Welcome to the KONP-NE weekly bulletin.
There is another "awareness" session by one of the consortia at Burradon Family Fun day, Burradon Rec. centre on Friday Sep 2nd and we should aim to have a presence there with flyers, banner etc.. Perhaps we can fix this at our meeting on 1st Sept.
These links lead us to other articles of interest: http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/newsarticle-content/-/article_display_list/12573613/gp-peer-to-table-amendments-to-wreck-health-bill http://www.unison.org.uk/asppresspack/pressrelease_view.asp?id=2412 (Thanks Helen)
Please also find two attachments forwarded by Helen.
I have attached again the GP petition leaflet and would urge everyone who has not yet used it to get it signed at their GP surgery.
Steve says: Details of a meeting organised by N.Tyneside LINK 'Will NHS changes bring better health and Social care?' Register on 0191 643 2623 or link@voda.org.uk
Thursday 29th September The Langdale Centre Howdon 10-3pm
(Steve's already registered; I'll be away in Rome storytelling at Raccontamiunastoria Festival 2011)
Ed has now set up the KONP-NE blog: http://konp-ne.blogspot.com/
Just to remind you, here again are future diary dates:
Thursday 1st SEPT – OPEN SPACE CAMPAIGNING - from 7 p.m. in St.John's Church Hall near Central Station.
Thursday 8th Sept. Gateshead: see leaflet download
2ND WEEK OCT – PUBLIC MEETING, END OCT/BEG NOV – RALLY NEWCASTLE details to be announced.
Don't forget that, thanks to Pete, we have a fan page at
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Keep-Our-NHS-Public-North-East/142954425772617?sk=wall
Well worth visiting regularly; don't wait for a prompt. New stuff appears there all the time.
I get a fair amount of relevant postings on Facebook (many of them, but not all, duplicated on the KONP NE Facebook page) so any of you who are on Facebook can make me a friend in order to access them.
If you have replies to anything here or items to be included in the next bulletin or feedback responses (good or bad - we need to know) please send them to me at martin.manasse@gmail.com If you just hit the reply button your replies will go to everyone and could cause e-mail overload.
Thanks.
Martin
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Sunday, 28 August 2011
NHS Reforms: Are They Within The Law? letter printed in the Journal 23rd aug.
With regard to the article in the Newcastle Journal, Tuesday August 16th entitled:
‘Government Under Fire Over Care Plans’.
In that article attention was drawn to concerns about the establishment of private bodies calling themselves ‘Clinical Commissioning Groups’. A few months ago, before the bill stalled in Parliament, these were calling themselves: GP Consortia.
The Government claims that these private bodies or companies will take over the management of health services once their NHS bill has been passed by Parliament.
The point with regard to the Law is, it hasn’t. The Health and Social Care bill has stalled due to lack of political support and therefore, it is not Law.
So who is commissioning these privateers? There are 14 such across our region.
On what basis is money being spent? How much has been spent so far? And, are these actions lawful?
These questions were asked at the last meeting of the North of Tyne Primary Care Trust that was held on: Tuesday 26th July at the NHS Trust’s HQ on the Great Park, North Gosforth. The Chair at that meeting advised that: “they had to put these bodies in place in order to prepare for the changes in the bill once it becomes law”.
But that did not answer the point about the unlawfulness and whether funding and establishing such groups before the bill has been passed by Parliament, is acting within the Law?
Next Meeting: Thursday 1st September at
St John’s Church Hall, Grainger St, Newcastle. 7.pm.
Secretary Martin Manasse.
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‘Government Under Fire Over Care Plans’.
In that article attention was drawn to concerns about the establishment of private bodies calling themselves ‘Clinical Commissioning Groups’. A few months ago, before the bill stalled in Parliament, these were calling themselves: GP Consortia.
The Government claims that these private bodies or companies will take over the management of health services once their NHS bill has been passed by Parliament.
The point with regard to the Law is, it hasn’t. The Health and Social Care bill has stalled due to lack of political support and therefore, it is not Law.
So who is commissioning these privateers? There are 14 such across our region.
On what basis is money being spent? How much has been spent so far? And, are these actions lawful?
These questions were asked at the last meeting of the North of Tyne Primary Care Trust that was held on: Tuesday 26th July at the NHS Trust’s HQ on the Great Park, North Gosforth. The Chair at that meeting advised that: “they had to put these bodies in place in order to prepare for the changes in the bill once it becomes law”.
But that did not answer the point about the unlawfulness and whether funding and establishing such groups before the bill has been passed by Parliament, is acting within the Law?
Next Meeting: Thursday 1st September at
St John’s Church Hall, Grainger St, Newcastle. 7.pm.
Secretary Martin Manasse.
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Tuesday, 9 August 2011
Weekly bulletin 15
Welcome to the KONP-NE weekly bulletin, a day later than usual because there was a meeting last night but unfortunately I was at the last minute unable to get there. The minutes will be published in next week's bulletin.
On Thursday last week two Davids, Paul and I were involved in the first of (hopefully) more community radio broadcasts courtesy of NE1 FM. The primary content was around the care service problems but I was interviewed about KONP-NE so we got a good mention. Many congratulations to the two Davids, neither of whom has done anything like this before, for a lively and interesting début. We look forward to the next. If there are others who might be interested in helping to make such programmes, do please let me know and I will pass it on.
Apart from the above, this week has been very quiet so just a small bulletin this time.
Just to remind you, here again are future diary dates:
1ST SEPT – OPEN SPACE CAMPAIGNING
2ND WEEK OCT – PUBLIC MEETING, END OCT/BEG NOV – RALLY NEWCASTLE
Don't forget that, thanks to Pete, we have a fan page at
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Keep-Our-NHS-Public-North-East/142954425772617?sk=wall
Well worth visiting regularly; don't wait for a prompt. New stuff appears there all the time.
I get a fair amount of relevant postings on Facebook (many of them, but not all, duplicated on the KONP NE Facebook page) so any of you who are on Facebook can make me a friend in order to access them.
If you have replies to anything here or items to be included in the next bulletin or feedback responses (good or bad - we need to know) please send them to me at martin.manasse@gmail.com If you just hit the reply button your replies will go to everyone and could cause e-mail overload.
Thanks.
Martin
On Thursday last week two Davids, Paul and I were involved in the first of (hopefully) more community radio broadcasts courtesy of NE1 FM. The primary content was around the care service problems but I was interviewed about KONP-NE so we got a good mention. Many congratulations to the two Davids, neither of whom has done anything like this before, for a lively and interesting début. We look forward to the next. If there are others who might be interested in helping to make such programmes, do please let me know and I will pass it on.
Apart from the above, this week has been very quiet so just a small bulletin this time.
Just to remind you, here again are future diary dates:
1ST SEPT – OPEN SPACE CAMPAIGNING
2ND WEEK OCT – PUBLIC MEETING, END OCT/BEG NOV – RALLY NEWCASTLE
Don't forget that, thanks to Pete, we have a fan page at
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Keep-Our-NHS-Public-North-East/142954425772617?sk=wall
Well worth visiting regularly; don't wait for a prompt. New stuff appears there all the time.
I get a fair amount of relevant postings on Facebook (many of them, but not all, duplicated on the KONP NE Facebook page) so any of you who are on Facebook can make me a friend in order to access them.
If you have replies to anything here or items to be included in the next bulletin or feedback responses (good or bad - we need to know) please send them to me at martin.manasse@gmail.com If you just hit the reply button your replies will go to everyone and could cause e-mail overload.
Thanks.
Martin
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