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The future of the NHS.

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durhamjen Mon 19-Jan-15 19:21:25

This is a new blog - or new to me; some of you might have seen it before.

I find the writers very interesting and the articles thought provoking. Hope some of you do, too.

www.bigupthenhs.com/

anniezzz09 Mon 19-Jan-15 20:44:00

I really like the emphasis on positivity and the criticism of media coverage for being both confused and negative. I've only looked at one or two of the articles but they are interesting.

At the moment though it's very much still under construction, I hope he (Steve Smith) can keep it going. It's a shame that the link to the Facebook page is to his personal page with no possibility of 'liking' or 'following', you have to be his Friend which is not quite what you want for a campaign.

The links look quite comprehensive. We need more of this kind of thing as the election approaches.

durhamjen Mon 19-Jan-15 20:57:18

I presume from that that you read "How it started."
I agree with you, it's important to hear from people who work in the NHS.
I am not on facebook, so I do not mind about that. There is a lot to read anyway without looking at facebook.
Because it's on wordpress, anybody can write a blog on it. Some of the writers are in the NHA, but not many.
I hope that he will put more positive news articles, if there are any.

tanith Mon 19-Jan-15 21:01:40

There is a FB group here...

https://www.facebook.com/groups/200814600111801/

Its Big Up the NHS group.

durhamjen Mon 19-Jan-15 21:03:10

Annie, have you looked at the misconceptions page? He says there is a facebook group.

durhamjen Mon 19-Jan-15 22:58:44

This article by Roy Lilley about Circle is excellent, too.

www.bigupthenhs.com/roy-lilley/