KNIFE ortion and contraception on demand, Brent Trades Counci. has set an Trades Counci has written to the two its subsidiary companies.
7 February. It has also agreed to cirFRIDAY 7 FEBRUARY, ASSEMBLE OPPOSITION The Leeds General Infirmary-a large teaching hospital is having its build- Service ing programme cut back. This despite the fact that the plans for its expansion are now 13 years out of date.
For 13 years the authorities have been getting together the money for a new medical school, a power station, pius further additions to the LGI. Work practice cannot simply be opposed in the on the medical school and the power station have already started. Phase 2 of the project will not now see the -light of day, and Phase I will be sale lucky if it ever gets finished.
Some E13 millions has already been spent ur commitled, much of which will be wasted if Phase 1 Is cancelled. Blaming cur-backs in NIS expenditure, the Yorkshire Regional Health Authority say that they are unable to a locate any more moncy PRIVATE HOSPITAL At the same time as the I.GI building plans are beine savagal, plans are going ahead to build a new prisore hospital in of cast. The new 2750,000 private hospital is being financed by Allied Investments Led, and will be run by one of The idea behind the now hospital is that it will replece the private beds which will eventually be phased-out of the National hospital Although the Leeds Lab our connellors opposed planning permission for thie coalition of Tories and Liberals, The apposition of the Labour groap was mainly hased on the arzument thar the new hospi Lal would be siled in a reca-sell anta Opposition to the excansion of private Both COHSE and NUPE have said that Eddie Lawton, north-west secretary of COSE says: "He are opposed to giant now hospitals dangling like carrots before nurses. No doubt tbey will use agency nurses, and we will advise our members not to belong to agencies.
This cut in the NHS and the growth of private pay-heds shows apain that private NHS hat must be opposed both inside and pulside thu health service. For the Loeds working class, the cuts in the IGI will mean biçeer waiting lists and a decline in medical TEMPTING The now priate hospital will simply service those who can afford to pay. As long as the NHS pays rotten wages to its overworked statt then narseg will be tempted to take better-paid jobs in the scab agencies. The consultants who are fighting to have the night to continue wich private practice will be much more interested in looking after acalthy tee-paying patients than giving their undivided attention to their working class NHS patients.
A joint campuign by the Loods labour bovemett is very booessary to fight both the cuts in the Lf and oppose the new private bearial Thete 3 no point in the Laboar Graup just opposing the private capital bocause it is in a green belt. It has to be opposed because it is an attack on the NIS This means that the workers saould put an embarpo on all work and services for this The Trades Cooncil has condemned the cuts at the LGI, but this will have no effect if it is simply left at the level of protest. Toian memhers should he instructed to take all steps to sabotage the work and the finetoning of the private hospital, which means a policy of non-cooperation beginning at Jocal government level right up to the provision of staff, power and fool Al the LGI, consultants have set up a committoo to oppose the cuts. This must be broodened into an action committee which will include all hospital workers with the alm