Tonight sees another mass public meeting take place.
The Stop The Cuts Alliance will be holding a public meeting to discuss the recently announced 600 job losses at the Island’s NHS.
Dubbed, Stop The Cuts – Heal The Island, the meeting will discuss what action to take in defence of the Isle of Wight’s beleaguered NHS.
The meeting takes place tonight at 7.15pm at the Riverside Centre in Newport.
Guest speakers from the Island’s Patient’s Council, the UNISON IOW healthcare branch and residential care establishments will address the meeting before discussion and debate is invited from those members of the public present.
Alliance spokesperson, Geoff Mason, said “Island residents were brilliant in their response to the Council’s swingeing cuts budget – they really showed that ‘people power’ could make a difference – the council could not ignore the public outcry and had to make many concessions which councillors never thought they would have to! Now it’s time for Islanders to step forward again, this time in defence of our great National Health Service – we can make a difference and ensure that we retain a health service that is the envy of the rest of the world.”
