2/ ...get in touch & we can connect you with existing groups or support you to start your own. If you're interested in uncovering how NHS charging works, evidencing the impacts, or understanding how these policies affect people, then you can also join the Medact Research Network
3/ Training, action planning, & support with events.
If you want to find out what other campaigns have been doing, develop your own campaign strategy, or simply need to know more about charging policy then we can set up some training to help you.
4/ What do we need?
There are lots of ways for everyone to get involved with the Patients Not Passports campaign - you don’t have to work in the NHS to join!
5/ If you have any particular skills or ideas to help the campaign, or just want to find out how you can get involved, don't hesitate to get in touch!
6/ We are particularly looking for people with design & social media skills, people who are keen to build connections with other organisations in their area, & people that are keen to take on running events & trainings...
7/ Whatever you are interested in doing, there's a way for you to get involved! Drop us a line.
Don’t forget to use the Patients Not Passports toolkit if you’re advocating for people facing charging or getting started with your own campaign. PatientsNotPassports.co.uk
1/ We’re here to help you take action on the things you care about.
James, our Access to Healthcare Campaigner, is dedicated to building a movement against charging in the NHS and...
2/ & can offer a range of support to get you started & help make your work more effective
We’re always happy to make time for a chat, whether you’re not sure what to do to get your campaign started, you’ve some detailed questions about how charging works, or anything in between
3/ ..Just get in contact and let us know a time that's good for you.
2/ This important concession from Government, which can be read here, followed judicial review proceedings launched by Good Law Project in March alongside noted environmentalists Dale Vince and George Monbiot.
1/ A lobbying firm run by allies of Dominic Cummings was handed a contract worth £900,000 to conduct public opinion polling on the coronavirus pandemic.
2/ The contract was awarded to Hanbury Strategy without any advertisement or competitive tender process...
3/ ...And it was awarded to Hanbury despite the fact that - as our sworn evidence discloses - Hanbury was ill-suited to do the bulk of the work and would have had to subcontract it to others...
DWP have begun trialling video assessments for personal independence payment, DWP minister Therese Coffey, told Work & Pensions Committee on Weds 30 Sept parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/5c…
2/ Coffey was able to provide very few details, except that
“We did try to get some extra capital on video assessments. We weren’t successful in getting additional money, so we have reprioritised some of our capital budget to get that underway.”
3/ John Paul Marks, a senior civil servant at the DWP was able to provide the committee with a little more information....
1/ PIP assessments now being audio recorded* (see update)
4 October 2020
* In the last newsletter we told you that IAS (Atos) began audio recording all PIP telephone assessments from 21 September.
2/ ...*This was based on evidence that Therese Coffey, secretary of state for work & pensions, gave the Work & Pensions Committee on 30 September
However, the DWP have now informed us that claimants must ask to have their assessment recorded, it will not be done automatically...
3/ *... You are likely to need to arrange this in advance. The earlier you request a recording the better, as a new appointment may need to be arranged...