Keep Our NHS Public is a campaigning organisation, with local groups across England, committed to reversing what it describes as the
ongoing privatisation of the
NHS
The National Health Service (NHS) is the term for the publicly funded health care, publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom: the National Health Service (England), NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and Health and Social Care (Northern ...
and its services.
History
The group was founded in 2005 by the NHS Consultants Association, the
NHS Support Federation and
Health Emergency. It was very active in the campaign against the
Health and Social Care Act 2012
The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7) is an Act of Parliament (UK), act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It provided for the most extensive reorganisation of the structure of the National Health Service (England), National Health Ser ...
.
It has local groups which are involved in campaigns against the closure or reorganisation of local hospitals, such as the Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign. It attracted support from many existing health related campaigns such as Save Finsbury Health Centre It has been very vocal in denouncing the use of
private health providers to treat patients outside the health service.
Notable campaigns
* Campaign to keep the NHS out of future UK trade deals
* Campaign by Save Lewisham Hospital to oppose Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt's plans to close it
See also
*
History of the National Health Service (England)
*
Private providers of NHS services
*
Health care in the United Kingdom
References
External links
* {{official website
National Health Service (England)
Lobbying organisations in the United Kingdom