Campaigners from 38 Degrees delivered a petition with over 400,000 signatures to the Department of Health today.

The petition was delivered as the ‘listening period’ on the NHS proposals comes to an end today.

The petition read:

To the Coalition government,
Our NHS is precious – we won’t forgive you if you ruin it

* Don’t break up our health service and hand it to private healthcare companies
* Listen to the real experts – doctors, nurses and patients – when they give warnings about these plans
* Don’t rush through massive changes without testing them properly first
* Protect patient care – don’t cut beds, wards, doctors or nurses

The delegation included NHS staff, and the boxes with the petition were delivered on a stretcher, to illustrate that the Health and Social Care Bill is sending the NHS into critical condition.

(photos by 38 Degrees)

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