Health campaigners were in Glossop's Norfolk Square last Saturday to raise their concerns about the Health and Care Bill.
Members of High Peak Unite Community were taking part in a National Day of Action organised by Unite The Union.
The new Bill, expected to pass into law this April, will establish 42 different Integrated Care Systems, replacing the current Clinical Commissioning Groups.
The rationale for the Bill is to create more flexibility and Integration but campaigners fear it will actually result in less integration, especially between Health and Social Care, and more privatisation.
Secretary of High Peak Unite Community, Kasey Carver, said: “One major concern for many is that Hospitals will no longer be obliged to finalise social care before discharging a patient.
“It would seem that this has been put in place to reduce bed blocking. However, given the wide scale shortage of social care, this would inevitably mean that patients could be discharged without social care being put in place.”
Chair Gwyneth Francis said: “There is nothing in the Bill that is going to resolve the impact of the pandemic on NHS funding and staffing but, rather, it opens the door to further reductions in provision and standards together with yet higher levels of privatisation”
Protecting the NHS is one of High Peak Unite Community’s priority campaigns, and you can find out more through the group’s Facebook page.
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