Leeds Keep Our NHS Public
@leedskonp.bsky.social
Leeds Keep Our NHS Public was set up in 2011. We campaign in Leeds with health professionals and patients concerned that the NHS is being fragmented and privatised
Join us https://leedskeepournhspublic.wordpress.com
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I'm hosting the eve of conference Your Party rally in Liverpool next Friday.
Join me, grassroots organisers and labour movement leaders as we organise and build a socialist party rooted in maximum member democracy.
Get your ticket here: actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
Join me, grassroots organisers and labour movement leaders as we organise and build a socialist party rooted in maximum member democracy.
Get your ticket here: actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
November 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I'm hosting the eve of conference Your Party rally in Liverpool next Friday.
Join me, grassroots organisers and labour movement leaders as we organise and build a socialist party rooted in maximum member democracy.
Get your ticket here: actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
Join me, grassroots organisers and labour movement leaders as we organise and build a socialist party rooted in maximum member democracy.
Get your ticket here: actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
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Outside the Department of Health with WeOwnIt making our message clear - there is no place for PFI in our NHS.
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Outside the Department of Health with WeOwnIt making our message clear - there is no place for PFI in our NHS.
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Press Release: Yorkshire Yorkshire Health Campaigns Conference on the dire state of the NHS and how it can be improved
Contact: Dr John Puntis, leedskonp@yahoo.co.ukThis event has been organised by Leeds Keep Our NHS Public (KONP) and is aimed at health activists, NHS staff, local councillors,…
Contact: Dr John Puntis, leedskonp@yahoo.co.ukThis event has been organised by Leeds Keep Our NHS Public (KONP) and is aimed at health activists, NHS staff, local councillors,…
Press Release: Yorkshire Yorkshire Health Campaigns Conference on the dire state of the NHS and how it can be improved
Contact: Dr John Puntis, leedskonp@yahoo.co.ukThis event has been organised by Leeds Keep Our NHS Public (KONP) and is aimed at health activists, NHS staff, local councillors, trade unionists and concerned members of the public. The three speakers comprise Dr John Lister, writer and long term health activist; Dr Colin Hutchinson, retired Consultant Ophthalmologist and Calderdale Labour councillor, former chair of Doctors for the NHS and member of the KONP national executive; Dr John Puntis, chair of Leeds KONP, co-chair of national KONP and retired consultant paediatrician.
leedskeepournhspublic.wordpress.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Press Release: Yorkshire Yorkshire Health Campaigns Conference on the dire state of the NHS and how it can be improved
Contact: Dr John Puntis, leedskonp@yahoo.co.ukThis event has been organised by Leeds Keep Our NHS Public (KONP) and is aimed at health activists, NHS staff, local councillors,…
Contact: Dr John Puntis, leedskonp@yahoo.co.ukThis event has been organised by Leeds Keep Our NHS Public (KONP) and is aimed at health activists, NHS staff, local councillors,…
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CAN’T GET A GP APPT
Who’s to blame? Who’s been in charge?
Andrew Lansley / Jeremy Hunt* / Matt Hancock^/ Sajid Javid / Theresa Coffey / Steve Barclay / Wes Streeting**
Promises
*5000 more 2015
^6000 more 2019
**Bring Back the Family Dr
Who’s to blame? Who’s been in charge?
Andrew Lansley / Jeremy Hunt* / Matt Hancock^/ Sajid Javid / Theresa Coffey / Steve Barclay / Wes Streeting**
Promises
*5000 more 2015
^6000 more 2019
**Bring Back the Family Dr
November 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
CAN’T GET A GP APPT
Who’s to blame? Who’s been in charge?
Andrew Lansley / Jeremy Hunt* / Matt Hancock^/ Sajid Javid / Theresa Coffey / Steve Barclay / Wes Streeting**
Promises
*5000 more 2015
^6000 more 2019
**Bring Back the Family Dr
Who’s to blame? Who’s been in charge?
Andrew Lansley / Jeremy Hunt* / Matt Hancock^/ Sajid Javid / Theresa Coffey / Steve Barclay / Wes Streeting**
Promises
*5000 more 2015
^6000 more 2019
**Bring Back the Family Dr
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The problem of PFI explained in 60 seconds 👇
November 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The problem of PFI explained in 60 seconds 👇
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Thought I’d just leave this with you. 👀 🤞
#ThroughItAllTogether
#LeedsPlayhouse
#BestPerformer
#BestRegionalProduction
#BestNewPlay
#BestSupportingPerformer
awards.whatsonstage.com/26th-annual-...
