Keep Our NHS Public
@keepournhspublic.bsky.social
We campaign for a publicly and fully funded/provided/accountable NHS, and against NHS privatisation.
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The NHS isn't an 'ecosystem' - it's a public health service
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The NHS isn't an 'ecosystem' to be divvied up between private interests. It's OUR service & must remain THE NHS providing healthcare for all.
We won't let Alan Milburn, Streeting & this govt downgrade our NHS to just 1 provider amongst private companies.
Watch 👇👇👇
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We won't let Alan Milburn, Streeting & this govt downgrade our NHS to just 1 provider amongst private companies.
Watch 👇👇👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWUj...
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🤔We asked Dr John Puntis, Co-Chair of Keep Our NHS Public, if using the private sector helped the NHS with its capacity issues. @keepournhspublic.bsky.social.bsky.social
🚨Spoilers: it doesn't. #publicownership #NHS #SOSNHS
🚨Spoilers: it doesn't. #publicownership #NHS #SOSNHS
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🤔We asked Dr John Puntis, Co-Chair of Keep Our NHS Public, if using the private sector helped the NHS with its capacity issues. @keepournhspublic.bsky.social.bsky.social
🚨Spoilers: it doesn't. #publicownership #NHS #SOSNHS
🚨Spoilers: it doesn't. #publicownership #NHS #SOSNHS
Sylvia Chandler, retired GP and KONP campaigner, reports on how she successfully challenged this decision to withdraw an NHS service.
Food for thought/great tips for anyone who may be affected.
keepournhspublic.com/attempt-to-c...
Food for thought/great tips for anyone who may be affected.
keepournhspublic.com/attempt-to-c...
Attempt to charge for ear wax removal thwarted by campaigner
When my husband recently tried to access the ear wax removal service previously provided by the local hospital, he was told he would be charged. This unexpected barrier to essential care previously pr...
keepournhspublic.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Sylvia Chandler, retired GP and KONP campaigner, reports on how she successfully challenged this decision to withdraw an NHS service.
Food for thought/great tips for anyone who may be affected.
keepournhspublic.com/attempt-to-c...
Food for thought/great tips for anyone who may be affected.
keepournhspublic.com/attempt-to-c...
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It was a great event, with a very strong expert panel.
And very well chaired by @richardburgon.bsky.social
99-percent.org/scoring-the-...
And very well chaired by @richardburgon.bsky.social
99-percent.org/scoring-the-...
Scoring the 10-year Plan: Fit for the Future? - 99%
Inaugural meeting in Parliament of the Working Group on the NHS This is an approximate transcript of the inaugural meeting in Parliament on 11 November 2025 of the Working Group […]
99-percent.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It was a great event, with a very strong expert panel.
And very well chaired by @richardburgon.bsky.social
99-percent.org/scoring-the-...
And very well chaired by @richardburgon.bsky.social
99-percent.org/scoring-the-...
@mgreenwood2024.bsky.social retired MP, encouraged MP colleagues to arrange meetings with their local hospitals to understand what impact these forthcoming cuts will have on local populations. At @richardburgon.bsky.social event with the @99organisation.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
@mgreenwood2024.bsky.social retired MP, encouraged MP colleagues to arrange meetings with their local hospitals to understand what impact these forthcoming cuts will have on local populations. At @richardburgon.bsky.social event with the @99organisation.bsky.social
Consultant opthalmologist Tim Dabbs explains at @richardburgon.bsky.social event in parliament now with the @99organisation.bsky.social about how patients are losing their sight as private clinics draw expertise away from the NHS
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Consultant opthalmologist Tim Dabbs explains at @richardburgon.bsky.social event in parliament now with the @99organisation.bsky.social about how patients are losing their sight as private clinics draw expertise away from the NHS
Our co-chair @drjohnpuntis.bsky.social now at the event in parliament highlighting how pouring money into the private sector for apparent short term gain while leaving the NHS financially unstable, is a complete false economy.
