Tuesday 22 March Camden KONP campaign group meeting POSTPONED to 12 April.]
Saturday 19 March Leafleting for the TUC March for the Alternative, Sainsbury's, Camden Road, NW1
Wednesday 16 March London-wide KONP meeting, 7 p.m., Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1H 9JE (see "Kill the Bill" leaflet, page 1 and "Kill the Bill" page 2)
Tuesday 15 March 09.15: Lobby the BMA Special Representative meeting called to debate NHS reforms in England, Grand Connaught Rooms, 61-65 Great Queen Street, WC2B 5DA
Thursday 10 March 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Peter Samuel Hall, Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London, NW3 2QG, meeting about the consultation on the hospital becoming a Foundation Trust
Wednesday 9 March "Day X for the NHS" march from Royal London Hospital (meet at 5 p.m. at main entrance, opposite Whitechapel tube station) through the City to Barts Hospital (see leaflet: Day X for the NHS)
Thursday 3 March Health Scrutiny Committee, 6.30 p.m., Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1H 9JE
Monday 28 February Camden United Against the Cuts: march to Camden Town Hall, starting from top of Eversholt Street/Mornington Crescent at 5.30 p.m., Town Hall 6.15 p.m.
Thursday 17 February BMA London Regional Council meeting, 6 p.m., BMA House, Tavistock Square: lobby participants to ask that they oppose government privatisation plans for the NHS
Wednesday 16 February KONP/Coalition of Resistance public meeting, 7.30 p.m., Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, WC1. Speakers include Jacky Davis, Frank Dobson, Wendy Savage, John Lister, Theresa Delaney and Dot Gibson
Tuesday 15 February Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Somers Town Community Centre, Ossulston Street, NW1 1EE
Thursday 27 January Health Scrutiny Committee, 6.30 p.m., Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1H 9JE
Monday 24 January NHS Camden Board (the PCT), 10 a.m., Conference Room, St Pancras Hospital, 4 St Pancras Way, NW1
Tuesday 18 January Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m.
2010
Tuesday 14 December Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1Wednesday 1 December Lobby Camden Council at the Town Hall, Judd Street, 6 p.m. This protest has been called by Camden Trades Council, Camden NUT, Camden Unison and Holborn & St Pancras Constituency Labour Party
Tuesday 30 November KONP meeting, by invitation, with and for MPs at the House of Commons, 7.0-8.0 p.m. For an invitation to this meeting, contact campaignmanager@keepournhspublic.com.
Thursday 25 November Health Scrutiny Committee, 6.30 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
Tuesday 23 November Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
Monday 15 November KONP Public Meeting: Opposing the White Paper -- defending our NHS. 7.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m., Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1H 9JE (see www.keepournhspublic.com)
Tuesday 9 November Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1 [POSTPONED TO 23 NOVEMBER]
Wednesday 20 October Camden Trades Council march in defence of the welfare state. Meet 4.30 p.m., Lincoln's Inn Fields; 5.30 march to Whitehall and Downing Street for rally with speakers scheduled to include Tony Benn
Monday 18 October NHS Camden Board meeting, 10 a.m. to 12 noon, St Pancras Hospital Convention Centre, 4 St Pancras Way, NW1 0PE
[Monday 11 October London public meeting POSTPONED]
Wednesday 6 October Health Scrutiny Committee meeting, 6.30 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
Sunday 3 October, 12 noon: Right to Work demonstration at the Tory Party Conference, Birmingham
Monday 20 September NHS Camden Board meeting, 10 a.m. to 12 noon; Annual Public Meeting, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., St Pancras Hospital Convention Centre, 4 St Pancras Way, NW1 0PE
Monday 13 September The Spirit Level: why equality is better for everyone: talk by Bill Kerry of the Equality Trust about the book by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, followed by discussion, 7 p.m., Somers Town Community Centre, 150 Ossulston Street, NW1 1EE (organised by the Central London Right to Work campaign)
Tuesday 7 September Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Somers Town Community Centre, Ossulston Street, NW1 1EE
Wednesday 1 September Health Scrutiny Committee meeting, special meeting, 6.30 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
Tuesday 27 July Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Somers Town Community Centre, Ossulston Street, NW1 1EE; Speaker: Jacky Davis
Monday 19 July NHS Camden Board meeting, 10 a.m.-12 noon, Conference Room, St Pancras Hospital, 4 St Pancras Way, NW1 0PE
Wednesday 14 July Health Scrutiny Committee, 6.30 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1 (Camden KONP members: meet outside Town Hall, 6 p.m.)
