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Leeds Keep Our NHS Public was set up in 2011. We campaign in Leeds with health professionals and patients concerned that the NHS is being fragmented and privatised Join us leedskeepournhspublic.wordpress.com

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Richard Burgon MP @richardburgon.bsky.social · 3h
I've just signed the Palantir Pledge, joining politicians across the world in committing not to support any public contracts with this US tech giant. The next big battle here is to use the upcoming break clause to kick Palantir out of our NHS!
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The Lowdown @thelowdownnhs.bsky.social · 7h
Health Bill threatens to derail Burnham's drive for public control - Guy Collis lowdownnhs.info/topics/accou...
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Health Bill threatens to derail Burnham's drive for public control - The Lowdown
By Guy Collis – UNISON Policy Officer The government’s Health Bill resumes its Parliamentary journey in the House of Lords on 13 October. As the first major piece of NHS-related legislation since the ...
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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 10h
🧵The Jarrow march or crusade reached Harrogate OTD, Monday, 12, October in 1936. They had walked fifteen miles from Ripon and they then departed for Leeds the following day. The march faced various challenges not least of which was the Labour Party conference's
 The Spirit of Jarrow statue by sculptor Graham Ibbeson  It features a family and marchers carrying the iconic "Jarrow Crusade" banner, symbolising the 200 men who walked 282 miles from Jarrow to London to protest severe unemployment and poverty,
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Leeds Keep Our NHS Public @leedskonp.eurosky.social · 11h
Some of us will be there
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Leeds Keep Our NHS Public @leedskonp.eurosky.social · 13h
This platform is now just Twitter in 2016. Blocking all AI worshipping, warmongering freaks, they can echo in their own chamber from now on
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Terry Brough @terrybrough.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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The NHS and care: a chance to rebuild trust
Policy commitments and actions are needed urgently A policy statement from Keep Our NHS Public By Co Chairs Tony O'Sullivan and John Puntis A new Labour leadership has an opportunity to reset t...
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Mark E Thomas FB99% FBPE @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
‘Tough Decisions’ 99-percent.org/tough-decisi... "Abolishing the NHS would perhaps be the single worst vulture policy ... It would harm millions of ordinary voters, and it would do extraordinary damage to the economy as a whole, but it would enrich a few people massively."
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‘Tough Decisions’ - 99%
How a pattern of decision-making that harms the economy and most ordinary voters is being sustained, even as the damage becomes clearer Since the 1980s, the UK economy has been […]
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angelsbliss.bsky.social @angelsbliss.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Add your name: the.organise.network/campaigns/ne...
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Stop the growing privatisation of the NHS
The new health secretary Yvette Cooper must commit to stopping the Conservative policy of using NHS funds to pay private hospitals. Can you join the campaign now?
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Leeds Keep Our NHS Public @leedskonp.eurosky.social · 11/10/2026
Burnham repeatedly lied to thousands of NHS campaigners, staff, patients. When be sctually has the power to change anythjng, he rushes in the direction of lobbyists and warmongers instead of public services #fraud
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 10/10/2026
Being behind on priority bills is spreading up the income distribution. Since the pandemic, there has been a rise in the number of families in arrears on ‘priority’ bills (energy, water, Council Tax, rent and similar). Read more 👇️ buff.ly/QbGKuKU
Chart showing proportion of individuals living in families behind on at least one priority household bill, by income group: UK
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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Rainbow over Settle…
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Nursing Times @nursingtimes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
South Yorkshire nurses facing fresh ‘fire and rehire’ threat A long-standing “fire and rehire” dispute involving nurses at an acute trust in South Yorkshire has flared up again. #workforce #nursing #nurses #barnsley #nhs #unions #healthcare www.nursingtimes.net/workforce/so...
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South Yorkshire nurses facing fresh ‘fire and rehire’ threat
Nurses at Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are facing a new 'fire and rehire' threat. Find out the latest in this long-running dispute.
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Leeds Keep Our NHS Public @leedskonp.eurosky.social · 09/10/2026
#leeds theatre staff #strike
John Puntis, Claire amd campaigners with Yorkshire Health bannerNo Palantir in the NHS long banners
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UNISON Yorkshire & Humberside @unisonyh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Day two of the strike by theatre assistants in Leeds - the picket line is at LGI this morning, so give them a wave or beep your horn if you're passing to show solidarity! 🙌
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Just Treatment @justtreatment.org · 08/10/2026
Patients are waiting up to 12 hours in the back of ambulances outside A&E. 3 in 5 ambulance workers said they'd seen patients deteriorate there. 3% said patients had died waiting outside A&E. Fund beds, staff and social care. news.sky.com/story/using-...
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Using ambulances and corridors as 'treatment rooms' unacceptable, says union
More than a quarter of those surveyed said vehicles are used as extra space for hospital staff to assess or care for patients on almost all shifts.