November 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Our co-chair @drjohnpuntis.bsky.social now at the event in parliament highlighting how pouring money into the private sector for apparent short term gain while leaving the NHS financially unstable, is a complete false economy.
On the panel, @sallygainsbury.bsky.social senior policy advisor at @nuffieldtrust.org.uk says that government funding is not enough to realise their ambitions for the NHS.
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
On the panel, @sallygainsbury.bsky.social senior policy advisor at @nuffieldtrust.org.uk says that government funding is not enough to realise their ambitions for the NHS.
The word "COVID" doesn't appear once in the govts 10 year plan for health, says economist @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social from the @99organisation.bsky.social in parliament just now.
How can you make an economic plan while ignoring something so monumental?
"Ignoring COVID is a serious flaw."
How can you make an economic plan while ignoring something so monumental?
"Ignoring COVID is a serious flaw."
November 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The word "COVID" doesn't appear once in the govts 10 year plan for health, says economist @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social from the @99organisation.bsky.social in parliament just now.
How can you make an economic plan while ignoring something so monumental?
"Ignoring COVID is a serious flaw."
How can you make an economic plan while ignoring something so monumental?
"Ignoring COVID is a serious flaw."
At Westminster now by for an event hosted by @richardburgon.bsky.social where economist @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social from @99organisation.bsky.social discusses the 10 Year Plan for health.
Our co-chair @drjohnpuntis.bsky.social on the expert panel
Our co-chair @drjohnpuntis.bsky.social on the expert panel
November 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
At Westminster now by for an event hosted by @richardburgon.bsky.social where economist @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social from @99organisation.bsky.social discusses the 10 Year Plan for health.
Our co-chair @drjohnpuntis.bsky.social on the expert panel
Our co-chair @drjohnpuntis.bsky.social on the expert panel
Our co-chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social said:
"Failure to provide managerial support means experienced clinicians giving up their patient-facing time to fill management gaps and keep systems going. It is yet another impact of over 15 years of underfunding."
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nhs-...
"Failure to provide managerial support means experienced clinicians giving up their patient-facing time to fill management gaps and keep systems going. It is yet another impact of over 15 years of underfunding."
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nhs-...
NHS staff ‘forced to plug gaps that should be filled by skilled admin staff’
FRONT-LINE NHS staff are being forced to plug gaps that should be filled by skilled admin staff and managers, a think tank has warned.The King’s Fund said that there is now a “near record low” number ...
morningstaronline.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Our co-chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social said:
"Failure to provide managerial support means experienced clinicians giving up their patient-facing time to fill management gaps and keep systems going. It is yet another impact of over 15 years of underfunding."
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nhs-...
"Failure to provide managerial support means experienced clinicians giving up their patient-facing time to fill management gaps and keep systems going. It is yet another impact of over 15 years of underfunding."
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nhs-...
Our Co-Chair @drjohnpuntis.bsky.social reviews @johnrlister.bsky.social essential new book on Trump's global war on health and science.
It's a real eye-opener.
Don't miss your chance to get your hands on a copy!
keepournhspublic.com/wealth-versu...
It's a real eye-opener.
Don't miss your chance to get your hands on a copy!
keepournhspublic.com/wealth-versu...
Wealth versus Health, John Lister
Book Review: John Lister – Wealth versus Health; Trump’s Global War on Health and Science
Reviewed by John Puntis, Co Chair Keep Our NHS Public
Published as a paperback by Bite-Sized Books: avai...
keepournhspublic.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Our Co-Chair @drjohnpuntis.bsky.social reviews @johnrlister.bsky.social essential new book on Trump's global war on health and science.
It's a real eye-opener.
Don't miss your chance to get your hands on a copy!
keepournhspublic.com/wealth-versu...
It's a real eye-opener.
Don't miss your chance to get your hands on a copy!
keepournhspublic.com/wealth-versu...
Hospital services in Swanage & Wareham are being cut.
