{"id":12358,"date":"2013-05-20T10:03:13","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T09:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=12358"},"modified":"2013-05-20T10:29:24","modified_gmt":"2013-05-20T09:29:24","slug":"defend-londons-nhs-demo-sat-18th-may-photo-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/defend-londons-nhs-demo-sat-18th-may-photo-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Defend the NHS demo, central London, Sat 18th May &#8211; full photo report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-01.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thousands of protesters\u00a0took to the streets of central London on Saturday to protest about the the closure and downgrading of A&amp;E departments in hospitals across the capital, as well as the increasing\u00a0privatisation\u00a0of health\u00a0services.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-02.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Billed as &#8216;Defend London\u2019s NHS,&#8217; the demo was supported by a host of unions and made a colourful and noisy display as it marched from Waterloo to Whitehall, dropping off a\u00a0petition\u00a0to Downing Street on the way.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-03.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The government has announced plans to downgrade the\u00a0A&amp;Es at Charing Cross, Central Middlesex, Hammersmith, Ealing and \u00a0Lewisham Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>At the protest was the actor\u00a0Roger Lloyd Pack, who said<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The NHS has saved and improved countless lives since its inception in 1948.<\/p>\n<p>Now we find it is under attack as though it was the cause of all our ills when in truth it is a national treasure.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-04.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Neurologist Professor Simon Shorvon, voiced his concerns about the decision to close four west London A&amp;E departments.<\/p>\n<p>He told the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-london-22581644\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It will leave a huge swathe of residents far from a local casualty.<\/p>\n<p>Time matters in an emergency situation and being stuck in an ambulance after a coronary or stroke or life-threatening accident will play havoc with survival and recovery rates.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-05.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sue Tarr, of the Royal College of Nursing, added: &#8220;London&#8217;s nurses are here today because they&#8217;re worried that changes are being made to the NHS to save money, rather than to improve services for patients.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some photos from the protest.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-06.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-07.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-08.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Marching across Waterloo Bridge.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-09.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-10.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-11.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-12.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-13.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-14.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-15.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-16.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-17.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-18.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-19.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-20.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-21.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-22.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-23.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-24.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-25.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-26.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-27.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-28.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-29.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-30.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-31.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-32.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"735\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/332lQ1OjpjA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Along the Strand.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-33.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-34.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-35.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-36.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-37.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-38.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-39.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-40.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-41.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-42.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-43.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-44.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-45.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-46.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-47.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-48.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-49.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-50.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-51.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-52.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sat 18th May: Defend London\u2019s NHS demonstration, march from Waterloo to Whitehall, London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-defend-nhs-demo-53.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;ll no doubt be more protests\u00a0coming\u00a0up as this hideous\u00a0government\u00a0continues to dismantle the NHS.\u00a0Please make the next one because once they&#8217;ve taken the NHS away, it won&#8217;t be\u00a0coming\u00a0back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of protesters\u00a0took to the streets of central London on Saturday to protest about the the closure and downgrading of A&amp;E departments in hospitals across the capital, as well as &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[194,17],"tags":[10,400,19],"class_list":["post-12358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-london-features","category-photos","tag-london","tag-nhs","tag-protest"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/london-defend-nhs-demo-30.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQI7P-3dk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12358"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12366,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12358\/revisions\/12366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}