Such a negative approach offers nothing helpful to the 30,000 who turned out on the march, many of them travelling hundreds of miles on their weekend off to defend the health service.
Of course the march could have been much bigger - the TUC's legendary incompetence was again vividly displayed in the late notification to branches of the march, the poor profile of the campaign own was never going to be enough to stop the Tory attacks on the NHS.
But the fact that tens of thousands have again showed their willingness to fight the onslaught on jobs and services in hospitals throughout the country is positive.
It was even enough to draw a 'lett' speech from TUC General Secretary John Monks, who shocked many by talking in the Trafalgar Square rally of fighting against the closure ions to mobilise, often jointly, for the march.
The lessons of joint working for the demo must be consolidated, and joint union structures reconstructed.
Equally important, the fact that thousands of those marching on November 20 were not health workers at all, but trade unionists, pensioners. students and school students, underlines the importance of building much wider alliances in every town Thousands defied TUC leaflet shortage to fight back against NHS cuts and closures.
Vocal, high-profile, broad-based campaigns can help encourage health workers to take a stand, including industrial action, to stem the haemorrhage of jobs and keep open vital beds and hospitals.
This should be the real lesson of November 20.
SOCIALIST OUTLOOK No. 53, November 27 1993, Page 4