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An occupation at Lifeworks centre in Cambridge was holding firm as Socialist Worker went to press.

Protest against cuts to mental health in Eccles, London forum on where next for the NHS and Derriford hospital workers in Plymouth protest about cap park charges

A think tank funded by private health firms says people should be forced to pay a £10-a-month “membership charge” to use the NHS. The report from think tank Reform also says prescription fees should be higher and that people staying in hospital overnight should pay “hotel charges”.

Some 150 workers at Ealing Hospital completed a seven-day strike on Friday of last week.

An occupation by up to 30 mental health service users at Lifeworks in Cambridge was entering its third week as Socialist Worker went to press.

Bristol health workers in the Unite union met last week in the wake of new attacks on our pay.

Pathology staff at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, are set to be balloted to strike in a dispute over reduced staffing levels and patient safety.

Yorkshire Ambulance workers have struck for a fifth and sixth time in a long-running dispute over working hours and patient and staff safety.

Some 30 mental health service users have occupied an NHS clinic in Cambridge to stop plans to shut it down. The protesters were in the second week of their occupation as Socialist Worker went to press.

Some 150 workers at Ealing Hospital began a seven-day strike on Friday of last week to demand better pay.

Doncaster care workers were set to begin their second seven-day strike on Wednesday of this week over attacks on evening and weekend wages.

Some 180 people including workers, carers and service users packed into the council chamber at Stockport Town Hall on Thursday of last week.