Brent goose not yet cooked! | Socialist Action 1983

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Photo• GM COOKSON THINK OF government issued a circular demanding that local cleaning, laundry and catering in hospitals.

will be penalised.

The profit sharks have of September, the health authorities investigate private contracts for Authorities who do not try for the cheapest deal was £80,000 troduced in 1946 to protect pay, ceased the State Social Services now Iciuses lu set pay, rates for health workers emploved BRENT Health Authority, whose symbol is the rare Brent Goose, has presented itself as no easy catch to the hungry Norman Fowler. The North London authority has refused to implement the health minister's cuts. These would have resulted in the loss of 300 jobs including 169 nursing staff and doctors.

(Brent East CLP)

The authority was faced with a set of 'painful choices' which would have decimated local psychiatric, paediatric and geriatric services. Instead by a margin of 10 to 4 it thou porer costs power privatisation proposals Jean Spray, chairwoman of Brent Community Health Council, said that these cuts meant was drawn up.

The regional and local coordinating Collotice formed during the 1982 dispute reformed to produce briefings and checklists, leaflets that *government proposals about "care in the community" are just empty rhetoric.

The government is now changing the membership of the authority, no doubl the hope that it will change its mind. To fight this the CHC has called mass rally for Tuesday 11 October at the Methodist Church, Harlesden High Street at 7.30pm.

Support It is also appealing for support at the next Health Authority meeting on 1 5.30pm, Sisters' Room, Central Middlesex Hospital, Parl Royal.

If the authority stands firm it will become a symbol of struggle for the deprived health services of the inner cities.

That means that, in the words of Rev. David Has am. member of th authority, 'What happen or not people come out to defend the health service.' means being with some strange bedfellows who may not agree with us on Tebbit.

Such publicity to explain the case, lobbies anc

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