{"id":462672,"date":"2022-01-09T12:55:41","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T12:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/?p=1540400"},"modified":"2022-01-09T12:55:41","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T12:55:41","slug":"sos-nhs-campaigners-come-together-to-fight-the-tories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/01\/09\/sos-nhs-campaigners-come-together-to-fight-the-tories\/","title":{"rendered":"SOS NHS: campaigners come together to fight the Tories"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NHS campaign groups are joining<\/a> forces in their fight against the Tories. They’ve launched a new coalition: SOS NHS. And it’s calling<\/a> for emergency funding for the NHS. But the campaign will go further, because it’s also raising the alarm over the Tories’ broader agenda for our health service.<\/p>\n

NHS: Tory-created chaos<\/h5>\n

SOS NHS is a new coalition<\/a> of campaign groups. Its website states that:<\/p>\n

In 2010, after a decade of investment, our NHS was delivering its best-ever performance: after more than a decade of austerity \u2013 despite heroic efforts by staff \u2013 it has sunk to its worst-ever. The problems were there before the pandemic but have been deepened by the continued high level of Covid infections.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Indeed. As The Canary<\/em> documented<\/a> at the end of 2021, last year saw record waiting times; staff under intolerable stress; potentially catastrophic government ‘reforms’; and an insulting pay offer for workers.<\/p>\n

So now, SOS NHS aims to act.<\/p>\n

SOS NHS<\/h5>\n

SOS NHS is made<\/a> up of various campaign groups, trade unions, and workers. Some of the groups involved include:<\/p>\n