Pledge for the NHS is our election-year campaign to mobilise tens of thousands of people across the country to demand their local general election candidates back our NHS. Key facts for candidates and activists:Please find below key facts that show why these specific demands are crucial to saving our NHS. Activists may find it useful for making the case to candidates that committing to the Pledge for the NHS demands can help save our NHS. Academic analysis shows that NHS hospitals cleaned by in-house staff are cleaner and result in fewer hospital-acquired infections than those cleaned by private outsourcing companies. This last issue has been cited by Oxford researchers when linking NHS outsourcing to 557 treatable deaths.

Source: The Guardian February 08, 2024 00:11 UTC