Beds have been closed and outpatient services withdrawn.
Local people are fighting back.
Please sign & share this important petition
👇👇👇👇
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...
Beds have been closed and outpatient services withdrawn.
Local people are fighting back.
Please sign & share this important petition
👇👇👇👇
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...
Restore Swanage and Wareham NHS Services!
In Swanage we are a long way from the major hospitals, we have an older population, public transport is limited and 25% of us have no access to a car. Yet local community hospital services in Swanage ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Hospital services in Swanage & Wareham are being cut.
Beds have been closed and outpatient services withdrawn.
Local people are fighting back.
Please sign & share this important petition
👇👇👇👇
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...
Beds have been closed and outpatient services withdrawn.
Local people are fighting back.
Please sign & share this important petition
👇👇👇👇
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...
Frustrated you can't get a GP appointment?
Work in primary care?
Interested in what's happening and want to improve local services?
Join our FREE event on 29th Nov in London.
Details and tickets here:
keepournhspublic.com/event/primar...
Work in primary care?
Interested in what's happening and want to improve local services?
Join our FREE event on 29th Nov in London.
Details and tickets here:
keepournhspublic.com/event/primar...
November 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Frustrated you can't get a GP appointment?
Work in primary care?
Interested in what's happening and want to improve local services?
Join our FREE event on 29th Nov in London.
Details and tickets here:
keepournhspublic.com/event/primar...
Work in primary care?
Interested in what's happening and want to improve local services?
Join our FREE event on 29th Nov in London.
Details and tickets here:
keepournhspublic.com/event/primar...
There's not long to go now until our important event in London about the contribution migrants make to our NHS.
Hear exciting speakers like @zackpolanski.bsky.social
& @zarahsultana.bsky.social as well as NHS staff themselves.
Don't miss out - get your tickets here:
bit.ly/MigrantsNotT...
Hear exciting speakers like @zackpolanski.bsky.social
& @zarahsultana.bsky.social as well as NHS staff themselves.
Don't miss out - get your tickets here:
bit.ly/MigrantsNotT...
November 4, 2025 at 10:56 AM
There's not long to go now until our important event in London about the contribution migrants make to our NHS.
Hear exciting speakers like @zackpolanski.bsky.social
& @zarahsultana.bsky.social as well as NHS staff themselves.
Don't miss out - get your tickets here:
bit.ly/MigrantsNotT...
Hear exciting speakers like @zackpolanski.bsky.social
& @zarahsultana.bsky.social as well as NHS staff themselves.
Don't miss out - get your tickets here:
bit.ly/MigrantsNotT...
One A&E consultant said:
“We're not just running out of cubicles; we're running out of corridors. And we‘ve run out of trollies."
Govt must recognise the true scale of need in our NHS this winter and act to support the services we all rely upon.
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
“We're not just running out of cubicles; we're running out of corridors. And we‘ve run out of trollies."
Govt must recognise the true scale of need in our NHS this winter and act to support the services we all rely upon.
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Inside looming NHS winter crisis as hospitals face ‘armageddon’
Every winter is a challenge for the NHS. But doctors fear this year could be one of the worst yet, as a ‘hugely concerning’ early flu season, a surge in A&E demand and the overhang of a devastating su...
www.independent.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
One A&E consultant said:
“We're not just running out of cubicles; we're running out of corridors. And we‘ve run out of trollies."
Govt must recognise the true scale of need in our NHS this winter and act to support the services we all rely upon.
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
“We're not just running out of cubicles; we're running out of corridors. And we‘ve run out of trollies."
Govt must recognise the true scale of need in our NHS this winter and act to support the services we all rely upon.
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
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Before the NHS much of our healthcare was dependent on charities.
The fundraising might be digital, but this is another step back to the Victorian era.
Sign here if you agree we need change https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fund-nhs-dentistry-now
The fundraising might be digital, but this is another step back to the Victorian era.
