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- Thousands to take part in nationwide protests against NHS crisis this Saturday in ‘Day of Action’ – 27th January 2023
- Striking NHS nurse/frontline staff, celebrities and MPs to take part in central London march – 16th January 2022
- NHS staff to join MPs and campaigners at NHS Solidarity march with striking nurses – 20th December 2022
- SOS NHS Conference – 12th November 2022
- KONP’s response to rising Covid infections (ONS data) – 1st July 2022
- KONP’s response: Oxford University study suggests outsourcing of healthcare linked to higher deaths from treatable causes – 30th June 2022
- NHS staff, MPs and campaigners to deliver petition to Downing Street calling for re-introduction of free Covid testing – 17th June 2022
- KONP statement on Health and Care Bill becoming an Act – 28th April 2022
- NHS Campaigners and Staff to deliver petition to Downing Street calling for more funds in Spring Budget – 21st March 2022
- Diary Note: SOS NHS Petition hand in to Downing Street – 16th March 2022
- SOS NHS Day of Action – 23rd February 2022
- Biggest ever campaign is launched in defence of the NHS: over 40 organisations demand emergency funding – 8th February 2022
- NHS Patients and campaigners take Centene to court over their takeover of dozens of GP surgeries – 28th January 2022
- Leading lawyer and NHS campaigners report the government to the police over their handling of the pandemic – 21st December 2021
- The People’s Covid Inquiry launches it’s report – 30th November 2021
- Campaigners to submit petitions signed by 250,000 against Health and Care Bill – 22nd November 2021
- Diary Note: Petition hand in against the Health and Care Bill with John McDonnell and others – 18th November 2021
- KONP’s Response to the Commons Report on the pandemic -12th October 2021
- Response to Operation Alice News – 8th October 2021
- Campaigners react to news that the NHS will receive £5.4bn to deal with Covid backlog – 7th September 2021
- NHS campaigners join with politicians, celebrities and the BMA to oppose the Health and Care Bill – 6th September 2021
- Campaigners response to Health and Care Bill – Second reading 14th July 2021
- Cross-parliamentary support for protest against Health and Care Bill: MPs to join campaigners for demonstration outside Parliament, 12 July 2021
- Health and Care Bill means “Lucrative NHS contracts to be handed out without competition” say campaigners, 6 July 2021
- Over 60 NHS protests over pay justice, privatisation and patient safety to take place across Britain this Saturday, 3rd July 2021
- Government pursued: “A policy of negligent manslaughter” epidemiologist and senior academic tells inquiry, 17 June 2021
- Senior academic tells People’s Covid Inquiry Government is “suppressing the release of information”, 3 June 2021
- Private hospitals provided less healthcare to NHS during pandemic than in 2019, inquiry hears, 20 May 2021
- Keep Our NHS Public’s response to the Queen’s Speech, 11 May 2021
- GPs across the country protest at private takeover by US health giant Centene, 21 April 2021
- Virtual consultations meant access to healthcare for BAME people was adversely affected, doctor tells the People’s Covid Inquiry, 6 May 2021
- Unsafe and Unsupported – The People’s Covid Inquiry hears testimony from frontline workers, 22 April 2021
- Michael Mansfield QC responds to the call for a public inquiry on Covid, 25 March 2021
- Two thirds of the public think lives could have been saved if the government had taken different policy decisions, 5 March 2021
- People’s Covid Inquiry reveals shocking background to Covid crisis, 25 February 2021
- Invitation sent to press for the People’s Covid Inquiry, 23 February 2021
- NHS campaigners launch a People’s Covid Inquiry with key backing, 16 February 2021
- European call for action – Invest in care now! 27 October 2020
- Petition shows thousands want the NHS to deliver test and trace, 1 October 2020
- NHS workers to demonstrate around the country this Saturday for fair pay, 10 September 2020
- NHS workers march to Downing Street to demand pay justice Wednesday 29th July
- Actress Alison Steadman helps to launch new Rescue Plan for the NHS, 3 July 2020
- NHS campaigners demand change in a series of upcoming protests, 1 July 2020
- Trade bill tomorrow could put the NHS at risk, 18 May 2020
- Invite to Covid and NHS Meeting, 4 May 2020
- Our petition on Coronavirus started by NHS staff reaches nearly 50,000 signatures in only 4 days, 23 March 2020
- Health campaigners call for immediate lockdown, 23 March 2020
- Today’s figures won’t reassure over Coronavirus, 11 March 2020
- NHS Staff complete a banner drop off Westminster Bridge, 15 February 2020
- Today’s NHS monthly statistics record unprecedented delays, 13 February 2020
- Keep Our NHS Public will hold a National Winter Crisis Day of Action tomorrow, 14 February 2020
- Keep Our NHS Public supports the latest efforts by workers union United Voices of the World (UVW) on behalf of staff at St George’s University Medical School, 14 January 2020
- Our newly launched election video goes viral with over a million views since last night, 18 November 2019
- Only a third of the public believe Boris Johnson is telling the truth on the NHS and trade deals, 28 October 2019
- Labour’s unprecedented amendment to the Queen’s speech would protect the NHS from privatisation, 18 October 2019
- 40 little white lies: Johnson’s hospitals are neither 40 nor new. Keep Our NHS Public’s reply to the Boris Johnson election propaganda misinformation bandwagon, 30 September 2019
- Powerful film Under the Knife cuts to core of NHS crisis. Free national screenings from October 14-18th, 23 September 2019
- Demonstration to mark World Suicide Prevention Day, 10 September 2019
- Press and photo call: World Suicide Prevention Day 2019: Highlighting children’s suicide/cuts to mental health services, 6 September 2019
- Parliament debates the NHS as part of future trade deals, 22 July 2019
- Stephen Fry lends his support to Keep Our NHS Public’s petition, 20 July 2019
- The NHS Long Term Plan won’t work without a proper workforce strategy – Response to the Health Foundation’s Report, 18 June 2019
- Petition against an NHS trade deal with Trump hits 200,000 signatures, 5 June 2019
- Huge victory for local campaigners as plans to close Charing Cross Hospital and further
downgrade Ealing Hospital have been stopped, 27 March 2019 - The NHS Long Term Plan is impossible without increased staffing – NAO
report released today, 18 January 2019 - DHSC will not ringfence £240m social care funding, 20 December 2018
Keep Our NHS Public in the news
January 2023
- MPs write to Covid vaccine companies to demand costs will not rise – Morning Star 31st January
- Thousands rally to demand action on NHS funding crisis – Morning Star 29th January
- Thousands to gather in nationwide protests over NHS crisis – Morning Star 27th January
- Sajid Javid’s plans to charge NHS patients slammed by readers – Daily Express 26th January
- Dr Tony O’Sullivan on Talk TV with Vanessa Feltz – Talk TV 26th January
- Keir Starmer’s private prescription for the NHS is dangerous – Dr John Puntis Guardian Letters 25th January
- POLL – Should NHS patients be charged for GP and A&E visits? – Daily Express 24th January
- Helen Salisbury GP and KONP member, responds to debate on GP charges – Sky News 21st January
- Sajid Javid’s call to charge for GP and A&E visits is a zombie idea ‘threatening principles of the NHS’ say medics – inews 21st January
