JOIN THE MARCH TO HELP SAVE THE NHS

# Over the last five years, the Conservative Party’s relentless austerity drive has eroded the welfare state and, as NHS workers, our ability to provide good quality care to the millions who rely on our services is being hampered.

Recent governments have targeted the NHS for cuts and ‘reform’ in order to mould it into an institution primarily geared to serve private sector interests. Deliberate underfunding, as well as the recent attack on the working conditions of junior doctors, threatens patient care and the long-term sustainability of the NHS.

Furthermore, the Government’s proposed scrapping of NHS student bursaries will limit the healthcare professions only to those who can fund their own training.

Our public services must be preserved for the welfare of all who need them and we ask everyone to join the demonstration in London called by the People’s Assembly Against Austerity on April 16 in the March for Health, Homes, Jobs and Education.

Only by working together will we have the means to resist these attacks effectively and to safeguard these services for the future use of the many – not just the few. Yannis Gourtsoyannis, BMA Junior Doctor Committee; Mona Kamal, Junior Doctor; Danielle Tiplady, Student Nurse, NHS Bursary Cuts Forum

If you are a health worker and want to add your name to this letter, along with 70 others, please go to www.thepeoplesassembly.org.uk