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A vigil to highlight the "plight" of the NHS will be held tonight on the eve of the second reading of a private member's bill aimed at "rolling back" privatisation.
Activists from the health unions, Unite, Unison and the GMB will be staging a candle-lit vigil opposite the House of Commons, from 19.00 until a vote by MPs on the National Health Services (Amended Duties and Powers) bill due at lunchtime tomorrow.
The Bill is being promoted by Labour MP for Eltham, Clive Efford and is aimed at amending the Government's controversial Health and Social Care Act 2012, by rewriting the rules on competitive tendering.
Unite head of health Rachael Maskell said: "This is a symbolic vigil to drive home to MPs the importance of voting for Clive Efford's bill as the first step on the journey to next May's ballot box to restore the NHS to a service free at the point of delivery for all those in need.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/vigil-held-nhs-024515219.html
Activists from the health unions, Unite, Unison and the GMB will be staging a candle-lit vigil opposite the House of Commons, from 19.00 until a vote by MPs on the National Health Services (Amended Duties and Powers) bill due at lunchtime tomorrow.
The Bill is being promoted by Labour MP for Eltham, Clive Efford and is aimed at amending the Government's controversial Health and Social Care Act 2012, by rewriting the rules on competitive tendering.
Unite head of health Rachael Maskell said: "This is a symbolic vigil to drive home to MPs the importance of voting for Clive Efford's bill as the first step on the journey to next May's ballot box to restore the NHS to a service free at the point of delivery for all those in need.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/vigil-held-nhs-024515219.html