There is an explosion of activity around the country over the Sustainability and Transformation Plans. New campaign groups are forming and established ones are stepping up a gear as the cuts in services start to become apparent everywhere, well in advance of any plans being published. That's because, don't forget, these plans are not new, they are an acceleration of the 5 Year Forward View. Here is a round up of some of the important campaign events that are happening round the country in the coming weeks. Please join in. This is no time for 'clictivism' we need people turning up for public meetings, writing those letters, going to MPs' surgeries to demand a halt to this destruction.

The private sector is ready and waiting in the wings. As Dr Helen Salisbury our candidate in the Witney by-election says, "What in the world are STPs? Sustainability and Transformation Plans, designed to deliver better care for less money and better access to care even though lots of the hospitals and GP practices will have closed. The flying pigs will follow shortly afterwards.
I did a little web searching to see what further information I could find, which turned up an ad from an organisation called NHiS (spookily similar to NHS) offering me an STP tracker which will keep me up to date with all the changes. It is aimed at companies who may be able to benefit (ie profit) from the coming changes. (‘Our Health Insight team are thought leaders in local market access solutions’).
The privatisation of our NHS is far advanced and the vultures are circling."

Please note: the campaigns before are not associated with the NHA Party, but we think the more organisations work together to share information the better the turnout and support is likely to be. But though many of these groups are resolutely non party political we stand by our position that the NHS is very political indeed.

Today 6 October If you are in Headland & Harbour ward of HARTLEPOOL then you will be going to the polls. Vote for Robert Price, our NHA candidate. If you don't live there, but know someone who does, make sure you let them know. Dr Helen Salisbury is standing as our parliamentary candidate in the WITNEY by-election. One of the very best ways to make sure our voice is heard is to have well-informed campaigners elected to represent us at all levels of government.

Saturday 22 October Save Wycombe Hospital is planning a protest in High Wycombe in the afternoon. Find them on Facebook.

Saturday 8 October in Bideford Save Our Hospital Services Devon will be meeting from 10am-1.00pm outside the Co-op to distribute publicity and engage with the public to raise awareness of the proposed cuts to health services in North Devon and to publicise 'North Devon Sees Red' Day on 22 October .

Across the country as the cuts to services become more radical, so the responses grow more co-ordinated. Campaigners are successfully bringing their local newspapers on boards in some areas. Persuading NHS staff can be more difficult as they can fear for their jobs - especially with the attacks on EU and other foreign national staff from Theresa May and her government. But the more the support grows, the easier it will be. Whatever you do, don't sit still. Get out there and join the fight.