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Keep Our NHS Public @keepournhspublic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Former bond trader, Vince Gomez of @99organisation.bsky.social writes that the idea we can't afford the NHS is a myth; money can be found. Hear him speak in depth about this at our conference in London on 31st Oct. Get your tickets now, selling fast. Next post 👇 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Beware rightwing economic myths such as ‘maxing out the nation’s credit card’ | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to an article in which Larry Elliott argues that Andy Burnham must challenge neoliberal nostrums
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Blocked Britain @blockedbritain.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Kirsty has the qualifications to be a nurse. Newcastle has empty lecture halls and hospitals that need staff. HM Treasury capped funded training places at 180, then cut it to 165. She was locked out not by ability but by a political choice dressed up as financial constraint. Read her story. #MMT
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Kirsty's Story
Kirsty, 29, from Newcastle upon Tyne North in the North East, wanted to train as a nurse to serve her community's healthcare needs. Despite having the qualifications and determination, she found herself blocked by a system that caps training places below demand. Health Education England's budget constraints, imposed by HM Treasury, treat public investment in healthcare training as a cost to minimize rather than the foundation of patient care. The North East has qualified candidates ready to train and hospitals that need staff, but Westminster's spending limits create artificial scarcity where none should exist. This episode examines how Treasury decisions that treat the government as though it could run out of pounds directly impact individual lives and community health outcomes. Disclosure: This story represents broader systemic issues affecting healthcare training across the UK.
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UNISON Yorkshire & Humberside @unisonyh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Strong turnout on the picket line for the first day of the strike at Leeds Teaching Hospitals this morning 👏 But we can do better. Join us on Friday morning at LGI, and let's send a clear message to trust bosses that this needs sorting. More info 👉 unsn.uk/LTHmegapicket
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UNISON Yorkshire & Humberside @unisonyh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Tomorrow, theatre assistants in Leeds return to the picket line as they begin an indefinite strike in their campaign to be paid properly for clinical tasks they perform. Please show support if you can! 🙌
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It’s excellent that the Greens are doing this. Unsurprisingly it’s had almost zero coverage in the media outlets (who also do a shockingly poor job of telling everyone about NHS privatisation). Link to article: leftfootforward.org/2026/10/gree... jujuliagrace.substack.com
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John Atkinson Grimshaw @jagrimshaw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Tree Shadows on the Park Wall, Roundhay Park, Leeds www.wikiart.org/en/john-atkinson-gr…
Tree Shadows on the Park Wall, Roundhay Park, Leeds
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Jarrow Crusade, in which 200 unemployed men marched to London calling for government intervention to restore jobs, began on this day 1936. Unsuccessful at the time, but helped to shape postwar attitudes to employment and social justice.
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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The road winds through the moor beneath a golden sky, Where rain and sunlight meet as storms drift by. Dark clouds gather, yet the evening burns bright, And the wet road glimmers in the jewelled light.
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Terry Brough @terrybrough.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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NHS at a Crossroads – Keep Our NHS Public
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@s4r4h-l @s4r4h-l.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#ThursdayThrowback to #AutumnColours at #ThorpePerrow last Saturday. Dreamy! ♥️🍁🍂 Lovely acers and more in bright shades of gold, orange and red, a joy to see. #vitaminN #Yorkshire
Shades of gold orange and red at Thorpe Perrow Arboretum at the weekend
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Green Party has a new health policy
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Green Party conference votes for new health policy to safeguard the NHS "against undue commercial influence"
Adrian Ramsay MP said: "Every major decision should ask: will this improve people’s health and reduce health inequalities?”
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Leeds Keep Our NHS Public @leedskonp.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
Still relevant today
Save Our NHS banner - no cuts, no closures, no charges, no cover-ups
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 03/10/2026
More than 20 NHS trusts in England have stopped using Palantir’s waiting list tools, according to FT analysis that casts doubt on widely cited claims about the success of the controversial data project led by the US software giant. as.ft.com/r/6c8844ae-e...
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Over 20 NHS trusts have ditched Palantir waiting-list tools, analysis shows
FT findings prompt fresh probe by statistics regulator into health service claims over controversial data project
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Leeds Keep Our NHS Public @leedskonp.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
It's not about the triple lock vs social care. It's that a government prefers to spend money on bombs, AI or tax breaks for wealthy people and says - make do with what's left for NHS and social care
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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
For example bsky.app/profile/edpo...
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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I sometimes wonder how much the fact that Health ministers are usually drawn from the demographic that uses the NHS the least (able bodied, white men, young-middle aged) is a factor in it's issues. It probably plays a part in the obsession with apps and convenience over continuity and human contact.
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Keep Our NHS Public @keepournhspublic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Catch our latest Not the NHS Again Podcast, ran jointly with @thedauk.bsky.social This week focusing on migrant charges - Bevan said the NHS should be accessible to all & free at the point of need. This is a betrayal. Go to: patientsnotpassports.co.uk for more info www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZIC...
