Northwood and Pinner Hospital Occupation (1983)

Wed Oct 26, 1983

On this day in 1983, hospital workers at the Northwood and Pinner Hospital began occupying the building in protest of its planned closure by the British government on October 31st. The following information comes from Hayes People's History via libcom.org:

The local health authority was proposing to close Northwood and Pinner hospital on October 31st, 1983. The workers, led by matron Jean Carey, a member of health workers' union COHSE (which later merged into Unison), occupied the hospital on October 26th to oppose the closure and began the work-in the next day.

They ran the hospital themselves, until eventually the authority caved and agreed to keep the hospital open. The nearby Hayes Cottage hospital was also successfully occupied and saved from closure at the same time.

• Date: 1983-10-26
• Learn More: libcom.org, ourhistory-hayes.blogspot.com.
• Source: www.apeoplescalendar.org