On the 73rd anniversary of the founding of our NHS, a Day of Action has been called by Keep Our NHS Public, Health Campaigns Together, NHS Workers Say No and NHS Staff Voices. Join us up and down the UK to demand: patient safety, pay justice and an end to privatisation!
List of events
This list was last updated 30/06/2021 and will continue to be updated over time.
Basildon | 11:00 start | Basildon Hospital (green by main entrance) | March to town centre
FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2027668570717931/
Contact email address: jackiegilbey@yahoo.com
Bath | 10:30 – 12:30 | Queen Square | Demonstration and street theatre
Contact email address: ponhsbanes@outlook.com
Bedford | 10:00 start | Bedford Hospital South Wing (Kempston Road entrance) | Static demo
Contact email address: jenny.feneley@gmail.com
Birmingham | 14:00 – 15:30 | Victoria Square | Protest / btuchcc@hotmail.com | Static demo and rally
Contact email address: btuchcc@hotmail.com
Blyth | 11:00 start | Blyth Market Square | Rally and march, followed by picnic in Ridley Park
FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/4273531895992159/
Contact email address: konpnortheast@gmail.com
Bournemouth | 11:00-13:00 | Bournemouth Square | Static protest or march
Contact email address: Debbiereynolds64@btinternet.com
Bridgenorth | 12 noon – 13:00 | Outside Minor Injuries Unit (Bridgnorth Community Hospital) Static demonstration
Contact: p_l_bolton@yahoo.co.uk
Bristol | 11:00 start | College Green | March to Castle Park
FB event: https://facebook.com/events/s/nhs-workers-say-no-bristol-pro/514479356360452/
Contact email address: nursessaynobristol@gmail.com
Cambridge | 11:00 – 13:00 | Christ’s Pieces | Speeches, stall, display of 999 Call for the NHS Quilts
Contact email address: cambskonp@gmail.com
Cardiff | 12:00 – 15:00 | Cardiff Central Railway Station
FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/4042760975807918/
Contact email address: Toveys_talkin@hotmail.co.uk
Carlisle | 12 noon – 13:00 | City Centre | Protest and rally
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/370381561274500/
Contact email address: cumbriahct@gmail.com
Cheltenham | From 12 noon | Outside front of Cavendish House | Static demo
Cheltenham Gloucestershire pay justice drewtitch@gmail.com
Chester | 11:00 – 15:00 | Countess of Chester Hospital | March and protest
Contact email address: Vanessa.harratt@gmail.com
Chesterfield | 11:00 – 13:00 | Chesterfield Town Hall | Static protest
Contact email address: hilary.cave@hotmail.com (Chesterfield KONP)
Chorley | 10:00 – 12:00 | Chorley Hospital (Euxton Lane) | Picket and rally
FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/326738915497676/
Contact email address: Jenny.hurley94@gmail.com
Colchester | Start at 12 noon | St Botolph’s Priory | Protest and march
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/s/nhs-anniversary-protest-colche/379322786834903/
Contact email address: hollynhs15@gmail.com
Coventry | 12:00 – 14:00 | Broadgate | Rally
FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1402889600073309/
Contact email address: dave@nellist.net
Cromer (Norfolk) | 10:30 – 13:00 | Outside Cromer Church | Petitioning
FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/193072302728410/
Contact email address: mbooth0853@outlook.com
Darlington | 11:30 – 13:00 | High Row, Darlington Town Centre | Community stall
Contact: darlingtontuc@gmail.com
Dartmouth | 12:00 – 16:00 | Dartmouth and Kingswear Cottage Hospital | Community stall and activities
Contact email address: lynngunnigle@hotmail.co.uk
Derby | 10.45 | Derby Royal Hospital | Static protest and procession to thank NHS staff
FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/132753302298637
Contact: Suearg1@yahoo.com
Derbyshire | 11:00 – 14:00 | Motorcade – Derbyshire hospitals and Derby Hospital
Contact email address: venables_keith@yahoo.co.uk
Doncaster | 11:00 – 13:00 | Gate 4, Doncaster Royal Infirmary | Static demonstration
FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/319616926527534/
Contact: formafitness@hotmail.co.uk
Dorchester | 11:30 – 13:00 | Town Pump (South Street) | Static protest
Contact email address: lynne.hubbard9@gmail.com
Evesham (Worcestershire) | 11:00 – 13:00 | Top of Bridge Street (WR11 4RS) | Community stall
Contact email address: sijc@btinternet.com
Exeter | 12:00 – 14:00 | Bedford Square | Protest, stall and leafleting
Contact email address: davejchappell@gmail.com
Glasgow | From 12 noon | Doulton Fountain, Glasgow Green | Rally and community event
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/979680726192929/
Contact email address: TBA
Gloucester | Start 11:30| Opposite Royal Gloucester Hospital (Great Western Road) | Protest and possible procession
Contact email address: smpsusan.powell@gmail.com
Gorleston, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft | From 14:00 | Outside James Paget Hospital |March for pay justice
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/983930552356185/
Contact email address: xylinahogan@hotmail.com / kevinwingfield2007@gmail.com
Hastings | 12.00 – 13.30 | Outside Debenhams, Hastings Town Centre | Demonstration, possible march
