SOME GOOD NEWS! NHS LOGISTICS WORKERS + EASTBOURNE PATIENTS AND STAFF SAY 'NO'!

Last weekend in Eastbourne, an excellent march of 5,000 turned out against plans to close Eastbourne District General Hospital. Report here.

Workers at NHS Logistics will strike this week in a bid to save their (and our) service from being transferred to parcel carrier DHL. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5357270.stm.
For more on the UNISON members' campaign, go to the UNISON website. You can send messages of support and donations to NHS Logistics Unison, St Barnabus Close, Allington, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0LW. Make cheques payable to “Unison — NHS Logistics Dispute”.

Meanwhile, last week's TUC backed a call for a national demonstration over NHS cuts and privatisation.