Sign here if you agree we need change https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fund-nhs-dentistry-now
November 2, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Before the NHS much of our healthcare was dependent on charities.
The fundraising might be digital, but this is another step back to the Victorian era.
Sign here if you agree we need change https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fund-nhs-dentistry-now
The fundraising might be digital, but this is another step back to the Victorian era.
Sign here if you agree we need change https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fund-nhs-dentistry-now
Our Head of Campaigns, Tom Griffiths, writes for @left-foot-forward.bsky.social about the vital contribution migrants make to our NHS.
Join our event on this in Nov to hear @zackpolanski.bsky.social and others speak.
Tickets here: bit.ly/MigrantsNotT... 🔥🎟
leftfootforward.org/2025/10/anti...
Join our event on this in Nov to hear @zackpolanski.bsky.social and others speak.
Tickets here: bit.ly/MigrantsNotT... 🔥🎟
leftfootforward.org/2025/10/anti...
Anti-migrant policies could spell the end of the NHS
Migrants aren't responsible for the problems in the NHS.
leftfootforward.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Our Head of Campaigns, Tom Griffiths, writes for @left-foot-forward.bsky.social about the vital contribution migrants make to our NHS.
Join our event on this in Nov to hear @zackpolanski.bsky.social and others speak.
Tickets here: bit.ly/MigrantsNotT... 🔥🎟
leftfootforward.org/2025/10/anti...
Join our event on this in Nov to hear @zackpolanski.bsky.social and others speak.
Tickets here: bit.ly/MigrantsNotT... 🔥🎟
leftfootforward.org/2025/10/anti...
Reposted by Keep Our NHS Public
'It is not true that immigrants are the root cause of the NHS’s problems. Evidence shows that NHS pressures stem from years of constrained government funding and rising demand from an aging population'
@keepournhspublic.bsky.social
@keepournhspublic.bsky.social
Anti-migrant policies could spell the end of the NHS
Migrants aren't responsible for the problems in the NHS.
leftfootforward.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
'It is not true that immigrants are the root cause of the NHS’s problems. Evidence shows that NHS pressures stem from years of constrained government funding and rising demand from an aging population'
@keepournhspublic.bsky.social
@keepournhspublic.bsky.social
Our latest contribution to @publicsectorfocus.bsky.social - out now! 👀
Read how Health Secretary Streeting's plans to expand private provision in the NHS undermines our health service - you won't want to miss this one!
By our Co-Chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social
👇
flickread.com/edition/html...
Read how Health Secretary Streeting's plans to expand private provision in the NHS undermines our health service - you won't want to miss this one!
By our Co-Chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social
👇
flickread.com/edition/html...
October 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Our latest contribution to @publicsectorfocus.bsky.social - out now! 👀
Read how Health Secretary Streeting's plans to expand private provision in the NHS undermines our health service - you won't want to miss this one!
By our Co-Chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social
👇
flickread.com/edition/html...
Read how Health Secretary Streeting's plans to expand private provision in the NHS undermines our health service - you won't want to miss this one!
By our Co-Chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social
👇
flickread.com/edition/html...
Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust plans to cut 150 admin posts - the people working behind the scenes who keep our hospitals running.
Longer waits, missed calls and risks to patient care will follow.
Please sign & share their petition✍️
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
Longer waits, missed calls and risks to patient care will follow.
Please sign & share their petition✍️
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop the cuts at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Cornwall’s NHS needs investment, not cuts. Patient care depends on the staff who keep the system running.
www.megaphone.org.uk
October 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust plans to cut 150 admin posts - the people working behind the scenes who keep our hospitals running.
Longer waits, missed calls and risks to patient care will follow.
Please sign & share their petition✍️
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
Longer waits, missed calls and risks to patient care will follow.
Please sign & share their petition✍️
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
Tickets are selling really fast for our event in London on 20th November 👀
Don't miss the opportunity to hear the man of the hour @zackpolanski.bsky.social (and many others) speak! 💚
🔥 Grab your tickets here: bit.ly/MigrantsNotT...