Saturday 10 July Hinchingbrooke Hospital demonstration, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. A coach is being arranged for this by the Whittington campaign group, cost £8 (£4 unwaged): contact defendwhittington@gmail.com or see www.dwhc.org.uk
Saturday 3 July 7.0-8.30, University of London Union 3E, Jacky Davis and Candy Udwin will speak on "The fight to keep the NHS public" during the Marxism 2010 meeting
Tuesday 29 June Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Somers Town Community Centre, Ossulston Street, NW1 1EE
Tuesday 22 June Budget Day demonstrations, Downing Street (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and local areas (6.0 to 7 p.m., Camden Town Hall)
Monday 21 June NHS Camden Board meeting, 10 a.m.-12 noon, Conference Room, St Pancras Hospital, 4 St Pancras Way, NW1 0PE
Saturday 12 June Keep Our NHS Public National Conference, Somers Town Community Centre, Ossulston Street, NW1 1EE. Details from Keep Our NHS Public (www.keepournhspublic.com)
Tuesday 8 June Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Somers Town Community Centre, Ossulston Street, NW1 1EE
Tuesday 11 May Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Somers Town Community Centre, Ossulston Street, NW1 1EE. With introduction by John Lipetz about Keep Our NHS Public's national plans
Thursday 29 April Whittington Hospital day of action. Lunchtime protest outside the hospital, 12 noon-2.0 p.m.
[Saturday 24 April BMA open meeting, Friends Meeting House, Euston Road. POSTPONED/CANCELLED]
[Tuesday 20 April Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Somers Town Community Centre, Ossulston Street, NW1 1EE. CANCELLED]
Monday 19 April NHS Camden Board meeting, 10 a.m.-12 noon, Conference Room, St Pancras Hospital, 4 St Pancras Way, NW1 0PE
Saturday 17 April Camden KONP leafleting at Sainsbury's, Camden Road, NW1, 12 noon
Saturday 10 April National Pensioners Convention march and rally. Assemble 12 noon for 1 p.m. at Temple Place, Embankment. Rally 2 p.m., Trafalgar Square.
Tuesday 6 April Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Somers Town Community Centre, Ossulston Street, NW1 1EE
Monday 15 March NHS Camden Board meeting, 10 a.m.-12 noon, Conference Room, St Pancras Hospital, 4 St Pancras Way, NW1 0PE
Tuesday 9 March Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street. WC1
Thursday 4 March Health Scrutiny Committee meeting, 6.30 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
Saturday 27 February Demonstration and march
against closure of the Whittington A&E: assemble 11.30 at Highbury &
Islington station, N1 (march to start 12 noon, going along Holloway Road to Archway
and the Whittington).
Thursday 25 February 7-9 p.m., Great Hall, BMA House, Tavistock Square, WC1 9JP. At this meeting organised by the London Regional Council of the British Medical Association John Lister will present his BMA-commissioned report London on the Brink. BMA members, other health unions and health unions and campaigners will share information about changes to the NHS and map out a joint strategy for the fightback. To reserve a place contact info.lrc@bma.org.uk.
Saturday 20 February 12 noon, leafleting at Sainsbury's, Camden Road, NW1 (for the Whittington Hospital campaign and against further privatisation of NHS services)
Tuesday 9 February Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
Monday 8 February St Pancras and Somers Town Area Forum, 6.45 for 7.0 p.m., Somers Town Community Association, 150 Ossulston Street, NW1 1EE. (On the agenda: Healthy living and life expectancy issues in the local area and an update on Brill Place. Officers from NHS Camden and Camden's planning department have been invited.)
Thursday 28 January Health Scrutiny Committee meeting, 6.30 p.m. (Camden KONP members meet outside at 6 p.m.), Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
Monday 18 January NHS Camden Board meeting, 10 a.m.-12 noon, Conference Room, St Pancras Hospital, 4 St Pancras Way, NW1 0PE
Monday 11 January Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 7 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
2009
15 December Party in the pub: a Christmas party will be held in the Cellar Bar, Constitution pub, 42 St Pancras Way, NW1 0QT, from 7 p.m. onwards.14 December 7 pm, Whittington Park Community Centre, Yerbury Road, N19. PLANNING MEETING to link campaigns to save the Whittington Hospital casualty department and protest about other cuts in hospitals across North London boroughs. (Meeting called by Camden Keep Our NHS Public and Defend Haringey’s Health Services Coalition.)