Contact: hollyblake22@gmail.com
Huddersfield | 12:00 – 13:00 | Huddersfield Royal Infirmary | Static protest
Contact email address: mike.forster56@gmail.com
Hull | From 12 noon | Queen Victoria Square | Static demo
Contact: secretary@hullanddistricttradescouncil.org.uk
King’s Lynn | 12:00 – 14:00 | High Street (outside Burton’s) | Static protest
Contact email address: kingslynnanddistricttradescouncil@hotmail.co.uk
Ipswich | 11:00 start | Christ Church Mansion | March and protest
Contact email address: xylinahogan@hotmail.com
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/681633979296062/
Isle of Wight (Ryde) | 11.00 – 13.30 | Anglesea Street, Ryde High St | Pop-up action and leafleting around GP data opt-out
Contact: sharonpmcnamara@protonmail.com
Lancaster | From 13:00 | Royal Lancaster Infirmary / White Cross | Protest
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/303364418135684/
Contact: TBA
Leamington Spa | | 11:00 – 13:00 | Leamington Town Hall | Community stall
FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/3963366210385288
Contact email address: anna.pollert@gmail.com
Leeds | 11:00 – 12:30 | Millennium Square | Static protest
Contact email address: john.puntis@yahoo.co.uk
Leicester | 13:00 start | Gallowtree Gate | Static protest
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/896810170914645
Contact email address: secretary@saveournhsleicestershire.org
Liverpool | From 11:00 | St George’s Plateau | Static protest
Contact: SaveLWH@outlook.com
London – Bexley: Sidcup | 11:30 – 13:00 | Queen Mary’s Hospital (green near Frognal Avenue entrance) | Static protest
Contact: richard.crook973@btinternet.com
London – Camden: UCLH | From 12 noon | University College Hospital (Euston) | March to Parliament Square
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/530053088180070/
Contact: jordanjrivera@gmail.com
London: Ealing | 12:00 – 13:30 | Outside Ealing Hospital | Rally, speeches, songs and cakes!
Contact: info@ealingsaveournhs.org.uk
London: Enfield | 11:00 – 13:00 | Outside Barclay’s Bank | Community stall and leafleting
Contact email address: defendenfieldnhs@gmail.com
London – Greenwich: Woolwich | 13:00 – 15:00 | Queen Elizabeth Hospital | Static demo
Contact: ghanysue@yahoo.com
London: Hammersmith and Fulham | Leafleting 11:00 – 13:00 outside the Bush Theatre (W12 8LJ); then a picnic (weather permitting) in Hammersmith Park
Contact email address: scxandh@gmail.com
London – Lambeth | 11:00 – 13:00 | St Thomas’ Hospital (Westminster Bridge entrance) | Static protest and banner drop
Contact email address: lambethkonp@gmail.com
London – Lewisham | 14:00 – 16:00 | Outside Lewisham Hospital | Static protest and rally
Contact email address: savelewishamhospital@yahoo.com
London – Newham: Stratford | From 12 noon | Outside Stratford Station | Community stall and leafleting
Contact: newsonhs@gmail.com
London – Wandsworth: Tooting | 11:00 – 12:00 | St George’s Hospital | Static protest and community leafleting
Contact email address: killicktom@hotmail.com
London – Waltham Forest | From 13:00 | Whipps Cross Hospital (Whipps Cross Road entrance) | Rally and protest
Contact: wftradescouncil@gmail.com
Manchester | 11:00 – 12:00 | Piccadilly Gardens | Protest and speakers
FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/316366029976303
Contact: konpmcr@hotmail.com
Margate | From 12 noon | QEQM Hospital in Margate (Ramsgate Road) | Rally
FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/501338107801118/
Contact email address: saveournhskent@gmail.com
Newcastle | 12:00 – 13:30 | Meet Royal Victoria Infirmary, march to Grey’s Monument| Protest and march
Contact email address: williamgeorgejarrett@gmail.com
Norwich | 14:00 – 16:00 | Chapelfield Park Bandstand | Rally followed by a march
FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1804002196426331/
Contact email address: cathyann74@btinternet.com / nanddpbp@gmail.com
Nottingham | 11:30 (march sets off 12 noon) | Market Square | March and rally
FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/781649955882557/
Contact email address: nottskonpcampaign@hotmail.co.uk / D.ratchford@unison.co.uk
Peterborough | From 14:00 | Cathedral Square | Static protest
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/526052711914830/
Contact email address: ginabeec@gmail.com
Plymouth | 11:00 – 13:00 | Static protest
Contact email address: Kimmylou79@icloud.com
Portsmouth | 12 noon | Kings Theatre Southsea | Protest and march
Contact email address: defendnhsportsmouth@gmail.com
Reading | 11:30am, start 12 noon | Royal Berkshire Hospital | March and rally
FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/426187525565141/
Eventbrite event: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nhss-73rd-birthday-in-reading-tickets-160449949117
Contact: cathy@cchange.co.uk
Romsey | 10.30 – 12.00 | Market Place, Romsey | Community stall and leafleting
Contact: sallysaunders902@gmail.com
Sheffield | 12:00 – 14:00 | Barker’s Pool | Protest and march
FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1735005510012776/
Contact email address: sheffieldhealthworkers@gmail.com / holljohnston83.hj@gmail.com
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