HUGE TURNOUT FOR HANDS AROUND THE HOSPITAL PROTEST SHOWS NHS CUTS ANGER

Sunday's protest saw another big turnout as up to 5,000 people in Worthing & Shoreham attended the 'Hands Around the Hospitals' protests against the threatened closure of our hospitals. Demonstrators easily completed a circle of hands around each hospital, and the symbolic protest looked impressive from the air - as you can see in the Herald's web report of the day's events.

Also, see the video below shot by Hospital Help



Worthing Keep Our NHS Public campaigners including GMB, UNISON and RCN members leafletted for our public meeting with John McDonnell MP and NHS Logistics strikers, and were received enthusiastically.

In two weeks' time, campaigners from across Sussex and Surrey are meeting to coordinate their efforts across the the counties which comprise the area of the Strategic Health Authority that's looking to make Blair & Hewitt's required savings of £100 million. The meeting is open to all. Local campaigns in the region have already booked transport to the TUC's national lobby of Parliament on the 1st November - watch this space for details of how you can get to London from Worthing.