14 December NHS Camden Board meeting, 2 p.m., Conference Room, St Pancras Hospital, 4 St Pancras Way, NW1 0PE
9 December Public meeting, 7 p.m., Archway Methodist Church, Archway Close, N19 3TD, to protest closure plans for the Whittington Hospital. Jeremy Corbyn, MP, will be in the chair and representatives of NHS London have been invited.
(7 December (week starting): Camden KONP campaign group, proposed meeting postponed.)
30 November Camden KONP Workshop (public meeting), 6.30p.m., Dick Collins Hall, Redhill Street, NW1 9DJ. Leaflet attached.
28 November Camden KONP group leafleting, 12.0, Robert Street, NW1
26 November Health Scrutiny Committee meeting, 6.30 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
21 November Camden KONP group leafleting, 12.0, Sainsbury's, Camden Road, NW1
16 November Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.45 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
3 November Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 7.00 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
20 October Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street,WC1
19 October Cantelowes Area Forum, 7-9 p.m., London Irish Centre, Camden Square, NW1 9XP: a Lib-Dem initiated opportunity to quiz Councillors and others about Camden NHS and its use of new commercial contracts.
19 October NHS Camden Board meeting, 2 p.m., Conference Room, St Pancras Hospital, 4 St Pancras Way, NW1 0PE
18 October Keep Our NHS Public, national group. Benefit show: "Your Good Health", 4 p.m., The New Players Theatre, Villiers Street, London, WC2N 6NG. Box office: 020 7478 0135, advance tickets £12 (£10 concessions), at the door £15 (£12). Bar, bookstalls, and raffle. Meals before or after the show can be booked at 020 7930 5868.
6 October Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Somers Town Community Centre, Ossulston Street, NW1 1EE
28 September NHS Camden Board meeting 2 p.m., and annual public meeting, 4 p.m., Conference Room, St Pancras Hospital, 4 St Pancras Way, NW1 0PE
27 September Madeira Drive, Brighton, demonstration at Labour Party meeting, 12.30 p.m.
24 September Health Scrutiny Committee meeting, 6.30 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
22 September Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
21 September Camden Unite: joint meeting of groups campaigning against privatisation of public services, 7.0 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
17 September NHS Camden meeting about its current consultations: 7 p.m., The Atrium, Royal Free Hospital, 10 Pond Street, NW3 2QG
14 September NHS Camden meeting about its current consultations: 7 p.m., Camden Centre, Bidborough Street, WC1
8 September NHS Camden meeting about its current consultations: 6 p.m., Dick Collins Hall, Redhill Street, NW1 4DJ
7 September NHS Camden meeting about its current consultations: 7 p.m., Community Centre, Ossulston Street, NW1 1EE
5 September Camden KONP group leafleting at Sainsbury's, Camden Town and at King's Cross Festival, Brunswick Square
3 September Members of Camden KONP group meet Frank Dobson, MP
1 September Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Room 1, Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
25 August Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Community Centre, Ossulston Street, NW1
28 July Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Community Centre, Ossulston Street, NW1
27 July PCT (NHS Camden) Board meeting, 2 p.m., St Pancras Hospital, 4 St Pancras Way, NW1 0PE [changed from 20 July]
25 July Queen's Crescent Community Fair: Camden KONP will be represented.
23 July Surma Community Centre, Hampstead Road, NW1: Regent's Park Area Forum, 6.30 p.m. At 6.45 p.m. John Carrier and others from NHS Camden are scheduled to speak about the GP-led health centre proposed for Hampstead Road.
16 July PUBLIC MEETING, 7 p.m., Community Centre, Ossulston Street, NW1. Speakers: Frank Dobson, MP, and local doctors and campaigners. [See the follow-up item in the News section of the home page .]
15 July Health Scrutiny Committee meeting, 6.30 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
14 July Leafleting in Somers Town (meet at 6.30 p.m. outside Ossulston Street Community Centre)
11 July Somers Town fair, Chalton Street, NW1 1HS, all day from 11 a.m.: Camden KONP stall: helpers needed
30 June Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 7.00 p.m., Committee Room 1, Town Hall, Judd St, WC1
18 June Health Scrutiny Committee meeting, 6.30 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1 (Camden KONP members to meet outside Town Hall at 6.00 p.m.). (For a webcast of the meeting, see http://www.camden.ukcouncil.net/site/)
16 June Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Community Centre, Ossulston St, NW1
15 June PCT (NHS Camden) Board meeting, 2 p.m., St Pancras Hospital, 4 St Pancras Way, NW1 0PE
10 June PUBLIC MEETING, 7 p.m., Dick Collins Hall, Redhill Street, NW1 4DJ. Expected speakers: Frank Dobson MP and local doctors and campaigners.