- PM invited seven private health bosses to NHS crisis meeting – Open Democracy 19th January
- Striking nurses hot out at ‘nonsense’ claims patients would suffer from pay rise – Independent 19th January
- ‘Run into the ground’: How did the UK’s national health service end up on life support? – Euronews 18th January
- British nurses stage new strike over pay as NHS crisis deepens – Al Jazeera 18th January
- Sir Keir offers up ‘dangerous false solutions’ to crisis-hit NHS, campaigners warn – Morning Star 17th January
- Dr John Puntis discussing Labour’s plans for NHS reform – Talk TV 16th January
- Why is the NHS in crisis? Dr Tony O’Sullivan with Vanessa Feltz – Talk TV 13th January
- The NHS must be SNP’s absolute priority for the next two years – Herald Scotland 11th January
- The NHS crisis was years in the making by Dr John Lister – Tribune 10th Janurary
- How can Rishi Sunak deny there is an NHS crisis? Dr Tony O’Sullivan with Sangita Myska – LBC 8th January
- Starmer ditches pledge to end NHS outsourcing – Morning Star 8th January
- NHS workers describe ‘revolving door of injustice’ and say ‘it doesn’t feel safe for my patients right now’ – inews 6th January
- NHS crisis – Dr Tony O’Sullivan with Julia Hartley-Brewer – Talk TV 4th January
- POLL – Should UK adopt an insurance-based health system to save NHS? – Daily Express 3rd January
December 2022
- NHS workers march on Downing Street as nurses take second day of strike action, Morning Star, 20th December
- Most plans for acute respiratory hubs not yet in place despite growing GP pressures, Pulse, 20th December
- Is NHS on it’s last legs? Ex Health Sec Sajid Javid says it won’t survive many more years, Daily Mail, 16th December
- KONP Campaigns Manager Tom Griffiths on nurses strikes, JOE Politics, 15th December
- One in eight UK adults using private medical care due to NHS delays, The Guardian, 15th December
- Gavin and Stacey star says you should no longer call our country Great Britain, Wales Online 14th December
- Gavin and Stacey’s Alison Steadman calls Britain third world country over state of NHS, The Express, 14th December
- Guardian’s ’33 hours’ shows reality of NHS on edge of collapse, say doctors, The Guardian 14th December
- Striking for the wellbeing of all: Why the nurses strikes are about more than just pay, by Holly Johnston, Public Sector Focus, 14th December
- Gavin and Stacey star says Britain can’t be called ‘Great’ Britain due to state of NHS, The Mirror, 13th December
- Good Morning Britain with KONP Patron Alison Steadman, ITV, 12th December
November 2022
- Top Tory Michael Gove admits he has used private healthcare like Rishi Sunak, The Mirror, 24th November
- NHS red lines are already being crossed, by Dr Tony O’Sullivan, Tribune, 23rd November
- Talk TV/radio: Dr John Puntis, 22nd November
- Sunak has private healthcare that pledges patients seen ‘on the day’, Daily Express, 22nd November
- Rishi Sunak loves the NHS so much he has a private GP, Indy, 22nd November
- Rishi Sunak is registered with private GP practice, The Guardian, 21st November
- Talk Tv/radio with Jeremy Kyle: Dr Tony O’Sullivan, 18th November
- Nurses explain their strike decision as ‘enough is enough’, The Mirror, 17th November
- LBC Dr Tony O’Sullivan with Iain Dale, 15th November
- We must value and safeguard human health for a sustainable future – Professor Neena Modi, BMJ, 11th November
- Largest ever coalition of campaigners and trade unions call for action to save our NHS by Tom Griffiths, Public Sector Focus, 1st November
October 2022
- NHS Hospitals paying hundreds of millions in interest to private firms Guardian, 25th October
- Therese Coffey’s plan is pitting workers against patients, Samantha Wathen Tribune 18th October
- Rising number of NHS workers are seeking help for suicidal thoughts, Morning Star 8th October
- McKinsey picked pockets on both sides of the NHS privatisation row, The Times, 7th October
- Psychotherapist Alia Butt on Talk TV/Radio, 7th October
- The NHS can’t take austerity 2.0 by Dr John Puntis, Tribune, 6th October
- Government forced into humiliating U-turn on tax cuts for the super rich, Morning Star, 3rd October
September 2022
- GP Shortages and winter pressures will put patient care at risk, doctors warn Inews, 20th September
- Opinion: I’m a junior doctor – here’s why I’m prepared to go on strike by Jatinder Hayre, Indy Voices, 30th September
- Doctors facing unimaginable mental health pressures and risk of suicide after a decade of Tory austerity, Morning Star 10th September
- Big Pharma bosses fight legal move to disqualify them for allegedly rigging drug prices to the NHS Morning Star, September 2nd
August 2022
- Understaffed, underfunded and underappreciated, by Dr Jatinder Hayre, Public Sector Focus Magazine, August 30th
- Dr Tony O’Sullivan, Co-chair of Keep our NHS public, explains how he would restore UK healthcare with Matthew Wright on LBC, August 28th
- Barclay heckled over delays, Talk TV, 26th August
- One of UKs biggest NHS trusts faces £4m rise in energy bills, The Metro, 22nd August
- Review of NHS Under Siege, The Lancet 20th August
- Man, 87, spent 15 hours under makeshift shelter waiting for ambulance, Manchester Evening News, 19th August
- Man, 87, forced to wait 15 hours for an ambulance Daily Mirror, 19th August (Front Page)
- Doctors warn GP services at boiling point following suicide The Morning Star, 13th August
- How the Tory party has systematically run down the NHS, The Guardian, 3rd August
July 2022
- Truss backed anti-climate lobbyists who tanked green law – Open Democracy 27th July
- Hospital patients could be charged per day according to report – Ladbible 26th July
- We’re in danger of singing Kumbaya as the Titanic sinks – Daily Mail 26th July
- Health and social care faces the worst workforce crisis in history as damning report predicts shortage of 1 million jobs – Daily Mail 25th July
- Charge hospital patients £8 a day and make over-60s pay for their prescriptions – Daily Mail 25th July
- Charge for hospital stays to help fund NHS, says ex-health boss – The Guardian 24th July
- Crumbling hospitals not prepared for heatwave, NHS leader warns – Morning Star 18th July
- Scrapping of nursing BTEC could worsen NHS staffing crisis, healthcare leaders warn – Morning Star 13th July
- Boris Johnson is going, but the damage to our country is done – Guardian Letters 7th July
- Soaring fuel bills add to dire pressures facing NHS – Metro 3rd July
- Doctors call for return of free Covid testing as infections soar by half a million in a week – Morning Star 1st July
June 2022
- Overstretched NHS staff forced to go hungry and skip breaks to keep up with patient care – Morning Star 4th June 2022
- Dr Brian Fisher on Bradford Radio – charging patients for missed GP appointments Bradford Radio Mon 30th May (5pm slot: from 17:38)
- Dr Jacky Davis on NHS issues LBC Sunday 5th June (01:11:22 – 01:19:07)
- John Puntis LBC late show on missed targets/general state of the NHS
- Discussion over burning unused PPE -BBC Three Counties radio 10th June
- Roberto Perrone – How bad is your back pain? – BBC Sounds BBC Three Counties radio piece (on Panorama) 13th June
- Dr John Puntis on the Julia Hartley-Brewer show TalkTV 14th June
- Don’t let them rehabilitate Jeremy Hunt – John Lister for Tribune magazine 13th June 2022
- Will free Covid tests come back as new cases soar and threaten to burden the NHS Daily Mirror 20th June 2022
- NHS campaigners demand return of free Covid tests amid fears of new wave Daily Mirror 20th June 2022
