[the official support of both NALGO and NUPE…]
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the official support of both NALGO and NUPE, although the NUPE official, Peter Lawlor has played little or no part in the campaign for several months.
Local trade unions and trades councils have contributed funds and pickets to the campaign and various GPs have continued to refer patients to Hounslow.
Ambulance drivers have refused to remove patients or equipment from the hospital except for medical reasons, and the Hounsiow Community Health Council has also pledged its support.
On the official date of closure, J00 staft, trade unionists and local residents rallied outside the hospita. and marched through the town centre headed by a spirited jazz. band.
Local workers receiving medical treatment must demand of their GP to be referred to Hounslow Hospital to help maintain the intake of patients.
At the same time a campaign must be launched in the local trade unions for all-out strike action HOLBROOK HUBB