NHS campaigners protesting against Health and Care bill today

They'll be in Worthing, Brighton and Hastings

Author: Adam GoacherPublished 26th Feb 2022

A series of actions across Sussex are taking place today, as part of Unite the Union's NHS day of action today.

Union members will talk to locals to encourage local MPs to oppose further privatisation of the NHS by the Health and Care Bill, which is being debated again in parliament on Tuesday (1st of March).

In Worthing, Peter Bottomley and Tim Loughton are among the Tory MPs who voted in favour of the Bill last November.

Members will be outside the hospital at midday today, and will also be at Brighton's clock tower and Hastings town centre around the same time.

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: "While our members and their families in England are being told to expect NHS waiting lists to rise for years to come, the government's priority is to pave the way for further disastrous privatisation. Every time private companies run NHS services they put profits before patients who pay the price.

“So these Tory MPs ought to put their constituents before their private sector mates and vote to junk the Bill. Of course, it is unlikely they will, and Unite will have to continue to fight these big corporate money moves step by step inside the NHS.”

“Our NHS is under threat and time is running out. The Health and Care Bill will cut medical and emergency services, force more people to pay for their health care and let more private companies take over services and make decisions on budgets.

“That is why we’re out on the streets today, highlighting the tsunami of attacks our health service is facing and asking local people to tell their MPs they must vote against the Health and Care Bill to save our NHS.”

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