#ThroughItAllTogether
#LeedsPlayhouse
#BestPerformer
#BestRegionalProduction
#BestNewPlay
#BestSupportingPerformer
awards.whatsonstage.com/26th-annual-...
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Thought I’d just leave this with you. 👀 🤞
#ThroughItAllTogether
#LeedsPlayhouse
#BestPerformer
#BestRegionalProduction
#BestNewPlay
#BestSupportingPerformer
awards.whatsonstage.com/26th-annual-...
#ThroughItAllTogether
#LeedsPlayhouse
#BestPerformer
#BestRegionalProduction
#BestNewPlay
#BestSupportingPerformer
awards.whatsonstage.com/26th-annual-...
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Save our NHS Leicestershire says NHS privatisation is bad for your health because:
Using the private sector adds a large sum to costs, in order to fund additional administration, contract bureaucracy and legal costs.
Private companies use taxpayers’ money to provide profit for shareholders.
Using the private sector adds a large sum to costs, in order to fund additional administration, contract bureaucracy and legal costs.
Private companies use taxpayers’ money to provide profit for shareholders.
November 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Save our NHS Leicestershire says NHS privatisation is bad for your health because:
Using the private sector adds a large sum to costs, in order to fund additional administration, contract bureaucracy and legal costs.
Private companies use taxpayers’ money to provide profit for shareholders.
Using the private sector adds a large sum to costs, in order to fund additional administration, contract bureaucracy and legal costs.
Private companies use taxpayers’ money to provide profit for shareholders.
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Wes Streeting accused of taking “chaotic and incoherent approach” to reforming NHS which makes it unlikely Govt will hit targets, according to damning @instituteforgovernment.org.uk
Reforms are chaotic, poorly handled, risk worsening GP & social care pressures
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reforms are chaotic, poorly handled, risk worsening GP & social care pressures
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Wes Streeting accused of ‘chaotic and incoherent approach’ to NHS reform
Exclusive: thinktank report finds health secretary has failed to improve productivity, with the health service unlikely to meet its targets
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Wes Streeting accused of taking “chaotic and incoherent approach” to reforming NHS which makes it unlikely Govt will hit targets, according to damning @instituteforgovernment.org.uk
Reforms are chaotic, poorly handled, risk worsening GP & social care pressures
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reforms are chaotic, poorly handled, risk worsening GP & social care pressures
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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PERSON OF THE DAY. 15 November 1897. Aneurin Bevan was born in Tredegar, Wales. He spearheaded the creation of the NHS in 1948 by the Labour government. It offered treatment free at the point of delivery to all citizens, irrespective of income. It’s one of the key social reforms in British history.
November 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
PERSON OF THE DAY. 15 November 1897. Aneurin Bevan was born in Tredegar, Wales. He spearheaded the creation of the NHS in 1948 by the Labour government. It offered treatment free at the point of delivery to all citizens, irrespective of income. It’s one of the key social reforms in British history.
Supporting our fantastic doctors in #Leeds, who are demanding pay restoration #fairpay #safestaffing
November 15, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Supporting our fantastic doctors in #Leeds, who are demanding pay restoration #fairpay #safestaffing
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Resident doctors aren't greedy, and they're not militant.
It's just that after YEARS of being in an abusive relationship with government, they've finally recognised their worth.
It's just that after YEARS of being in an abusive relationship with government, they've finally recognised their worth.
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Resident doctors aren't greedy, and they're not militant.
It's just that after YEARS of being in an abusive relationship with government, they've finally recognised their worth.
It's just that after YEARS of being in an abusive relationship with government, they've finally recognised their worth.
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Join me, Alan Mardghum, Heather Wood and others for Your Party’s rally with the Durham Miners Association!
🌹Saturday 15 November, 1pm
🌹 Pitman’s Parliament, Durham Miners’ Association, DH1 4BB
Tickets are first come first serve, so don’t miss out: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/your-party...
🌹Saturday 15 November, 1pm
🌹 Pitman’s Parliament, Durham Miners’ Association, DH1 4BB
Tickets are first come first serve, so don’t miss out: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/your-party...
November 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Join me, Alan Mardghum, Heather Wood and others for Your Party’s rally with the Durham Miners Association!
🌹Saturday 15 November, 1pm
🌹 Pitman’s Parliament, Durham Miners’ Association, DH1 4BB
Tickets are first come first serve, so don’t miss out: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/your-party...
🌹Saturday 15 November, 1pm
🌹 Pitman’s Parliament, Durham Miners’ Association, DH1 4BB
Tickets are first come first serve, so don’t miss out: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/your-party...
