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Care UK – the private company running Tod and Halifax Walk In Health Centres

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Thanks to local campaigning, the walk-in centers in Todmorden and Halifax will remain open (run by Care UK) until September, when Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) aims to be in a position to sort out how to provide unplanned health care in … Continue reading →

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Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group meeting 10th May

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This was the first Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group (CCCG) meeting after the  House of Lords approved the NHS ‘section 75’ regulations on 24th April.  These hotly-opposed regulations open up the NHS to far more private sector competition. Caroline Molloy, writing … Continue reading →

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Hebden Royd Primary School children plant small orchard

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On Monday 29th April, Hebden Royd Primary School gardening club planted 16 apple trees at the edge of their sports field on King Street. Incredible Edible Mytholm and Incredible Farm in Walsden organised the tree planting. The trees were grafted … Continue reading →

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The writing’s on the wall – in all kinds of good ways

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April 3rd turned out to be a day for writing on the wall. Writing on the wall – Institute of Endless Possibilities In huge daffodil-yellow letters, Institute of Endless Possibiities is beaming across the Henry Moore Institute front wall. Yes! This feels … Continue reading →

“I can assure you there will be no privatisation of the NHS under this government…” Craig Whittaker MP

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Craig Whittaker has refused to sign Early Day Motion 1188. EDM 1188 asks  for the annullment of the ‘new’ regulations (SI 2013/500) under Section 75 of the Health and Social Care Act – the ones that provide a stealth route … Continue reading →

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Our NHS is being dismantled for transnational corporations – Dr Lucy Reynolds

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This article is republished from the Opendemocracy website according to the terms of their Creative Commons licence LUCY REYNOLDS 3 April 2013 As a key part of the EU-US trade deal currently being fleshed out, the Conservatives are making good on a decades … Continue reading →

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Calderdale Council refuses Freedom of Information request about proposed PFI waste incinerator

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Calderdale Council has just sent me their refusal to provide information about the proposed Bradford/Calderdale Private Finance Initiative (PFI) waste incinerator and power station that I requested before the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) withdrew their … Continue reading →

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New NHS commissioning will put profits above healthcare

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            Dr Chris Day writes: The NHS internal market will mean that commissioners who allocate the budget and providers who do the work are effectively part of the same organisation. This is a recipe for … Continue reading →

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