London, UK. 23 December 2016. Health campaigners make a 'Howl for Protest for the NHS', howling, blowing whistles and banging pans at the rally on the day that contracts are signed for all 44 areas of the country to implement the government's 'Sustainability and Transformation Plans' (STP) . Campaigners see the setting up of the STPs as the last nail in the coffin of the NHS, effectively signing over the NHS to private companies for profit without any public engagement or consultation, ending a public service whose vision which has long been the envy of the world. At the end of the rally a sma
London, UK. 23 December 2016. Health campaigners make a 'Howl for Protest for the NHS', howling, blowing whistles and banging pans at the rally on the day that contracts are signed for all 44 areas of the country to implement the government's 'Sustainability and Transformation Plans' (STP) . Campaigners see the setting up of the STPs as the last nail in the coffin of the NHS, effectively signing over the NHS to private companies for profit without any public engagement or consultation, ending a public service whose vision which has long been the envy of the world. At the end of the rally a small group marched down Whitehall holding up traffic for a final howl outside Parliament. Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
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