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Why are women paying thousands to give birth? | You need to know about NHS migrant charges
YouTube video by Not the NHS Again
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Richard Burgon MP @richardburgon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My solidarity with everyone joining the protests this week to kick Palantir out of our NHS. As I said in Parliament recently: from serious concerns over its handling of patient data to its human rights record, this US tech giant should have no role in our NHS.
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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Fingers everywhere! Wonder why? Lobbyist for Palantir played a senior role in helping Andy Burnham become Pm, it has emerged. Martha Dalton, whose company Lodestone worked for Palantir in 2024 & 2025, campaigned for Burnham in the Makerfield by-election www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Nursing Times @nursingtimes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Manchester theatre nurses to hold more strikes Theatre nurses across four Greater Manchester hospitals are returning to the picket line over a dispute about overtime pay. #workforce #nhs #nursing #nurses #strike #manchester #healthcare #theatrenurses #hospital www.nursingtimes.net/workforce/ma...
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Manchester theatre nurses to hold more strikes
Find out why operating theatre nurses at the Northern Care Alliance are going back on strike in a dispute about overtime pay.
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I visited our GP practice today, to see the appropriate specialist nurse (I have diabetes and CKD). I was listened sympathetically, prescribed new meds, and given advice and a follow-up appointment. So this is just a simple thank you to the ghost of Aneurin Bevan, and to our wonderful, unique #NHS!
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Just Treatment @justtreatment.org · 01/10/2026
TODAY: Patients, NHS workers and campaigners are taking action against US spy-tech company Palantir at over 40 locations across England. We're calling on every NHS trust and ICB to reject Palantir, and on the government to use the break clause and end the contract.
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Cameron @cameronboyle95.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And both must be dismantled. #NoPalantirInTheNHS #PatientsNotPassports
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Alex Scott-Samuel @dralexss.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Royal Liverpool Hospital today 
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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I asked some friends of mine to do a few lines of my poem ‘Ode To Square Chapel’ in support of my quest to help #SaveSquareChapelArts in Halifax. Without hesitation… they all chipped in. 🙌 It’s what friends are for. Please re-post if you enjoy! x
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Breaking: Defra to buy 10,000 copies of The Very Hungry Caterpillar to improve advice to farmers.
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Project Censored @projectcensored.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
National Nurses (@nationalnurses.bsky.social) United President Cathy Kennedy joins the show to discuss purging Palantir: how nurses are fighting back against the AI giant’s push to enter hospitals and clinics. www.projectcensored.org/national-nur...
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National Nurses United: Purging Palantir
National Nurses United president discusses nurses’ fight against Palantir in healthcare, universal healthcare, and keeping ICE out of medical facilities.
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Prof. Catherine Rowett, ex MEP @catherinerowett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We need to stop imagining more tech will save us. Less tech is urgently needed. Use less by making homes warm and shifting travel from private vehicles to mass transit. Build stations not data centres. Stop the fake solutions that fuel higher demand. End fossil fuel cars sooner not later.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
".. vandalism of the Lansley reforms.. fracturing the NHS & treating healthcare as a market chasing profit" So you're kicking out the private companies, abolishing trusts, scrapping the internal market & returning the NHS to being an integrated national health service, right?
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Buying an ice cream at Yorkshire Miners' Gala, June 1984, photo by Brenda Prince.
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UNISON Yorkshire & Humberside @unisonyh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Theatre assistants in Leeds are returning to the picket line next week. They perform clinical tasks and should be paid for them, but managers are refusing to return to negotiations. It'll be a continuous, indefinite strike unless trust bosses get back round the table. 👉 unsn.uk/LTHindefinit...
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
No progress or real focus from this government on the crucial issue of #resilience: the government needs to focus on ensuring basic essentials. Which demands reshoring and near-shoring supplies www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Hospitals in England hit by shortages of common drugs such as paracetamol
NHS trusts also report disruption to supplies last winter of co-codamol and blood pressure medication ramipril
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In Luxembourg the average state pension for 40 years of contributions is nearly 4x higher than in the U.K. Far from being unaffordable the UK State pension is a joke, what is unaffordable is the tax evasion which leaves us with so little money to spend.
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The Register @theregister.com · 29/09/2026
Healthcare campaigners turn up the heat on Palantir at Labour conference
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Healthcare campaigners turn up the heat on Palantir at Labour conference
Protesters want ministers to reject an extension of the US spy-tech firm's £330M NHS data platform deal
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Leeds Autism AIM @leedsautismaim.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
There is a survey from ourselves and @healthwatchleeds.bsky.social on your views about autistic involvement in local health services. Any feedback will help make it easier for autistic patients to be involved in the services they need. To take it, please go to forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
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