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nalgo OFFICIAL PICKET THE FIGHT in Manchester against the Tories' proposals to charge certain groups of people for NHS treatment continues with a day conference on the implications this racist legislation has and the next step in organising opposition to it.
Under the system introduced by Patrick Jenkin and recently supported by new Health Secretary Fowler, everyone will have to prove their eligibility for free treatment by answering a long series of questions which seek to establish nationality.
Obviously the prime targets for questioning will be patients with foreign names, strange accents... and dark skins.
As large numbers of migrant workers (and their families) will also be excluded from free care, the Jenkin Plan can be seen as another attack on the working class. All this on top of the boost that will be given to the private health sector.
Since their recent trial run in hospitals specially selected for their proximity to international airports or immigrant communities, it looks as if the Tories will now force their racist, anti working class measures through Parliament some time in the spring of 1982.
For this reason a day conference has been held government's nationality legislation, to consider the response of the NHS trade unions to the Plan, and to determine the best grounds for our opposition - and a coherent and informed strategy for future action.
GEORGE MACLEAN, Education Otticer, Manches Her NHS branch, ASTMS. carry appeals to their readers for suitable material.
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