CELEBRATE NHS 64th BIRTHDAY BY ORGANISING TO KEEP VIRGIN OUT OF IT! SATURDAY 30 JUNE

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Jun 192012
 
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Next national day of action..

CELEBRATE NHS 64th BIRTHDAY
BY ORGANISING TO KEEP VIRGIN OUT OF IT!
SATURDAY 30 JUNE
After 64 years of the NHS its very future is threatened by privatisation now the Health & Social Care Act is law.
Richard Branson’s Virgin is one of the companies looking to make massive profits by taking over more and more of our health service.
We are asking you to celebrate the NHS 64th birthday by telling Virgin to keep out of it!
We said our last action when we picketed and closed Virgin stores and gyms was just the start
Send Branson and Lansley a message that we are not going to let the NHS be destroyed this year or any other.
Local groups are asked to pick a Virgin store or Gym and organise a protest.
Let us know when and where.
POSTERS / LEAFLETS/ BALOONS/ MASKS
If you want leaflet, posters, Richard Branson masks or balloons we can help if you email us at londonkeepournhspublic@gmail.com

WHERE TO FIND YOUR VIRGIN STORE
Virgin media store locator: https://shop.virginmedia.com/store-locator.html

Virgin Active club finder: https://www.virginactive.co.uk/en/club-finder

THE ACTION LAST TIME
Virgin media stores were closed and picketed round the country.

IS VIRGIN COMING TO A HOSPITAL OR CLINIC NEAR YOU?
Before the new Health Act is even in force, Richard Branson’s Virgin Care is already taking over whole parts of our health services. They already run:

* £500million contract for community health services in South West and North West Surrey
* Sexual Health Service for Milton Keynes
* Dermatology service in the Isle of Wight
* Shortlisted as potential providers of integrated children’s services in Devon

RICHARD BRANSON AND DAVID CAMERON 
“You scratch my back – I’ll scratch yours”
It is not surprising “Virgin Care” is doing well out of the NHS.

Just before the 2010 election Richard Branson was photographed supporting David Cameron’s election bid. A month later he bought loss-making Assura private health company for the knock down price of £4m, saying Virgin had been waiting to find “the right entry point” into the health market. That put Virgin in pole position to have influence in the government’s new commissioning arrangements. A year later Virgin was the private health company with most links on the shadow commissioning boards.

BRANSON DOESN’T LIKE CRITICISM – SO LET’S GIVE HIM MORE!
Branson obviously doesn’t like bad publicity. An article appeared in the Telegraph mildly critical of Virgin’s takeover of NHS services. Virgin tried to stop the publication applying for a high court injunction. So lets get as much publicity as possible for the way Virgin aims to make profits out of the NHS.