ALL OVER Britain the Tory NHS reforms are driving hospitals into crisis and closure. Guy's Hospital in London is just the highest profile victim of a wave of closures now also threatening Birmingham, Newcastle, Manchester, Sheffield, Liverpool, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and other cities. Even where hospitals stay open, cash for routine treatment is running out. In Redbridge and Waltham Forest in north east London, there is no money to buy any waiting list treatment at all for local people during 1994-5. Local Trust hospitals have been plunged into financial crisis Health workers are fighting back. At Guy's, unions have linked with consultants and with the local community to build a joint campaign. But unions have been painfully slow to act, despite the threat to thousands of jobs. The fight must be stepped up, with strikes and occupations called where necessary to defend threatened beds and wards. Time is running out. Get active. Defend NIS tien NI as Patient fi NS on the Danger List - SEE INSIDE page 5 LETTHE TORIES WRECK THE NHS SAVE GUY'S ACTION CAN WIN GUYS LONDON cialist NEEDS NIRCEC REN
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