[The Tube strike prevented Mr Dobson from attending but Robert McGibbon and Dr Wendy Savage were both there as speakers. See the report in the Camden New Journal at http://www.thecnj.co.uk/camden/2009/061109/news061109_06.html.
See also the Letters section of this CNJ issue (11 June 2009) for the Forum article by Robert McGibbon and a letter headed "What chance for GPs in bidding . . .". by Sheila Patton. Photos of the event are at www.flickr.com/photos/sarahmills178/.]
8 June Campaigning in Robert Street area, 6.00 p.m. (and 3 p.m. outside schools)
6 June Keep Our NHS Public, the national association, holds its AGM and conference, 11.00-17.00 (registration from 10.00) at Caxton House, St John's Way, London N19. To register and see the agenda contact konpadmin@keepournhspublic.com.
2 June Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
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30 May Leafleting/petitioning, 12.00, Robert Street, NW1
16 May Leafleting/petitioning, 12.00, Camden High Street (near Somerfields)
Leafleting in Camden High Street, 16 May 2009
12 May Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Community Centre, Ossulston Street, NW1
30 April Health Scrutiny Committee meeting, 6.30 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1. (For a webcast of the meeting, see http://www.camden.ukcouncil.net/site/)
28 April Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Community Centre, Ossulston Street, NW1
25 April 12.00 noon, Camden KONP stall/leafleting, Cumberland Market, NW1
22 April 12.30 p.m., 108 Penshurst, Queens Crescent, NW5 3QJ: support the Camden Federation of Tenants and Residents Association in protesting against the sell-off of Council homes
20 April PCT (NHS Camden) Board meeting, 2 p.m., St Pancras Hospital, 4 St Pancras Way, NW1 0PE
14 April Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
28 March Jobs Justice Climate march, 11 a.m., Victoria Embankment, London, SW1 (see www.putpeoplefirst.org.uk). Camden KONP members should meet at or near the bandstand at 11.00.
25 March Healthcare for London Health Fair, 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m., The Atrium, University College Hospital, Euston Road, NW1 2BU
24 March Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
16 March PCT (NHS Camden) Board meeting, 2 p.m., Conference Room, St Pancras Hospital, 4 St Pancras Way, NW1
9 March Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 7 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1 (note change in time and day of the week)
5 March Health Scrutiny Committee meeting, 6.30 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1 (For a webcast of the meeting, see http://www.camden.ukcouncil.net/site/)
[2 March Camden Council meeting, 7 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1]
25 February Deputation to Camden Council Executive Meeting, 7 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1 (meet outside Town Hall at 6.30 p.m.)
17 February Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
14 February WE LOVE THE NHS: Valentine's Day march, Camden, in support of Haringey and other areas. Meet 11 a.m. on the traffic island at the Mornington Crescent end of Camden High Street, NW1 (see the slideshow at http://pa.photoshelter.com/gallery-slideshow/G0000 jcWTUWYOQQ/
or the photos/slideshow by Tom of this event: http://www.flickr.com/photos/smashit1/)
8 February London Socialist Film Co-op showing of Sicko, 11 a.m., Renoir Cinema, Brunswick Centre, WC1, followed by discussion with Bronwen Handyside, Dr Stephen Amiel, Kevin O'Brien and Frances Hook. (Ticket office opens 10.30 a.m. Non-members admission £9, concessions £7.)
7 February Leafleting/petitioning, 11 a.m., Sainsbury's, Camden Road, NW1
3 February Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m. at Somers Town Community Centre, 150 Ossulston Street NW1
31 January Leafleting/petitioning, 11 a.m., Brunswick Centre, WC1 (meet outside Waitrose)
29 January Health Scrutiny Committee, 6.30 p.m. Camden KONP members to meet at 6 p.m. outside the Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1 (for webcast of meeting see http://www.camden.ukcouncil.net/site/)
26 January PCT Board meeting, 2 p.m., 4 St Pancras Way, NW1 0PE
24 January Leafleting/petitioning, 11 a.m., South End Green, NW3
20 January Meeting of Camden KONP and other London campaign groups, 7 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1 (Camden KONP members to meet at 6.30 p.m.)
