<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class="">Hi everyone, </p><p class="">In an ongoing project, PHM-North America is collecting stories from around the world of movements that have organized successful movements to protect their public health services. From these movements and their campaigns we can learn lessons to
reinforce and inspire our own work to achieve public, accessible,
affordable health care. </p><p class="">We spoke with organizers and
campaigners Hannah Basson, James Beecher, and Caroline Molloy from
Stroud Against the Cuts about their campaign to prevent staff of the
Gloucestershire National Health Service (NHS) from being outsourced to a
private company. The campaign lasted from late 2010 through 2012, when
the NHS withdrew its plan following legal action and heavy political
pressure. </p><p class="">You can listen to a conversation with the organizers, who discuss how they pulled together this successful movement, and read more about the campaign here: <a href="http://bit.ly/2JqA4cE" class="">http://bit.ly/2JqA4cE</a> </p><p class="">Please <a href="mailto:connect@phm-na.org" class="">contact us</a> if you would like to share your movement’s success story in stopping privatization of health services or to connect us with folks you know who might be able to share.</p><div class="">Thank you!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best,</div><div class="">Baj (PHM-Canada) & Leigh (PHM-USA)</div></body></html>