- NHS campaigners urge for return of free Covid tests as cases surge across UK
- Calls for free Covid tests to return as UK cases surge Belfast Live 21st June 2022
- Well of goodwill keeping the NHS operating is running dry ministers warned Morning Star 27th June 2022
- Dentistry must be brought back into the NHS: There are huge holes in dental services Public Sector Focus 28th June 2022
- NHS privatisation linked to a rise in avoidable deaths Morning Star 30th June 2022
May 2022
- Time to reverse the decay in NHS dentistry Guardian – Guardian letter by Dr John Puntis 5th May 2022
- NHS waiting lists hit new high as calls for more staff continues – Morning Star 15th May 2022
- Crisis looms as dentists sever NHS ties – Morning Star 24th May 2022
- Javid urged to act on NHS pay as energy bills set to rise to £2,800 – Morning Star 25th May 2022
April 2022
- The government stripped away our civil liberties overnight, but we won’t back down The Canary 28 April 2022 Pubic Sector Focus
- NHS under siege – what happened when an NHS in crisis met a global pandemic Dr Jacky Davis Public Sector Focus
- Ambulance workers suffering from stress due to months of unprecedented demand Morning Star 25 April 2022
- Fury as NHS hospital staff forced to pay for parking charged extra £90 a year Mirror 23 April 2022
- NHS Waiting lists drive more Britons to pay for medical treatment The Guardian 20 April 2022
- Volunteers to drive ambulance cars as service continues to face pressure Morning Star 20 April 2022
- Ending free hospital car parking is a slap in the face to our NHS staff Samantha Wathen comment piece in The Metro 12 April 2022
- Dr John Puntis on Talk Radio with Ian Collins over reintroducing mask wearing in public
- These exploited workers were laughed at and told that unions do nothing Helen O’Connor GMB Morning Star
- Six Yorkshire hospitals tell injured people to stay away from A&E unless lives in danger Morning Star April 7 2022
- Campaigning doctors launch digital map of privatised services in the NHS Morning Star 7 April 2022
- To live with Covid we still need vital public health measures – Letter in the Guardian from Dr John Puntis Guardian 3 April 2022
March 2022
- Many NHS partnerships with drug companies are out of public sight BMJ 27 March 2022
- Dr John Puntis on Talk Radio with Rob Rinder Talk Radio 4 April 2022
- Guardian Letters (Dr John Puntis): To live with Covid we still need vital public health measures Guardian 3 April 2022
- Covid: Infections are sky high so why stop testing? BBC news 1 April 2022
- Covid: Last day of free tests in England fuels concern 31 March 2022
- Dr Tony O’Sullivan on BBC Radio London (From 3.21.24 – 3.31.18) 30 March 2022
- More than 300,000 sign petition to keep free lateral flows after Friday 30 March 2022
- Petition asking government to keep free Covid tests gains more than 300,000 signatures Wales online 30 March 2022
- Public satisfaction in the NHS falls to lowest level in 25 years, survey reveals Morning Star 30 March 2022
- How private health firms prey on the worried well, leaving the NHS to pick up the pieces inews 30 March 2022
- Spring slaughter’ : Exhausted NHS staff respond to Sunak’s statement 27 March 2022
- NHS Workers have given Rishi Sunak a clear message 23 March 2022
- Dozens of NHS nurses and doctors descend on parliament wearing Rishi Sunak masks to protest pay ahead of spring statement 22 March 2022
- Almost 100 NHS workers and MPs to protest at parliament ahead of spring statement GMB politics.co.uk 22 March 2022
- NHS campaigners to deliver 170,000 strong petition to Downing Street calling for increased funding Morning Star March 2022
- Dozens of NHS surgeries are owned in off-shore tax havens raising fears of backdoor privatisation i-news 7 March 2022
- Thousands to protest across Britain as People’s Assembly rallies against soaring cost of living Morning Star 4 March 2022
- NHS Staff deserve a 15% pay rise – not 3% Alia Butt The Metr0 2 March 2022
February 2022
- Protests planned in support of NHS funding 26 Feb 2022 Wales online
- Protests planned in support of NHS funding and against privatisation 26 Feb 2022 GB News
- NHS campaigners vow to fight on following defeat over private takeover of London GPs Morning Star 25 Feb 2022
- SOS NHS: Let’s build a movement so massive loud and strong that the government simply cannot ignore Public Sector Focus Magazine 24 Feb 2022
- Pharma giants condemned over lack of jabs for global south Morning Star 15 Feb 2022
- Thousands to protest against the rising cost of living crisis across Britain Morning Star 12 February 2022
- Boris is putting us all in danger by scrapping Covid isolation restrictions Metro, 11 Feb 2022
- Is lifting all restrictions brave or stupid? Talk Radio, 10 Feb 2022
- Campaigners await ruling over US-backed takeover of GP practices Wales online 3 Feb 2022
- New campaign calls for a national care, support and independent living service Morning Star 3 February 2022
- Almost 1 in 5 disabled people fear their lives will never return to normal after the pandemic Morning Star 3 Feb 2022
- US healthcare giant’s takeover of GP practices lands in high court Guardian 2 February 2022
- Why everyone should get behind the brave GMB members of Croydon Hospital Helen O’Connor 8 February 2022
January 2022
- NHS campaigners to challenge private takeover of London GPs Morning Star 30 January 2022
- Ministers urged to ‘take their heads out of the sand’ as hospital prepares to move patients to hotel Morning Star 21 January 2022
- HUMANS, NOT HEROES, ARE HOLDING OUR NHS TOGETHER Samantha Wathen NHS Billion Blog 15 January 2022
- The Private Sector Won’t Save the NHS Jatinder Hayre Tribune Magazine 14 January 2022
- No.10 had a BYOB party because it ‘felt sorry’ for MPs? As a nurse, I’m sickened Metro 13 January
- Government’s use of ‘VIP lane’ to award PPE contracts was unlawful, High Court finds Morning Star 12 January 2022
- GP’s ‘rage’ at Downing Street party days after mourners had to read emails around her dad’s grave featuring Dr Louise Irvine 11 January 2022
- Private firms cash in on new Covid surge with 3-month deal to relieve NHS Morning Star 10 January 2022
- Tory private health deal branded waste of money as experts fear no help for NHS Mirror 10 January 2022
- Oxford vaccine and research centre worth £200m could be sold BBC website 9 January 2022
- The Vaccine Centre Is the Latest Tory Privatisation Disaster John Lister Tribune Magazine 2 January 2022
- Nurses and doctors should not be forgotten as top scientists get knighted, warns RCN, Morning Star 1 January 2021
December 2021
- Tory ministers reported to the police over their mishandling of the pandemic Morning Star 22 December 2021
- Government ministers reported to police over their mishandling of the pandemic Left Foot Forward 22 December 2021
- If celebrities don’t promote public health measures, they should get off air Dr Jacky Davis Metro 22 December 2021
- Like Scrooge, Boris Johnson needs to change his ways before it’s too late John Puntis The Big Issue 21 December 2021
- Rishi’s Next NHS Raid John Lister Tribune 20 December 2021
- NHS under fire for paying private firms to jab kids which has ‘slowed the process down’ Mirror 5 December 2021
- Who is to blame for the NHS crisis? Anyone but the Government apparently Samantha Wathen Public Sector Focus 2 December
PRESS COVERAGE FROM LAUNCH OF PEOPLE’S COVID INQUIRY FINAL REPORT
‘Misconduct in Public Office – Why did so many thousands die unnecessarily?’
