Weekly bulletin number 18

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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