A new political party has been born in the UK.

It is in response to the Health and Social Care Act which recently became law and which many believe will be the beginning of the end of the NHS as market forces take their toll.

It would be wonderful if a candidate could stand in every single constituency, and everyone who is ill, might become ill, or fears for the future healthcare of their children and grandchildren when they become ill, joins, supports or at least votes for this party during the next general election.

It would be even more wonderful if the party won the next election and a new Prime Minister was selected from their ranks.

Impossible?

Not really.

No political party had a mandate from the people of this country to govern during the last election.

There was no mandate for the Health and Social Care Act.

There was no mandate to unwind the NHS.

Supporting and voting for this party would make a very strong statement to every other major political party that they are not to be trusted with the healthcare of this country because priority is being given to business interests over health.

NATIONAL HEALTH ACTION

COUNTRY: UK

Welcome

The National Health Action party was formed by a group of like-minded healthcare professionals, who strongly support the original principles of the NHS and are shocked by the failure of the democratic process as demonstrated by the appearance and the passage through parliament of the Health and Social Care Act.

We believe the resulting legislation will destroy the NHS in England as an effective, efficient health system fair to all citizens and patients. It will transform a cost-effective public system of health care into one that will be more expensive, wasteful and unequal, whilst diminishing levels of public trust and corroding standards of ethical behaviour. Quite apart from the direct effects on healthcare provision, the destruction of the NHS also marks the violation of important social values. The NHS was more than just a structure for the delivery of healthcare. It was also a social institution that reflected national solidarity, expressed the values of equity and universalism, and institutionalised the duty of government to care for all in society.

The NHS marked out a space in society where the dictates of commerce and the market were held in check so as to give expression to socially directed goals, for individuals and society as a whole. Thus the NHS became the glue that holds together the social fabric of our nation. As the NHS is under so much threat, we believe that a new political party is needed to defend the NHS and its values, and we have therefore set up the National Health Action party.

We welcome members from all walks of life who value the NHS, not just NHS professionals.

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