On 1st February, the local branch of the national 38 degrees campaign presented a petition to the South Reading NHS Clinical Commissioning Group as part of their national campaign. The petition was presented by a small group of supporters and received by Dr Elizabeth Johnston on behalf of the CCG. The text read
"Our NHS is precious, and we're relying on you to protect it. Please do all you can to stop local health services being broken up or taken over by irresponsible private companies.
- Protect local NHS services and consult patients properly before making changes
- Spend money wisely and dont do deals with irresponsible private companies
- Adopt policies and a constitution which reflect these values
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