It’s all about the money

Wilson Chowdhry organised the largest protest for King George Hospital in Feb 2011.  Over 500 peopel met in Ilfor Town Centre.  The protest was joined by MEP Jean Lambert, Darren Johnson London Assembly member, MP Lee Scott and most of our local councillors.  A notable absence was MP Mike Gapes.

The Green Party has been involved with campaigns to stop the cut backs at King George Hospital. However, the problems are much deeper rooted with the trust being hamstrung by the joint problems of its revenue being capped while the cost of the building of Queen’s Hospital through the ill thought out PFI scheme draining what money they have.

The Green Party believes that Healthcare is not a commodity to be bought or sold. The National Health Service must provide healthcare, free at the point of need, funded through taxation. It must be a public service funded by, run by and accountable to local and national government and devoid of all privatisation, whether privatised administration, healthcare provision, support services or capital ownership. The NHS is concerned with healthcare provision and should not be subject to market forces either internal or external.