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Defend the NHS.

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Dr Ken Williamson, a retired family doctor
and chairman of Oxfordshire Keep Our
NHS Public
said:

‘Local people want to see tax payer’s money to be used so that their own
local GP surgeries are open more hours and provide more NHS services.
They don’t want to see it funnelled into
Richard Branson’s pockets. Oxfordshire Campaigners beat off plans over 2
years ago to privatise control over NHS spending in the area. Local
people chose not to use the mobile cataract service provided by NETCARE,
a private South African Company and we used
the local NHS service instead. Oxfordshire PCT
has been forced into selling off the rest of
the contact to other areas.
We can fight these plans if local people,
campaigners and health professionals stand up and say – we want the NHS
not a VIRGIN run project that doesn’t deliver.
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National
protests are breaking out over Virgin's bid to take over NHS primary care.
Tonight (17th
March) the Oxford protest was attended by 40-50 people - activists
lobbying both entrances to the Oxford university venue.
Activists commissioned a new banner for the occasion 'Virgin on the
ridiculous' featuring Richard Branson - clutching his assets!
Those who attended the event reported hard cash inducements from the
Virgin sales team - one family doctor commented that it was a full 20
minutes before the word 'patients' was mentioned.

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The demonstration was backed by health unions, the Trades Union Council,
and greetings came from pensioners, NHS activists and post workers.
Remember:
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This 'business friendly' government faced
with the choice of having a bank run by Virgin or
the state chose nationalisation. Perhaps
they should nationalise GP surgeries - or are they less important?
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Virgin Atlantic airways are currently being forced to repay customers
possibly millions for illegal price fixing
with British Airways. They only avoided a huge fine by blowing the
whistle on BA first thereby getting immunity.
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Virgin have recently lost their rail
franchise locally because of their poor record
of running a railway.
Getting comprehensive integrated healthcare
wrong is a lot more serious.
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60TH Birthday of the NHS – 5TH JULY 2008
To celebrate the 60th Birthday of the NHS, Keep our NHS Public Oxfordshire are collecting your ‘good news’ stories about the NHS. We want to hear from you about your positive experiences about being looked after and cared for by the NHS over the last 60 years.
It can be your experience of something simple and straight forward of it might be about a long and complex problem. We will be putting together a book of positive stories. On Saturday 5th July we will be holding a reception and exhibition at the Town Hall with Oxford Mayor Susanna Pressel.
If you would like to share your stories with us, then please email than to PFI Alert@gmail.com.
Campaign_NewsProtest at the VIRGIN meeting
to be held in Oxford at St. Hugh's College on Monday evening 17th March 08! Meet at the Canterbury Road entrance to St. Hugh's at 6.30pm. The Virgin meeting is aimed at local
NHS staff who will be going in between 6.30-7.30pm. We then plan to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in the Rose and Crown from 7.30pm onwards.
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