It is a matter of life or death

NHS is under huge pressure, as casualty departments are at risk of closure.
 
As if it was not enough, the system is already on the brink of collapse under the weight of the 4 million visitors to A&E every year.
 
In fact, the lack of out-of-hours GPs since their contracts were changed in 2004, has been putting the emergency departments under massive pressure. 
 
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the government was going to look at GP contracts and the health and social care system.
 
Meanwhile, an unprecedented coalition of Londoners, trade unions and health campaigners, have come together against the biggest attack on NHS for a generation.
 
They have protested and signed petitions across the capital and campaigned against the closures of A&Es, a number of maternity units and thousands of hospital beds that may put lives at risk.
 
Also, they have pledged their opposition to privatization plans for the NHS, as hospitals and community services are threatened with take-over by multi-national private companies.