Hackney Health Emergency was a successful people-led campaign to save St Leonard's Hospital, Shoreditch, from closure. The campaign and occupation by it's workers and local residents that took place between 1983-1984 was a key moment in local healthcare.
2023 - 1980s People Power
Photograph: Chef at St Leonard's Hospital
2023
Fabric square: No Health Cuts in Hackney
1983
Campaign badges
1985
Poster: Orchestre Jazira
1983
Badge: St. Leonards Hospital Save It
1980 = 1985
Badge - Rock-a-Baby Hackney 1990
1990
Badge
1989
Photograph: Campaigners holding poster
2023
Poster: We Want St Leonards
1983
Photograph: Staff outside St Leonard’s Hospital
2023
Poster: Defend Our Hospitals
1983
Photograph: Inside the Meeting
2023
Photograph: Sit-in protestors
2023
Photograph: Staff voting at St Leonard's Hospital
2023
Photograph: Campaigners holding placards
2023