1 December 2021
- UK Government Accused Of ‘Misconduct In Public Office’ Over Handling Of Covid Huffington Post
- Tories guilty of ‘misconduct’ over thousands of Covid deaths, major report finds Mirror
- Government ‘should face charges over failing vulnerable and ignoring warnings’ Metro
- UK Government accused of ‘misconduct in public office’ over handling of pandemic in England Wales online
- Government accused of ‘misconduct in public office’ over pandemic handling Evening Standard
- Government accused of `misconduct in public office´ over pandemic handling Daily Mail online
- Government’s ‘gross negligence” contributed tens of thousands of avoidable deaths Morning Star
- Government accused of ‘misconduct’ over Covid pandemic handling Independent
- Misconduct in public office? A new report details the case against the Westminster government Martin McKee BMJ Editorial
- Covid-19: Government was “grossly negligent” in its handling of pandemic, says people’s inquiry BMJ News
- This Lawyer Thinks Boris Johnson Could be Prosecuted for Misconduct, Here’s Why & How Byline Times
- Jaw dropping… Lilley’s Blog, NHSmanagers.net
- GPs ‘wrongly sidelined’ in pandemic response, warns People’s COVID Inquiry GP online
- Ministers should face misconduct charges over Covid crisis, say UK campaigners Guardian
- Bloomberg Westminster: People’s Covid Inquiry Last 10.20 mins (23.40 mins total)
- Government guilty of gross negligence finds The People’s Covid Inquiry Counterfire online
- Government guilty of ‘misconduct in office’ over Covid crisis, inquiry finds The London Economic
- BBC Radio 4 Today Programme 1:06:21
- Talk Radio interview with Cristo Foufas 16.3–17.00 slot 04:10-16.20 mins
November 2021
- Why can’t Boris Johnson seem to keep his face mask on? Neena Modi Metro 26 November 2021
- There’s Still an NHS Left to Save John Lister Tribune 24 November 2021
- Anti-vaxx mob interrupts NHS rally to shout ‘no jab mandate’ Metro 23 November
- Tory MPs vote down plea to ban private health firms sitting on NHS boards Mirror 22 November
- Takeover of London GP practices by US health insurance giant will be subject of judicial review in 2022 Morning Star 19 November
- Campaigners and MPs submit petition against ‘dangerous’ Health & Care Bill to Downing Street Morning Star 22 November 2021
- NHS facing ‘tough winter’ with ‘really significant pressures’ as waiting lists continue Morning Star 16 November 2021
- Health and Care Bill explained – and why anti-NHS-privatisation groups are angry Mirror 22 November 2021
- Majority of people in England fear Tories risk extending NHS privatisation, new poll finds Morning Star 4 November 2021
October 2021
- As a nurse, I think Rishi Sunak’s plan to end the public sector pay freeze is meaningless Holly Turner Metro 28 October 2021
- Social Care Needs a Radical Transformation Not a Hollow Plan Brian Fisher Public Sector Focus October 2021
- Track and trace bosses treated taxpayers as an ‘ATM machine,’ Labour charges Morning Star 27 October 2021
- Damning report into government Covid-19 response finds ‘worst public health failure ever’ Morning Star 12 October 2021
- Good Health Needs Good Housing Jatinda Hayre 11 October 2021
- Britain’s Mental Health Crisis Isn’t an Accident – It’s a Political Choice Alia Butt Tribune 10 October 2021
- Brian Fisher on Talk Radio, 5:09pm 1 October 2021
September 2021
- Campaigners demand £20bn investment into NHS to reduce waiting list backload Morning Star 9 September 2021
- Angry nurses launch silent pay protests Morning Star 8 September 2021
- NHS unions express fury as health minister admits £2.8bn of PPE unfit for purpose Morning Star 17 September 2021
- Yes, we need better funding for social care – but first we should decide what kind of service we actually want | Brian Fisher The Independent 8 September 2021
- NHS chief warns hospitals could face ‘one of the most challenging winters on record’ i-News 7 September 2021
- People’s Covid Inquiry: profiteering from the people’s health? Jacky Davis BMJ 6 September 2021
- Unions and campaigners rally with care workers in fightback against privatised social care system Morning Star 5 September 2021
- Tony O’Sullivan interview: Talk Radio Section: 14.30-15.00 – 7mins in (12 mins) 3 September 2021
August 2021
- People’s Covid Inquiry: inequalities and discrimination Jacky Davis BMJ 27 August 2021
People’s Covid Inquiry: impact of covid on frontline staff and key workers Jacky Davis BMJ 27 August 2021- The People’s Covid Inquiry: preliminary findings Neena Modi Public Sector Focus August 2021
- Vaccine equity campaigners slam Pfizer’s ‘profiteering’ as company increases C-19 vaccine prices for NHS Morning Star 11 August
- Medics facing a rise of abuse from patients, research finds Morning Star 10 August
- Private hospital groups set to profit from massive NHS backlog in wave of new deals i News 8 August 2021
- Serco profits soar from running test-and-trace scheme, despite claims it would make ‘nothing’ from pandemic Morning Star 8 August
- Bereaved families of Covid dead deserve say in inquiry Morning Star August 2021
July 2021
- Undermined and undervalued: how the pandemic exacerbated moral injury and burnout in the NHS (People’s Covid Inquiry) BMJ 29 July 2021
- Nurses to hold a ‘summer of action’ over government’s measly 3% pay offer Morning Star 28 July 2021
- Fury at Health Secretary’s claim people ‘cowered’ from Covid Morning Star 25 July 2021
- What Dominic Cummings said next—the case for an urgent inquiry into England’s pandemic response gets stronger and stronger BMJ 21 July 2021
- Health and Care Bill seeks to add more political interference into the NHS the Canary 16 July 2021
- Protestors and doctors’ union call on MPs to block new English health bill Caroline Molloy Open Democracy 14 July 2021
- Forget the spin – new English NHS bill is all about cutting our right to healthcare Caroline Molloy Open Democracy 13 July 2021
- Brighton MP joins campaign against new NHS Bill The Argus 13 July 2021
- Health campaigners and MPs to protest against the Health and Care Bill Morning Star 12 July 2021
- The Tories’ Latest Plan to Wreck the NHS John Lister Tribune 13 July 2021
- Former Amazon boss must not get NHS job, say campaigners Morning Star 11 July 2021
- People’s Covid Inquiry: ‘The pandemic has uncovered a government unfit for purpose’ Left Foot Forward 10 July 2021
- Tory ‘incompetence’ on Covid-19 exposed by inquiry ‘refusal’, says Michael Mansfield The National 8 July 2021
- Covid-19: Billions spent on private contracts should have gone to public services, says people’s inquiry BMJ 8 July 2021
- Boris Johnson urged to abandon ‘dangerous and unethical’ plan to lift Covid restrictions on 19 July Independent 8 July 2021
- ‘Tory failures led to 150,000 virus deaths’ People’s Covid Inquiry delivers damning first findings, concluding government ‘unfit for purpose’ in the crisis Morning Star 8 July 2021
- Most Scots back probe into Hancock’s breach of Covid rules The National 7 July 2021
- Daily Covid cases rising with experts fearing the impact of lifting Covid restrictions Channel 4 News 7 July 2021
- Prosecute any ministers who acted with ‘gross negligence’ during pandemic, demands People’s Covid Inquiry i-news 7 July 2021
- England’s reopening plan is a ‘dangerous experiment’, ministers told Guardian 7 July 2021
- EXCLUSIVE: Voters demand investigation into whether Hancock broke the ministerial code over aide affair Left Foot Forward 6 July 2021
- The slow march of privatisation makes hospitals less sensitive to people’s needs John Puntis Letter BMJ 6 Jul 2021
- Queen awards George Cross to NHS for staff’s courage and compassion Daily Express 5 July 2021
- John Puntis on LBC
- NHS workers across the North West protest over pay, safety and privatisation ITV Granada 3 July 2021
- Poor nursing pay is a ‘patient safety issue’, explain campaigners ahead of today’s countrywide protests Nursing Notes 3 July 2021
- Protests call for end to NHS underfunding and understaffing ‘not more clapping’, Guardian 3 July 2021