[19 January Camden Council meeting, 7 p.m., Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1]
17 January Leafleting/petitioning, 11 a.m., Queen's Crescent Market (Malden Road end), NW5
15 January Leafleting/petitioning, 12.30 p.m., University College Hospital (back entrance, Beaumont Place)
10 January Leafleting/petitioning, 11 a.m., Sainsbury's, Camden Road, NW1
8 January Leafleting/petitioning, Joint Tenants District Management Committee meeting on Council rents, Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
6 January Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
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15 December PCT Board meeting, 2 p.m., 4 St Pancras Way, NW1
9 December Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m. ( NOT 2 December as in the minutes of the last meeting), Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
3 December Camden KONP (selected representatives only) to meet members of PCT Board
27 November Health Scrutiny Committee meeting, 6.30 p.m., Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1 (Camden KONP members to meet at the Town Hall at 6 p.m. and later present a deputation at the meeting)
15
November
Keep
Our NHS Public
national meeting in Leicester: What Kind of National Health Service Do
We Want?
(See www.keepournhspublic.com/meetings.php
for details of other KONP group meetings in London and elsewhere.)
14 November Protest at the Treasury, 1 Horse Guards Road, SW1A 2HQ (behind Whitehall), 4.30-6 p.m. (look for the Camden Keep Our NHS Public banner)
13 November Leafleting/petitioning at UCLH, 12.30-1.30 p.m. at back entrance to the hospital (Beaumont Place)
11 November Bloomsbury area forum: 7-9 p.m., Drill Hall 1, 16 Chenies Street, WC1E 7EX
8 November Healthcare for London autumn fair/roadshow about local medical services (find out about "plans to help you stay healthy, and ensure you get the best treatment and care if you become ill"): Trinity United Reform Church, Buck Street, NW1 8NJ: 11.0 a.m. to 4.0 p.m. Camden KONP leafleting/petitioning 11.0-12.30.
4 November Camden KONP campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
27 October Camden KONP: How can we keep our GP services in the NHS? Briefing meeting, with other London campaign groups invited: 7.0 p.m., Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
21 October Public Service not Private Profit, public meeting supported by Camden KONP and other groups, Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1, 7 p.m.: speakers Frank Dobson, MP, Kevin Courtney (NUT) and speakers from local campaigns
20 October PCT Board meeting, 2 p.m., 4 St Pancras Way, NW1
13 October Camden PCT consults on the government's proposed NHS constitution, 6 p.m., Camden Centre, Bidborough Street, WC1 (consultation to end 17 October). Book a place by contacting kylee.forrest@camdenpct.nhs.uk, or phone 020 7445 8304. Buffet provided.
8
October BBC1 London, Inside Out at 7.30
p.m. is scheduled to show Fran Robertson and Linda Kennedy's report on
privatisation of sections of the NHS, including interviews with Camden
KONP supporters
30 September Camden Keep Our NHS Public campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
29 September Public meeting of PCT Board, 4 p.m., Conference Room, 4 St Pancras Way, NW1 (Board meets at 2 p.m.; AGM 4 p.m.)
25 September Health Scrutiny Committee meeting, 6.30 p.m., Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1; Camden KONP deputation: meet in front of Town Hall, 6.0 p.m.