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Region's doctors defend 13th round of strikes #LocalToOssett #westyorkshire
Region's doctors defend 13th round of strikes
Some doctors across Yorkshire begin a five-day walkout over pay and a lack of future opportunities.
www.bbc.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Region's doctors defend 13th round of strikes #LocalToOssett #westyorkshire
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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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I find the glee here about making thousands of hard working NHS staff redundant - and simultaneously therefore ensuring that clinical staff's workloads are increased even further with administration tasks they didn't sign up for - both tone deaf and distasteful.
November 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I find the glee here about making thousands of hard working NHS staff redundant - and simultaneously therefore ensuring that clinical staff's workloads are increased even further with administration tasks they didn't sign up for - both tone deaf and distasteful.
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🕐We've got 16 days to keep private finance out of our NHS, ahead of the Autumn budget.
🔮Our case is crystal clear: private finance will always be a rip-off for our NHS.
✍️Take 2 mins now to write to your MP - give them all the facts about NHS private finance by reading our briefing.
🔮Our case is crystal clear: private finance will always be a rip-off for our NHS.
✍️Take 2 mins now to write to your MP - give them all the facts about NHS private finance by reading our briefing.
Email your MP - give them the facts about new NHS private finance
Email your MP - give them the facts about new NHS private finance
weownit.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🕐We've got 16 days to keep private finance out of our NHS, ahead of the Autumn budget.
🔮Our case is crystal clear: private finance will always be a rip-off for our NHS.
✍️Take 2 mins now to write to your MP - give them all the facts about NHS private finance by reading our briefing.
🔮Our case is crystal clear: private finance will always be a rip-off for our NHS.
✍️Take 2 mins now to write to your MP - give them all the facts about NHS private finance by reading our briefing.
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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
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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-...
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 7:37 PM
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@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
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🚨 Can you believe this?
300 nurses face DEPORTATION because they are just 63 POUNDS short of the new 25k salary threshold.
Nurses from overseas are the lifeblood of our NHS. Yet this is their reward.
We won't stand for it. Take action now 👇 tinyurl.com/2eknraef
300 nurses face DEPORTATION because they are just 63 POUNDS short of the new 25k salary threshold.
Nurses from overseas are the lifeblood of our NHS. Yet this is their reward.
We won't stand for it. Take action now 👇 tinyurl.com/2eknraef
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
🚨 Can you believe this?
300 nurses face DEPORTATION because they are just 63 POUNDS short of the new 25k salary threshold.
Nurses from overseas are the lifeblood of our NHS. Yet this is their reward.
We won't stand for it. Take action now 👇 tinyurl.com/2eknraef
300 nurses face DEPORTATION because they are just 63 POUNDS short of the new 25k salary threshold.
Nurses from overseas are the lifeblood of our NHS. Yet this is their reward.
We won't stand for it. Take action now 👇 tinyurl.com/2eknraef
John Lister will be joining us in #Leeds for our #Yorkshire conference 22 Nov. An encyclopaedia of health policy & NHS privatisation. His new bitesized book - Wealth vs Health, if you want to fightback, come along. keepournhspublic.com/wealth-versu...
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/yorkshire-...
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/yorkshire-...
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
John Lister will be joining us in #Leeds for our #Yorkshire conference 22 Nov. An encyclopaedia of health policy & NHS privatisation. His new bitesized book - Wealth vs Health, if you want to fightback, come along. keepournhspublic.com/wealth-versu...
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/yorkshire-...
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/yorkshire-...
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🚨ACT NOW: Stand with NHS nurses facing deportation!
300 Band 3 Nursing Assistants employed by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust may lose their jobs & right to stay in the UK due to the Trust's inaction.
👉Tell the Trust to safeguard jobs NOW:
patientsnotpassports.co.uk/nurses-in-ma...
300 Band 3 Nursing Assistants employed by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust may lose their jobs & right to stay in the UK due to the Trust's inaction.
👉Tell the Trust to safeguard jobs NOW:
patientsnotpassports.co.uk/nurses-in-ma...
Nurses in Manchester at Risk of Deportation – Patients Not Passports
patientsnotpassports.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🚨ACT NOW: Stand with NHS nurses facing deportation!
300 Band 3 Nursing Assistants employed by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust may lose their jobs & right to stay in the UK due to the Trust's inaction.
👉Tell the Trust to safeguard jobs NOW:
patientsnotpassports.co.uk/nurses-in-ma...
300 Band 3 Nursing Assistants employed by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust may lose their jobs & right to stay in the UK due to the Trust's inaction.
👉Tell the Trust to safeguard jobs NOW:
patientsnotpassports.co.uk/nurses-in-ma...