Local councillor Denise Johnston says several people have contacted her regarding safety concerns
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06 Sept 2025
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'Health and social care system is in crisis' - Save Our NHS campaign.
A NHS campaign group has been formed in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area.
Local healthcare workers, trade unionists, community groups and service users have come together to launch the 'Save Our NHS - Keep it Public and Free' campaign.
The Save Our NHS group will screen John Pilger's award winning documentary 'The Dirty War on the NHS' at 7pm on Thursday, February 23 in The Playhouse.
It is also inviting anyone with concerns regarding the future of the NHS to join the Derry Trades Council organised 'We Demand Better: Save the NHS' march and rally at 12.30pm on Saturday, February 25 in Guildhall Square.
A spokesperson for Save Our NHS said: "Our health and social care system is in crisis. This is clear to see by the pressures on GP services, the long waits in A and E, the years long waiting lists, and by the haemorrhaging of staff.
"Workers are not paid or valued enough. That's why supporting the strikes is so important. Patients are being completely let down too. This is why a much broader campaign is needed.
"We are linking up with Defend the NHS campaigns in Britain and the Campaign for an All-Ireland NHS. These campaigns are all pushing the same direction against healthcare privatisation and we need to be part of it.
"People feel passionately about our NHS and we need to ensure its existence, free to access, from the cradle to the grave. We all have a role to play in challenging corporate profiteering and fighting for our health service."
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