Don't miss the opportunity to hear the man of the hour @zackpolanski.bsky.social (and many others) speak! 💚
🔥 Grab your tickets here: bit.ly/MigrantsNotT...
October 29, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Tickets are selling really fast for our event in London on 20th November 👀
Don't miss the opportunity to hear the man of the hour @zackpolanski.bsky.social (and many others) speak! 💚
🔥 Grab your tickets here: bit.ly/MigrantsNotT...
Don't miss the opportunity to hear the man of the hour @zackpolanski.bsky.social (and many others) speak! 💚
🔥 Grab your tickets here: bit.ly/MigrantsNotT...
Invest in staff and you'll have a well functioning NHS that serves the population well.
Retain and commit to the 100,000 staff threatened with redundancy, and pay Resident Doctors what they're owed.
Just a thought.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Retain and commit to the 100,000 staff threatened with redundancy, and pay Resident Doctors what they're owed.
Just a thought.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
NHS needs up to £3bn extra to avoid cuts, health leaders warn
Health leaders say progress on reducing waiting lists will be affected if there is no help in making up the financial shortfall.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Invest in staff and you'll have a well functioning NHS that serves the population well.
Retain and commit to the 100,000 staff threatened with redundancy, and pay Resident Doctors what they're owed.
Just a thought.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Retain and commit to the 100,000 staff threatened with redundancy, and pay Resident Doctors what they're owed.
Just a thought.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Shocking news today from the RCN. Racism has no place in our society, or in our NHS.
We're holding an important event in London next month addressing this very issue.
Find out more & get tickets:
bit.ly/MigrantsNotT...
We're holding an important event in London next month addressing this very issue.
Find out more & get tickets:
bit.ly/MigrantsNotT...
October 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Shocking news today from the RCN. Racism has no place in our society, or in our NHS.
We're holding an important event in London next month addressing this very issue.
Find out more & get tickets:
bit.ly/MigrantsNotT...
We're holding an important event in London next month addressing this very issue.
Find out more & get tickets:
bit.ly/MigrantsNotT...
"The number of NHS appointments, tests and operations delivered by private hospitals and clinics has increased by almost 500,000 this year; now at 6.15 million."
Every appointment moved to private hands weakens the NHS we all rely on. This wasn't Bevan's plan.
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Every appointment moved to private hands weakens the NHS we all rely on. This wasn't Bevan's plan.
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Private hospitals carrying out more NHS appointments and procedures
Using spare capacity in the private sector is key to the government’s target of ensuring that 92 per cent of patients in England should wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment
www.independent.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"The number of NHS appointments, tests and operations delivered by private hospitals and clinics has increased by almost 500,000 this year; now at 6.15 million."
Every appointment moved to private hands weakens the NHS we all rely on. This wasn't Bevan's plan.
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Every appointment moved to private hands weakens the NHS we all rely on. This wasn't Bevan's plan.
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Reposted by Keep Our NHS Public
Yep. And no prizes for guessing where the private patient is sent when routine procedures go wrong or there are complications - and at whose expense.
This is quite an important point that very rarely gets covered in conversations about private vs public healthcare - emergency care.
Because as a rule, private hospitals have neither the facilities or skills to handle acute illness and accident (no A&E, ITU or MDT set of staff) - and even more 1/
Because as a rule, private hospitals have neither the facilities or skills to handle acute illness and accident (no A&E, ITU or MDT set of staff) - and even more 1/
Slightly off topic Bear, but I read about Jeremy Clarkson's recent health emergency where he ended up going to his local A & E Dept.
Very surprised to find out that his private health firm could not provide him with local emergency care and would have had to send him two hours away to London.
Very surprised to find out that his private health firm could not provide him with local emergency care and would have had to send him two hours away to London.
October 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Yep. And no prizes for guessing where the private patient is sent when routine procedures go wrong or there are complications - and at whose expense.