- Here’s the best birthday present you can give the NHS The Canary 2 July 2021
- RT UK, 1 July 2021
- I’m a psychotherapist – isolating from school is having a catastrophic impact on kids, Metro, 1 July 2021
June 2021
- Campaigners warn Sajid Javid could be ‘useful conduit’ for his ex-banking bosses, Mirror, 29 June 2021
- Campaigners warn Sajid Javid could be ‘useful conduit’ for his ex-banking bosses, Mirror, 29 June 2021
- Test and Trace: ‘Ineffective and inefficient’ Serco handed £322m contract, Morning Star, 28 June 2021
- ‘Not fit to govern’: thousands march through London in People’s Assembly rally for real change, Morning Star, 27 June 2021
- Dido Harding accused of xenophobia over foreign doctor pledge, Morning Star, 21 June 2021
- Nurse says celebrate NHS and ‘fight for its future’ at protests on its 73rd anniversary, Nursing Standard, 18 June 2021
- The Dangers of the NHS Data Grab, Tribune Magazine, 10 June 2021
- Plans to allow NHS system to extract patient data from doctors’ surgeries should be paused to address privacy concerns, says Labour, Morning Star, 7 June 2021
- Johnson facing mounting calls to delay final lifting of lockdown as Covid cases continue to soar, Morning Star, 7 June 2021
- Government accused of ‘suppressing’ Covid data ahead of freedom day, Metro, 3 June 2021
- NHS caught up in pandemic fraud wave, Telegraph, 3 June
- No sign of care in this Government’s Queen’s Speech, Public Sector Focus, May/June 2021
May 2021
- Private hospitals provided average of seven Covid beds a day despite £2bn Government contracts, iNews, 23 May 2021
- UK campaigners mount legal challenge over US takeover of GP surgeries, BMJ, 21 May 2021
- Plans to hand GPs to scandal-hit US health privateer to be challenged in court, Morning Star
- EXCLUSIVE: Third of voters say government’s Covid inquiry is too late, Left Foot Forward, 18 May 2021
- Martin McKee: What went wrong in the UK’s covid-19 response?, BMJ, 18 May 2021
- The British public deserve answers now, not next spring. So we started our own Covid inquiry, Independent, 17 May 2021
- Public inquiry into pandemic handling cautiously welcomed, Morning Star, 12 May 2021
- ‘I’m not certain I trust his word’, Doctor on PM’s Covid inquiry announcement, RT, 12 May 2021
- NHS doctor: BAME people ‘almost discriminated against’ by virtual healthcare, Left Foot Forward, 10 May 2021
- NHS must be run in interests of public health and not private profit, campaigners warn after PM admits PPE failures, Morning Star, 4 May 2021
- Non-NHS healthcare providers given £96bn in a decade, says Labour, Guardian, 3 May 2021
- People’s Covid Inquiry: Did the UK government adopt the right public health strategy?, BMJ, 1 May 2021
April 2021
- A crucial independent inquiry into Covid is already under way, Guardian, 30 April 2021
- We need answers now, that’s why I am chairing the People’s Covid Inquiry, Public Sector Focus, March/April 2021
- White Paper: ‘Integration and Innovation: Working together to improve health and social care for all’ is not what it seems, Public Sector Focus, March/April 2021
- Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 4, April 2021, Left Forward, 21 April 2021
- Corbyn and doctors to protest against GP practices being sold-off to private US healthcare company, Morning Star
- Hancock has ‘serious questions to answer’ over apparent conflict of interest, says Labour, Morning Star
- Survey shows NHS bosses worried about staff exodus, RT, 19 April 2021
- NHS England chair faces demands to explain role in Greensill lobbying, Guardian, 18 April 2021
- Sixty seconds on . . . a covid-19 inquiry, BMJ, 12 April 2021
- Sunak in the frame over ex-PM’s lobby hobby, Morning Star
- Doctor calls government actions ‘complete dereliction of duty’ at People’s Covid Inquiry, Left Foot Forward, 9 April 2021
- Government abandoned care homes during the pandemic, People’s Covid Inquiry hears, Morning Star, 8 April 2021
March 2021
- NHS privatisation: resisting Centene, Morning Star
- Sage expert warns coronavirus may never be eradicated, Liverpool Echo, 25 March 2021
- Why we’re holding a Covid inquiry now, not waiting for the government, Left Foot Forward, 25 March 2021
- Authoritarian creep, Byline Times, 24 March 2021
- It’s Time For a People’s Covid Inquiry, Tribune, 24 March 2021
- What a public inquiry into Covid must cover, Guardian, 19 March 2021
- A decade of Tory failure ‘weakened our defences’ with Britain woefully unprepared for pandemic, Morning Star
- 20,000 lives could have been saved had lockdown happened sooner, inquiry hears, Manchester Evening News, 11 March 2021
- What do Hillsborough, Bloody Sunday & the Murder of Stephen Lawrence have in common with Covid-19?, Double Down News, 8 March 2021
- Health campaigners and public praise NHS rollout of vaccination programme, Morning Star
- Three-quarters say NHS has dealt with Covid better than private firms in damning poll, Mirror, 7 March 2021
- US Health Insurers Are Coming for the NHS, Tribune, 6 March 2021
- NHS Advocacy Group Slams UK Government’s Proposed 1% Pay Rise For Health Staff, Urdu Point, 6 March 2021
- Two-thirds of the public blame government policy for contributing to Britain’s Covid death toll, Morning Star
- Offline: It’s time to ask questions and learn lessons, Lancet, 6 March 2021
- Poll shows public think privatised Covid test-and-trace system has failed as cost tops £37 billion, Independent, 5 March 2021
- Two thirds of UK believe Government could have done more to reduce Covid death toll, new poll suggests, iNews, 4 March 2021
- Jackie Appleby interview, Sky News, 2 March 2021
February 2021
- NHS GP practice operator with 500,000 patients passes into hands of US health insurer, Guardian, 26 February 2021
- ‘Biggest ever’ online health campaign conference to ‘pile political heat on government’ over cronyism, Morning Star, 24 February 2021
- High Court rule government acted unlawfully with Covid contracts, RT, 24 February 2021
- John Puntis: We need a people’s covid-19 inquiry now, 24 February 2021
- COVID-19 shows we need health service system change, Public Sector Focus, Jan/Feb 2021 issue
- ‘People’s Covid Inquiry’ To Look Into Government’s Handling Of Coronavirus, Huffington Post, 24 February 2021
- GPs left frustrated at Covid vaccine postcode lottery amid confusion at mass hubs, iNews, 14 February 2021
- Human rights lawyer Michael Mansfield heads up People’s Covid Inquiry into Government’s pandemic response, iNews, 15 February 2021
- On the vaccination frontline: ‘I met an elderly man who spent lockdown writing Grime music’, iNews, 12 February 2021
- Tories plan to reverse Lansley reforms in new NHS reorganisation, LabourList, 11 February 2021
- All spin and no substance in Tories’ health and social-care plan, Unions and NHS campaigners warn, Morning Star, 11 February 2021
- Despite Hancock’s spin, this restructure doesn’t rid the NHS of private-sector parasites, Morning Star
- NHS England wait times at highest level since 2008, Morning Star, 11 February 2021
- NHS shake-up will leave ministers with no one to blame but themselves, Guardian, 11 February 2021
- Matt Hancock gives himself sweeping new powers over NHS, RT, 11 February 2021
- Privatisation is not being reversed, BBC, 11 February 2021
- Tories unveil plans today to unpick their own disastrous NHS reforms, Mirror, 11 February 2021
- Matt Hancock to take more NHS powers in mid-crisis shake-up plan, Guardian, 11 February 2021
- On the vaccination front line: ‘Just 1 in 15 patients invited for their, iNews, 10 February 2021
- To those who say the NHS is ‘nothing special’ – you should be ashamed, Metro, 10 February 2021
- Radical round-up, Left Foot Forward, 10 February 2021
- Campaigners calling for ‘People’s Covid Inquiry’, RT News, 8 February 2021
- Calls to replace ‘failing’ Covid test and trace with Oxfordshire system, Oxford Mail, 8 February 2021
- Bristol Council and organisations demand equal vaccine access and end to ‘hostile environment’ for migrants, The Bristol Cable, 8 February 2021
