NHA Party Statement on the Anti- Dissent Powers in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021 The government is pushing through Parliament a wide-ranging Bill which contains draconian proposed powers to manage protests and demonstrations. The Home Office factsheet refers to Extinction Rebellion protests, stating that the new Bill aims “specifically to deal with protests where people are not …
Read More »NHA Party Statement regarding 1% “Pay Rise” for NHS Staff
Key Points: The government offer of a 1% "pay rise" to NHS and care staff is an insult to all the exhausted and traumatised healthcare workers who have kept our hospitals and the country going in the pandemic There is enough money in the system to fund a substantial pay rise. We support #NHSPay15 We plan to stand candidates in …
Read More »NHA proposes National Day of Remembrance for those lost to Covid-19 on 5th March 2021
On 5th March 2020 Worldometers reported the first two deaths of Covid-19 in the UK, a woman in her 70s in Reading and a man in his 80s in Milton Keynes who died later that day. In his press conference on 21st February 2021, the Prime Minister made no mention of this upcoming tragic first anniversary, but instead focused only …
Read More »NHA Party AGM and Conference 2020
Dear National Health Action Party Members and Supporters Please join us on Saturday 31st October 2020 for our Annual General Meeting and Conference which will take place online from 10am to 1pm. Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYucO2gqDsqGNDMdNyx8zvp8T1lLWhmDNTY After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Schedule Part 1: AGM (Members and …
Read More »Reject Brexit, Defend Democracy at the Tory Party Conference
The Conservative Party conference begins on Sunday 29th September in Manchester. We will be there to greet them. March for Change has teamed up with Manchester for Europe to show the Conservative Party and Boris Johnson that Manchester Rejects Brexit, and to demand they do not trash our democracy. When? 2 pm, Sunday 29 September Where? We are assembling at …
Read More »The NHAP Stands in Solidarity With Striking Workers at St. Mary’s Hospital London
The National Health Action Party (NHAP) wishes to express its solidarity with the outsourced cleaners and porters of St. Mary’s Hospital London who will decide tomorrow on whether to take strike action against their employer Sodexo. Sodexo currently holds a facilities contract with Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. In its 2018 Annual Report the French based multinational boasted of having …
Read More »Progressive Alliance: The Green Party Stands Aside for National Health Action Party Candidate Dr Veronika Wagner in Portsmouth City Council Elections
Portsmouth Green Party has recently announced its endorsement of National Health Action Party candidate Dr Veronika Wagner for Cosham Ward in the 2019 Local Elections. The endorsement – originally announced on the Portsmouth Green Party’s Facebook page cites Dr Wagner’s ongoing fight to prevent the privatisation of services at Queen Alexandra Hospital and her 21-year career in the NHS as …
Read More »Vote for the NHS, Vote Veronika Wagner: Portsmouth City Council Elections
Veronika Wagner is the National Health Action Party's candidate in the upcoming Portsmouth City Council elections. Veronika is running in the ward of Cosham. A ward currently held by the Conservatives. Portsmouth like many other cities across the UK has borne the brunt of austerity with many services having been shut down as a result of cuts. Veronika has over 19 years’ worth of …
Read More »Put It To The People March – 23rd March 2019
Saturday, 23 March 2019 - 10:00-18:00 Parliament Square, London Hosted by Our Future Our Choice (OFOC) RSVP via the Facebook event page From OFOC: Brexit is already causing deep damage to Britain. It's threatening our futures. It's damaging our NHS. It's time to take to the streets - join us on 23rd March to demand politicians put it back to the people! …
Read More »Mark Thomas – Check Up: Our NHS@70
Long time activist, staunch advocate of the NHS and award winning comedian Mark Thomas is touring the UK and making the case for what we need to do to save the NHS. The show, which is called 'Check UP: Our NHS@70', is based upon Mark's experience of spending a month in residency at the Imperial Group of Hospitals based in …
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