Happy Birthday Southend NHS!

Photograph of UNISON Southend-on-Sea members and Save Our Southend NHS campaigners at the ‘Happy Birthday Southend NHS!’ event on Thursday 5th July, 2018.
UNISON Southend-on-Sea members and Save Our Southend NHS campaigners at the ‘Happy Birthday Southend NHS!’ event on Thursday 5th July, 2018.

UNISON Southend-on-Sea members, Save Southend NHS campaigners and Southend NHS staff gathered on the green opposite Southend A&E to celebrate 70 years of the NHS.

This joyous lunchtime event included singing and dancing to a backdrop of supportive honks and cheers from passing vehicles – culminating in the presentation of three magnificent cakes to the extraordinary Southend NHS staff – those everyday heroes – who are there to guide, support and care for us, day in, day out.

It was the perfect opportunity to celebrate the achievements of one of the nation’s most loved institutions, to appreciate the vital role the service plays in our lives and to campaign against privatisation and financial cuts that will adversely affect the health and well-being of our local community.

For more information and to get involved visit the Save Southend NHS Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SaveSouthendNHS/