Successful Campaigns

For more than two decades, East Kent has lived with the consequences of downgrading Kent & Canterbury Hospital. The result has been dangerous delays, overcrowded emergency departments, and the return of corridor care — something we were promised would never happen again. Patients in Canterbury, Whitstable, Herne Bay, Faversham Folkestone, Dover and the surrounding villages now face long journeys to overstretched hospitals in Ashford or Margate. Lives are being put at risk. Staff are exhausted. Families are frightened. And our communities have been left without the local emergency and acute services they urgently need. Kent & Canterbury Hospital once provided excellent, life‑saving care for the whole region. It can — and must — do so again. Restoring full acute and A&E services is essential to ending corridor care, reducing dangerous delays, and giving East Kent the safe, dignified healthcare it deserves. We call on NHS Kent & Medway and the government to act now

Southern Rail have removed the offensive posters so this petition is no longer relevant.

We won! Thank you for your support!

We won! 18/11/17 Dear friends, I'm over the moon to have such a happy update for you all - the local CCGs have withdrawn their proposed cuts to IVF in Bristol and the surrounding areas. An amazing result! Thank you so much for getting involved in the campaign. More than 1,200 of you signed this petition, and 629 individuals filled out the consulation. 90% of respondents disagreed with the proposals to cut the age limit for women eligible for IVF to 30-35. Some of the comments that individuals left in the consulation are included in this report, and make for quite heartbreaking reading. As part of the decision to withdraw the proposals, the CCG noted their concern that "the risk of a legal challenge is high given the inequality in respect of age which will be exacerbated by this proposal". Too right! I've said it before and I'll say it again - nobody wants to go through IVF. It is a treatment of last resort for women and couples that can't start a family. Our NHS needs to be funded properly so that it can be there for everybody that requires treatment. Sadly, on the same day that we found out Bristol CCG have withdrawn their unfair plans, a nearby CCG (BANES) anounced similar cruel proposals to cut IVF. Please do fill in their consultation and tell them to stop targeting women and couples desparate to try for a family: www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/fertilitytreatment A massive thank you again for your support. This simply wouldn't have happened without you all signing this petition and filling in the consultation. Kitty Read more about the Bristol plans being withdrawn: https://www.bristolccg.nhs.uk/get-involved/nhs-service-proposals/fertility-treatment-eligibility/ https://www.southgloucestershireccg.nhs.uk/media/medialibrary/2017/10/Item_8.2_Analysis_of_Fertility_Proposals_Engagement_Exercises.pdf http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/health/bristol-nhs-scraps-unfair-discriminatory-749740

Wakefield Council have have listened and decided not to impose parking restrictions at Thornes Park, well done everyone - great teamwork!

We won! The council caved in to pressure and the effort of so many people including about 900 in total who signed the petition both on and off line, to all our activists who braved the cold outside Highland Council buildings and particularly the hard work of Cllr Pippa Hadley submitting the amendment (seconded by Cllr Andrew Baxter) and declared a climate and ecological emergency and agreed to work towards a carbon neutral highlands by 2025. You can see the text agreed here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156397986577901&set=a.10150395819242901&type=3&theater Well done everyone. Now to get to work to help them achieve this!

We won! New bus route to Capital Park starts in September. Now use it or lose it!

UPDATE: 30/08/16 - We Won! Common sense has prevailed thanks to resolve and refusing to take decision our 37 Bus has been saved and direct route from Bath to Bristol reverts u- turn thankfully by MD of First Bus at eleventh hour! Elated

11/11/19 We won! The bus service is to be reinstated on Saturday 23rd November!

30/04/18 - We were successful!!! Thank you all for your support. The CCG commented that they had never received so much feedback before. Vasectomies will continue to be funded, and female sterilisation will still be available on the NHS when alternative long acting forms of contraception have been exhausted. There are still restrictions on IVF but the CCG has made concessions. I received great support from the Women's Forum of Bath Labour party, and I don't think this campaign would have been successful without their hard work. Protect our NHS Bath was also a valuable support. Thank you all for getting involved. We presented a printout of the petition to the CCG at their public meeting and it seems to have had a real impact. In the course of the campaign, we learnt that BANES has a funding shortfall of £6 million for the next financial year. I will continue to monitor threats to services and continue to campaign for transparency around a publicly funded comprehensive NHS, free at the point of delivery. Thank you all again. With best wishes, Maddy Piper