Monthly Archives: April 2016

What’s Happening to the National Health Service in the York Area – June 2016 Update

So, you would like to know what’s happening to the NHS in the York area? We’re afraid there’s no quick and easy route but one way is to attend the plethora of meetings by the bureaucracy created by the Health … Continue reading

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Junior Doctors Strike in York 26th and 27th April 2016

Sad to say but Jeremy Hunt’s failure to communicate reasonably with the junior doctors in England led to the first complete withdrawal of labour by them for the first time in the history of the NHS. Defend Our NHS York … Continue reading

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Bootham Park Hospital – Why Was it Closed?

Since Bootham Park Hospital was closed at the end of September 2015 there has been much anger from service users and their carers, families and supporters including an excellent piece in the Guardian in March 2016. The report from NHS … Continue reading

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Yorkshire Regional March for the NHS – Leeds 16th April 2016

York Defend Our NHS joined 1000’s of others from across the Yorkshire region to meet up outside Leeds Art Gallery and then march around Leeds to mass support from shoppers for our National Health Service and the health professionals under … Continue reading

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