24 September What is the PCT doing to Hampstead NHS? Public meeting, Fleet Community Centre, corner of Fleet Road and Lawn Road, NW3, 7.30 p.m. Speakers: Dr Caroline Sayer, Dr Michael Golding, Candy Udwin
24 September UCLH governing body and annual public meeting, 6-8 p.m., UCLH Education Centre, 1st floor west, 250 Euston Road: proposed polyclinic at UCLH to be discussed
23 September NHS London meeting, 105 Victoria Street, SW1; Camden KONP members to meet outside the offices 10.15 a.m. before meeting scheduled for 10.30-12.30 (at which Camden PCT is to present its future plans
22 September Haringey Public Meeting against Polyclinics, 7.45 St Andrews Church Hall, 34 Alexandra Park Road, N10
20 September Leafleting at South End Green, NW3, 11.0-12.0
13
September
Leafleting at South End
Green, NW3, 11.0-12.0
Candy
leafleting at South End Green
13 September 2008
9 September Camden Keep Our NHS Public campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Somers Town Centre, Ossulston Street, NW1
6 September Stall at Marchmont Community Festival, 1.0 p.m., with leaflets/petitions
4 September Public meeting, University of London Union, 7 p.m.: South Camden GPs and Frank Dobson, MP
1-3 September Leaflets distributed outside South Camden schools
30 August Leaflets distributed/petition signatures obtained in Brunswick Square
19 August Camden Keep Our NHS Public campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
2 August Leaflets distributed/petition signatures obtained outside Sainsburys, Camden Town
25 July PCT Board meeting, 10 a.m., 4 St Pancras Way, NW1
22 July Camden Keep Our NHS Public campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
16 July Health Scrutiny Committee meeting, 7 p.m., Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
8 July Protest at Whittington Hospital (lecture by Dr Richard Smith, United Healthcare)
19 July Queen’s Crescent Community Festival, Ashdown Crescent, NW5: Stall, leaflets distributed/petition signatures obtained
1 July Camden Keep Our NHS Public campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
17 June Camden Keep Our NHS Public campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
7 June Leaflets distributed/petition signatures obtained outside Sainsburys, Camden Town (filmed for Panorama programme, July)
Leafleting at Sainsbury's_1, 7 June 2008
Leafleting at Sainsbury's_2, 7 June 2008
6 June Camidoc public meeting, Holiday Inn, Jamestown Road, NW1
3 June Camden Keep Our NHS Public campaign group meeting, 6.30 p.m., Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1
31 May Keep Our NHS Public AGM, Archway; attended by several Camden KONP members
20 May Camden Keep Our NHS Public campaign group meeting, 6.45 p.m., Maiden Lane Community Centre
19 May PCT Board meeting, 4.30 p.m., 4 St Pancras Way, NW1
17 May Leaflets distributed/petition signatures obtained outside Sainsburys, Camden Town
6 May Camden Keep Our NHS Public campaign group meeting, 6.45 p.m., Maiden Lane Community Centre
21 April PCT Board meeting, 4 St Pancras Way
16 April Camden Keep Our NHS Public campaign group meeting, 6.45 p.m., Maiden Lane Community Centre
8 April Health Scrutiny Committee meeting, Camden Town Hall, with deputation presentation on behalf of Camden Keep Our NHS Public by Jo Shaw, Lib-Dem candidate for Holborn & St Pancras
2 April Camden Keep Our NHS Public campaign group meeting, 6.45 p.m., Maiden Lane Community Centre
31 March Camden Keep Our NHS Public/KONP protest, Department of Health, Whitehall: petitions handed in
25 March Public meeting, Camden Town Hall, re PCT actions. Decision taken to set up a local group of the national organisation Keep Our NHS Public (KONP). It was announced that on legal advice the judicial review of the PCT decision had been withdrawn
10 March Meeting of small group at St Paul's church hall, Agar Grove, NW1, after PCT Board meeting: decision taken to hold a public meeting
10
March
PCT Board meeting, 4 St
Pancras Way, NW1 0PE. Public anger very strongly expressed
8 March Members of Respect protest in Camden High Street
4 March Health Scrutiny Committee meeting, Camden Town Hall: Dr Daniel Toeg presented a deputation expressing concern at the PCT decision. Public anger was also expressed by patients and other residents at the meeting
21 February A report in the Camden New Journal by Richard Olsey and Tom Foot announced that a legal challenge to the PCT decision was proposed
February A Brunswick Centre patient, Barbara Saunders, was asked to take the PCT decision forward for a judicial review (but see entry for 25 March)
31 January "Here come the 'sicko' surgeries", a report by Dan Carrier, was published in the Camden New Journal. This report was probably the first time that local residents other than patients at the three affected practices realised that something serious was happening
Late January/early February Patients registered at three Camden practices receive a letter dated 25 January from the PCT, announcing that UnitedHealth had been awarded the contract to run these practices (Camden Road, King's Cross Road and Brunswick Medical Centre)
2007
March
A
letter from the
Camden
Primary Care Trust (PCT) dated 12 March announcing the service
specification "for future tendering of General Primary Care Services in
Camden, and the selection criteria we will use to decide who is awarded
the contract" was supposedly sent "to whom it may concern". The
consultation period was to run from 12 March to 13 April 2007. This
letter
and the related 28-page document were not in fact received or obtained
by the
majority of patients (in fact, no one has yet been found who says they
got
the consultation letter).
Camden KONP is affiliated to the national campaign Keep Our NHS Public (KONP) (www.keepournhspublic.com).
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