- NHS campaigners: Roles of private firms in healthcare cannot be reduced without scrapping Cameron-era privatisation policies, Morning Star, 7 February 2021
- Government has spent nearly £2 billion on ‘crony contracts’ to Tory donors during pandemic, Morning Star, 7 February 2021
- NHS: Government plans to reverse Cameron-era reforms, BBC, 6 February 2021
- NHS campaigners launch ‘People’s Covid Inquiry’ into 100,000 coronavirus deaths, Morning Star, 5 February 2021
- On the vaccination frontline: ‘I missed seeing the waiting room full of people’, iNews, 10 March 2021
- Urgent operations for children cancelled due to Covid pressures on NHS, Morning Star, 1 February 2021
January 2021
- Profit before patients: NHS mental health services are already partly run by private companies, the Canary, 30 January 2021
- On the vaccination front line: ‘My father died and my husband was so ill he nearly went on a ventilator’, i Newspaper, 27 January 2021
- Government awards billionaire tax exile Lord Ashcroft’s firm £350m NHS contract, Morning Star, 21 January 2021
- I’m a junior doctor, it’s clear to me the Conservatives just voted to end the NHS, Independent, 20 January 2021
- Would a pay rise improve dwindling NHS morale?, RT, 19 January 2021
- Fake news, dangerous conspiracy theories and disinformation, Morning Star, 18 January 2021
- ‘Chronic underfunding’ has left NHS unable to cope as hospitals face record delays on treatments, Morning Star, 14 January 2021
2020
November 2020
- Government Covid contracts given out without competition, RT, 18 November 2020
- Covid-19 and the Challenge of Vaccine Hesitancy, Tribune, 14 November 2020
- Do not be ‘fooled’ that Biden will ensure a fair trade deal with Britain, campaigners warn, Morning Star, 9 November 2020
- Housing is a matter of life and death for homeless people during second lockdown, Independent, 9 November, 2020
- This Tory health minister’s callousness over carers speaks volumes, Left Foot Forward, 4 November 2020
October 2020
- I’m a GP who lost my dad to coronavirus – now I’m fighting so others don’t too, Metro, 24 October 2020
- Contact tracers told to stop giving details of cases in schools to local health teams, Mirror, 12 October 2020
- Private Test and Trace is is failing: Why local authorities must take back control, Public Sector Focus, September/October 2020
- Majority in Britain want care services brought into public hands, survey finds, Morning Star
- No-One Should Profit from Social Care – It’s Time to Build a National Care Service, Tribune, 9 October 2020
- Get ‘incompetent’ Serco out of Covid tests, say activists, Morning Star
- John McDonnell: England’s social care system is broken, Left Foot Forward, 9 October 2020
- NHS funding boost needed to avoid social care-style crisis, says health leaders, Morning Star, 6 October 2020
- Tony O’Sullivan on Russia Today talks about the need to base ‘Find, Test, Trace and Isolate with Support’ with local public health, local authorities and the NHS, RT, 6 October 2020
- Empty shops could become NHS testing centres, RT, 5 October 2020
- Pressure on government to scrap privatised Test and Trace system increases, Morning Star, 1 October 2020
- NHS pressure group slams UK Government over ‘disaster’ COVID-19 contact tracing service, 1 October 2020
September 2020
- NHS facing ‘triple whammy’ of issues amid pandemic, report warns, Morning Star, 29 September 2020
- The PM is for turning, Morning Star
- NHS workers demand better pay with London protest, Surrey Comet, 12 September 2020
- NHS marches: Workers demand better wages during protests in London and across the UK, Evening Standard, 12 September 2020
- NHS heroes take to the streets to demand a pay rise from Tory Ministers, The Mirror, 11 September 2020
- Radical Roundup: 10 stories that got buried this week, Left Foot Forward, 11 September 2020
- NHS staff to protest across Britain to demand fair pay, Morning Star, 10 September 2020
- Contact tracing confusion! Councils crossing wires with government, RT, 3 September 2020
August 2020
- Protestors hold demonstration in Leamington against Serco’s involvement in test, track and trace, The Courier, 18 August 2020
- North East campaigners call for coronavirus tracking to stay in public hands, Chronicle Live, 18 August 2020
- NHS campaigners to hold track and trace protest in Sunderland, Sunderland Echo, 17 August 2020
- NHS Fair Pay’s first march success will be followed by more protests, Cambridge Independent, 10 August 2020
- ‘It’s a slap in the face’ – NHS staff protest lack of pay rise, Ipswich Star, 8 August 2020
July 2020
- In Pictures: NHS workers march on Downing Street to demand pay rise, London Economic, 30 July 2020
- ‘We’re angry’: Hundreds of NHS staff march on Downing Street to demand pay rise, Independent, 31 July 2020
- Hundreds of NHS workers march on Downing Street to protest ‘coward’ Boris Johnson over pay rise, Evening Standard, 31 July 2020
- ‘Clapping won’t pay my bills’: NHS workers march in London to demand pay rise, Metro, 31 July 2020
- Thousands of NHS workers march on Downing Street over row about pay rise snub, The Mirror, 31 July 2020
- In Pictures: NHS workers march on Downing Street to demand pay rise, Express and Star, 29 July 2020
- NHS workers target ‘coward’ Johnson in march to Downing Street, The Canary, 29 July 2020
- Nurse heroes to protest this evening about paltry pay rise – at hospital which saved Boris Johnson’s life, London News Online, 29 July 2020
- NHS workers march to downing street for pay justice, Morning Star, 29 July 2020
- Public back early pay rise for all NHS staff – poll, This is Money, 29 July 2020
- Public back early pay rise for all NHS staff – poll, Evening Express, 29 July 2020
- Majority of public back early pay rise for all NHS staff, The Guide Liverpool, 29 July 2020
- Public back early pay rise for all NHS staff – poll, ITV, 29 July 2020
- Majority of public want to see NHS staff awarded ‘significant’ pay rise by end of 2020, poll suggests, The New European, 29 July 2020
- 69% of public think all NHS staff should get early pay rise, says new poll, Labour List, 29 July 2020
- “Criminally let down” NHS workers to march on Downing Street over pay, Labour List, 27 July 2020
- Cuts left our NHS without a hope, Morning Star, 27 July 2020
- The NHS deserves better, Islington Tribune, 7 July 2020
- 72 years of the NHS: Why we need to fight for our health service more than ever, Left Foot Forward, 6 July 2020
- Times Radio, 5 July 2020
- UK coronavirus deaths rise by 22 to 44,220, Independent, 6 July 2020
- Campaigners call for better funding for NHS, London News Online, 6 July 2020
- NHS anniversary: how the UK is celebrating the national health service this weekend, Stylist, 5 July 2020
- NHS birthday: UK pays tribute as COVID-19 response adds to legacy, NewsEU, 5 July 2020
- ‘The NHS deserves better’ – protest against health service cuts in Sunderland and South Shields, 5 July 2020
- NHS workers hold vigil to mark organisation’s 72nd anniversary, SBS News, 4 July 2020
- Campaigners urge public to fight for the NHS on its 72nd birthday, Morning Star, 4 July 2020
- NHS staff and campaigners take part in candlelit vigil in honor of those who have lost their lives during pandemic, Independent, 4 July 2020
- Minute’s silence for Covid-19 victims ahead of NHS’s 72nd anniversary, Guardian, 4 July 2020
- NHS staff who died amid Covid-19 remembered in candlelit vigil at Downing Street, ITV, 4 July
- NHS staff and campaigners take part in candlelit vigil to remember lives lost, Central Fife Advertiser, 4 July 2020
- NHS staff and campaigners take part in candlelit vigil to remember lives lost, Evening Standard, 4 July 2020
- Coronavirus map LIVE: UK deaths rise by 137 in lowest Friday jump since lockdown, Express, 4 July 2020
- Dozens of NHS workers take part in a candlelit vigil to pay tribute to coronavirus victims, Daily Mail, 4 July 2020
- What campaigners did in Newcastle to celebrate 72nd NHS birthday during the coronavirus pandemic, Chronicle Live, 4 July 2020
