NHS Support Federation
We are an independent organisation that works to promote a comprehensive NHS, with equitable access and active public involvement.
Our supporters and affiliated organisations are drawn equally from the health profession and the general public.
Nurse Margaret Haywood has been struck off the nursing register by the Nursing and Midwifery Council for taking part in a television programme exposing the appalling care given to elderly patients at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton. Sign the petition launched by the Royal College of Nursing in support of this courageous whistle blower.
Latest....
See the briefing from public law firm Leigh Day & Co Patients’ legal challenges to changes to the NHS
Our new report Is the public shaping the future of their NHS?, referred to on 24 February by Dr Richard Taylor MP in a Parliament debate.
See Top-ups in Current issues for a brief summary of the top-ups debate and the recommendations of the Richards report. See our summary of the response of healthcare organisations and the media to the policy change in Current issues.
Campaigns....
Protect the NHS
"We must campaign to ensure that commercial values do not undermine the founding ideals of the NHS."
Prof Harry Keen CBE, president NHS Support Federation
NHS Unlimited
"Local people must have their say about how their local services are organised."
Paul Evans, director NHS Support Federation. Find out more
Sign up to our public statement on the NHS at 60. Click here
The Federation has been playing a leading role in the formation of a coalition around the market based reforms in the NHS - Keep Our NHS Public. For a summary of the campaign click on the Keep Our NHS Public logo, or find out more at www.keepournhspublic.com and sign up to the launch statement.
Make a donation
As an independent organisation we rely on our supporters to help fund our campaigns. Click here
Books and periodicals
What is so good about the NHS? Our lively, readable guide to the country's best loved institution explores the NHS from its birth in 1948 to the latest reforms of the Blair/Brown governments.
Produced in association with UNISON, the public service union, in recognition of the 60th anniversary of the NHS. Click here to read the booklet and for order details. |
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Our healthcare, who cares?See our new edition of NHS Matters with a Q&A on the Government's private sector reforms of the NHS. |
In Stitches by Dr Nick Edwards
The Federation is working with Dr Nick Edwards on ways to improve the NHS. Nick Edwards (not his real name) is a passionate believer in the NHS, committed to trying to improve it. Click on the In Stitches book cover for more information about the book. You can order a copy at a discount on the cover price, with profits going towards NHS Support Federation campaigns, by emailing olivia@nhscampaign.org. |
If you require further information about the NHS Support Federation not available on this site, then please contact us directly:
NHS Support Federation
Community Base,
113 Queens Road,
Brighton, BN1 3XG
info@nhscampaign.org.uk
We list local health campaign groups, and also advertise local group events. Contact us at david@nhscampaign.org or at the above address if you have any details which you would like us to include in either of those lists.