- Shropshire pays tribute to NHS on 72nd birthday, Shropshire Star, 4 July 2020
- ‘Our NHS deserves more than a clap’: Campaigners plan demonstration outside Leeds hospital today, Yorkshire Evening Post, 4 July 2020
- Salford Royal Hospital sees rally to protect the NHS, Salford Star, 4 July 2020
- It’s not the time to be opening pubs at 6am, Sky News, 3 July 2020
- Public health campaigners will protest the government’s mishandling of the pandemic, Morning Star, 1 July 2020
June 2020
- You have to take action: One hospital cleaner’s journey through the pandemic, Guardian, 30 June 2020
- Nationwide events to demand ‘our NHS deserves better’ on 72nd anniversary, Morning Star, 28 June 2020
- How to destroy a national health service, The Nation, 22 June 2020
- Government urged to scrap Serco’s contract after leaked email, Morning Star, 5 June 2020
- Hackney groups call for NHS immigrants fee to be abolished, Hackney Gazette, 2 June 2020
- The Leeds parents refusing to send their children back to school, Leeds Live, 2 June 2020
May 2020
- Exclusive: Load firm profiting off NHS brand, Left Foot Forward, 28 May 2020
- Tory privatisation is at the heart of the UK’s disastrous coronavirus response, Guardian, 27 May 2020
- Matt Hancock’s app becomes haven for trolls during lockdown, Telegraph, 26 May 2020
- Exclusive: another data breach hits contact tracing scheme, Left Foot Forward, 21 May 2020
- NHS remains unprotected in future trade deals with Donald Trump’s government, Mirror, 20 May
- NHS remains ‘unprotected’ in future trade deal with Donald Trump’s government, Mirror, 19 May 2020
- Owing It To The Kids – Schools, Brexit and a chat with Dr Tony O’Sullivan at Keep Our NHS Public, Party Political Broadcast, 19 May 2020
- How 10 Years of Tory Policies Led to Coronavirus Calamity, Tribune, 15 May 2020
- Government accused of hi-jacking rainbow emblem for its own propaganda, Morning Star, 15 May 2020
- Creeping NHS privatisation is hampering our Covid-19 response, Guardian, 8 May 2020
- Privatisation creeping into NHS during pandemic, RT, 6 May 2020
- ‘We have had zero information’: GPs in the dark over Covid-19 tests, Guardian, 6 May 2020
- Hancock accused of “accelerating” the dismantling of NHS under the cloak of coronavirus, London Economic, 5 May 2020
- Covid-19 is deadlier in Britain and the US than anywhere – and it’s no coincidence, Morning Star, 5 May 2020
- UK government ‘using pandemic to transfer NHS duties to private sector’, The Guardian, 4 May 2020
- Dr. Vandana Shiva: Why treating coronavirus crisis as a war will not work (E873), RT, 4 May 2020
April 2020
- Region falls silent in remembrance of key workers who have died amid coronavirus pandemic, ITV, 28 April 2020
- Thousands urge UK government to keep schools closed, The Guardian, 20 April 2020
- NHS workers don’t want applause, they want PPE, The Guardian, 19 April 2020
- Will having been a patient change the PM’s view of the NHS?, Islington Tribune, 17 April 2020
- Child, three, has fatal cardiac arrest as mother kept on 111 hold for over an hour, Evening Standard, 15 April 2020
- £4.8 million of debt to be wiped from Harrogate and District NHS trust, Harrogate Advertiser, 9 April 2020
March 2020
- How outsourcing undermines the NHS, Tribune Magazine, 25 March 2020
- Mr Hancock’s app becomes haven for trolls during lockdown, Telegraph, 26 May 2020
- Coronavirus tests to be made available as hundreds of thousands volunteer for NHS, The Morning Star, 25 March 2020
- Keep Our NHS Public Co-Chair Dr Tony O’Sullivan discusses government Coronavirus response on Sky News, 16 March 2020
- Austerity pushed the NHS to the brink – before Coronavirus, Tribune, 17 March 2020
- NHS performance stats show Britain is woefully under-equipped even before coronavirus outbreak, Morning Star, 12 March 2020
- Coronavirus will hit the most vulnerable hardest thanks to government’s attacks on NHS, Morning Star, 10 March 2020
- Keep Our NHS Public Co-Chair Dr Tony O’Sullivan discusses Coronavirus threat on BCB Radio, 9 March (19.30 minutes in)
- Keep Our NHS Public Co-Chair Dr Tony O’Sullivan discusses Coronavirus threat on Talk Radio, 8 March 2020 (11.30am slot)
- Doctors say UK is ill prepared for Coronavirus, The New York Times, 5 March 2020
- “It’s Going to End in Death’: Doctors Say U.K. Ill-prepared for Coronavirus, Seattle Times, 5 March 2020
- As a doctor, I’m telling Boris Johnson – a little Britain response to Coronavirus will be deadly, 3 March 2020
- UK coronavirus battle plan could include ‘Dad’s Army’ of retired doctors and nurses, Malta Winds, 2 March 2020
February 2020
- NHS campaigners stage protest outside Leeds General Infirmary, Yorkshire Evening Post, 16 February 2020
- Health campaigners demonstration across Britain against NHS’s lethal bed shortage, Morning Star, 16 February 2020
- Silent privatisation of the health service, The Guardian Letters, 13 February 2020
- NHS England is under unprecedented strain, health campaigners warn, Morning Star, 13 February 2020
- Keep Our NHS Public protest planned at Leeds General Infirmary in support of hospital workers, Yorkshire Evening Post, 12 February 2020
- Richard Branson’s Virgin Healthcare has paid no tax on £2billion NHS deals, The Mirror, 3 February 2020
January 2020
- Matt Hancock, help me and my colleagues save the NHS before it’s too late, The Independent, 30 January 2020
- Times up for the NHS, The Independent, 30 January 2020
- Richard Branson’s Virgin healthcare firm accused of playing a ‘parasitic role’ in the NHS, The Canary, 27 January 2020
- Richard Branson’s Virgin Healthcare has paid no tax on £2billion NHS deals, The Mirror, 26 January 2020
- Rapists on the wards: Sexual assaults at hospitals rise, Bournemouth Daily Echo, 22 January 2020
- Rape and sex assaults triple in hospitals as sex attackers prowl wards for victims, The Sun, 17 January 2020
- Johnson refuses to apologise to 92-year-old WW2 veteran for 12-hour hospital bed wait, Morning Star, 15 January 2020
- Firms linked to tax havens profit from NHS recruitment crisis, The Ferret, 7 January 2020
December 2019
- Progressives vow resistance against brutal new government, The Morning Star, 13 December 2019
- Brexit, NHS To Decide UK General Election As Johnson Seeks Conservative Majority, Urdu Point, 11 December 2019
- Swindon Conservative candidates criticised for not attending campaigns or hustings, Swindon Advertiser, 10 December 2019
- “As a junior doctor, I believe the NHS as we know it is at stake this election”, Mirror, 9 December 2019
- NHS staff to lead campaigners in protest against Tory sell-off, Morning Star, 8 December 2019
- NHS free at the point of sale, The Canary, 8 December 2019
- The NHS is ‘not for sale.’ But is it a victim of Brexit woes?, PRI, 4 December 2019
- ‘Our NHS is already being sold off – and as a doctor, I know Trump is a danger’, The Mirror, 4 December 2019
- Protestors voice fears on US trade deal, Ecologist, 4 December 2019
- No to Trump, No to Nato, Morning Star, 3 December 2019
- ‘Save our NHS’ protest: Health workers to march on palace as Trump arrives to meet Queen, The Express, 3 December 2019
- Donald Trump protests – what time is the Trafalgar Square CND march? Route map and road closures, Sun, 3 December 2019
November 2019
- Labour exposes Tory plans to open up NHS to US firms, Morning Star, 28 November 2019
- The Guardian view on Boris Johnson and the NHS: a problem of trust, Guardian, 27 November 2019
- Dr Tony O’Sullivan on why we don’t trust Johnson and Trump, Sky News, 27 November 2019
- Give hospitals a life line, Yorkshire Evening Post, 27 November 2019
- The Tories’ NHS lies, Tribune Magazine, 26 November 2019
- Campaigners launch week of action against NHS privatisation, Morning Star, 25 November 2019
- Campaigners demand Boris Johnson take NHS “off the table”, Left Foot Forward, 25 November 2019
- Conservative manifesto: Voters furious over Boris Johnson’s false promise to save Telford A&E, iNews, 25 November 2019
- The Tories’ promise of thousands more nurses isn’t just a lie – it’s proof they’re unfit to run the NHS, The Independent, 25 November 2019
- Latest Tory NHS charge deepens hostile environment for migrants, Left Foot Forward, 22 November 2019
- Stressed out! Staggering figures show number of sick days NHS staff have over mounting pressure, Lincolnshire Live, 21 November 2019
- How worried should we really be about NHS privatisation?, Dazed, 21 November 2019
- Hospital staff sickness due to stress, anxiety and depression is getting worse, Devon Live, 19 November 2019
- Doctor’s and nurses powerful reasons why you shouldn’t vote Tory if you love our NHS, The Mirror, 19 November 2019
- Mansfield campaigners protest to ‘keep our NHS public’ outside community hospital, Mansfield and Ashfield Chad, 19 November 2019
- Hospital staff sickness due to stress, anxiety and depression is getting worse, Devon Live, 19 November 2019
- Doctors’ and nurses’ powerful reasons why you shouldn’t vote Tory if you love our NHS, The Mirror, 19 November 2019
- Medical staff skewer Boris Johnson’s NHS pledges in viral video, ScramNews, 19 November 2019
- Leaked document reveals ‘unprecedented’ medicine shortages in NHS, European Pharmaceutical Review, 19 November 2019
- Chuka Umunna trots out an utterly ‘disgraceful’ lie as massive numbers of kids live in poverty, The Canary, 18 November 2019
- General election: Medical staff debunk Boris Johnson’s dodgy NHS promises in viral video, The Mirror, 18 November 2019
- Revealed: NHS running short of dozens of lifesaving medicines, The Guardian, 18 November 2019
- Islington Keep Our NHS Public Goes To GPs, Islington Tribune, 15 November 2019
- St Leonard’s Hospital plans should prevent relocation of dementia patients, say campaigners, Hackney Citizen, 15 November 2019
- Prevention at the heart of new healthcare plan for the region, Leamington Observer, 14 November 2019
- Activists demand secret files on Johnson and Trump’s dirty dealings, Morning Star, 14 November 2019
- The Tories are lying when they say the NHS is not for sale, Left Foot Forward, 12 November 2019
- Doctors write to NHS trust chief in support of 150 striking cleaners at St Mary’s Hospital in London, iNews, 12 November 2019
- Our NHS is at risk from a US trade deal, Letter to The Guardian, 10 November 2019
- Revealed: private surgery for NHS patients surges under the Tories, The Guardian, 9 November 2019
- Private operations for NHS patients have almost trebled since Tories took power, Metro, 9 November 2019
October 2019
- Nearly half of UK think Boris Johnson is lying about protecting NHS from Trump trade deal, Independent, 28 October 2019
- Almost half of Brits think Johnson is lying about protecting NHS from Trump, The London Economic, 28 October 2019
- Almost half of Britons think PM lying about protecting NHS from Trump – survey, Express and Star, 27 October 2019
- Brexit: Poll reveals majority believe lying Boris Johnson will sell off NHS services to US, The Mirror, 27 October 2019
- Almost half of Britons think PM lying about protecting NHS from Trump – survey, ITV, 27 October 2019
- Lib Dems criticised for not backing Queen’s Speech amendment calling for restoration of fully public NHS, The Morning Star, 24 October 2019
- South London Memories: Lewisham Hospital Campaign; Government given taste of their own medicine, London News Online, 16 October 2019
- The Surrey hospital waiting game: Statistics show how long patients waited for non-urgent treatment, Get Surrey, 16 October 2019
- Attempts to save money by renegotiating PFI contracts have failed to ease pressure, campaigners warn, iNews, 15 October 2019
- The Lost Billions investigation: ‘Scandalous PFI rip-offs are still a major problem’, Blackpool Gazette, 14 October 2019
- Free screening in Leamington of Investigative documentary film covering “privatisation” of NHS, Leamington Spa Courier, 12 October 2019
- Hackney Keep Our NHS Public to host a free screening of Under The Knife at the Castle Cinema, Hackney Gazette, 9 October 2019
- Mental health provision is in crisis. Solving it requires more than warm words, Left Foot Forward, 7 October 2019
- NHS documentary Under The Knife to be screened in Swindon, Swindon Advertiser, 4 October 2019
September 2019
- Campaigners, professionals and patients meet at Mental Health Crisis Summit, Morning Star, 29 September 2019
- NHS privatisation to be reined in under secret plan to reform care, Guardian, 25 September 2019
- Joined up thinking, Private Eye, 20 September 2019
- Post-Brexit trans-Atlantic trade deal faces obstacles, MarketPlace, 4 September 2019
August 2019
- NHS staff in Bradford force trust bosses to climb down over ‘back door privatisation’ plans, Independent, 23 August 2019
- NHS patient data ‘worth £5 billion’ to private companies, Consultancy.uk, 23 August
- ‘This money is not new, it’s not enough, and it’s not going to do what’s promised’, Sky News, 5 August 2019
- Keep Our NHS Public fear over City Community Hospital’s closure, Oxford Mail, 5 August 2019
July 2019
- Why the NHS must come before any UK-US trade deal between Boris Johnson and Donald Trump – Judith Cummins, Yorkshire Post, 24 July 2019
- PET-CT scanner privatisation contract ‘about to be signed’ – rumours, Banbury Guardian, 11 July 2019
- NHS hospital demands £18k for hip op as trust sells treatments that used to be free, 19 June 2019
June 2019
- Yes, we should be terrified of US healthcare firms – but wait till you see what’s happening to the NHS already, Independent, 6 June 2019
- Donald Trump should not get his hands on our NHS under any circumstances, Metro, 6 June 2019
- As A Doctor, I’m Livid At The Idea The NHS Could Ever Be ‘On The Table’, Huffington Post, 5 June 2019
- Petition demanding Trump keep his hands off our NHS hits over 230,000 signatures, Mirror, 5 June 2019
- More than 240,000 people sign petition telling Donald Trump ‘hands off our NHS’, Metro, 5 June 2019
May 2019
- Healthcare campaigners hit out at Coventry and Warwickshire CCG merger as cost-cutting, Coventry Observer, 24 May 2019
- New rules for NHS privatisation in Nottinghamshire agreed by health bosses, Nottinghamshire Live, 10 May 2019
March 2019
- ‘People don’t realise what it is we’re giving up’ says Leeds resident as crowds march against NHS privatisation, Yorkshire Evening Post, 30 March 2019
- Keep Our NHS Public: Campaigners slam ‘savage’ NHS proposals at Islington Town Hall, Islington Gazette, 14 March 2019
2018
- Hundreds of patients in Dorset ‘at risk of dying under NHS cuts’, iNews, 14 December 2018
- “Not on the NHS” – from grommets to hysterectomies – unless you act now, OpenDemocracy, 25 September 2018
- Sir Paul McCartney throws weight behind Liverpool Women’s Hospital campaign, iNews, 18 September 2018
2017
- NHS march: Aerials show Parliament Square, BBC, 4 March 2017
- NHS protest: Tens of thousands march against ‘hospital cuts’, BBC, 4 March 2017
- NHS march: Protestors tell their stories, BBC, 4 March 2017
- Thousands take to the streets of London to protest NHS cuts, ITV, 4 March 2017
- ‘It’s our NHS’: thousands of protestors take to London’s streets, ITV, 4 March 2017
- Protestors march on London to support the NHS, Channel 4, 4 March 2017
- 250,000 march on London to support NHS, Sky, 4 March 2017
- Thousands march against NHS cuts, Sky, 4 March 2017
- Proteste in London: Demonstration gegen Einschnitte ins Gesundheitssystem, Tagesschau, 4 March 2017
- Jeremy Corbyn urges protestors to to ‘defend the NHS with all of your might’, Daily Mail, 4 March 2017
- NHS march: 200,000 take to the streets of London, Daily Express, 4 March 2017
- ‘The blood washes off my hands’: 250,000 people march through London to stop the Tories killing the NHS, Mirror, 4 March 2017
- ‘It’s a cry for help’, say supporters as 250,000 march to save our NHS from Tory cuts, Mirror, 4 March 2017
- NHS march: Recap after thousands gather in London for OurNHS rally to protest against cuts to services, Mirror, 4 March 2017
- ‘Defend NHS with all your might’, Corbyn urges demonstrators, Guardian, 4 March 2017
- NHS march: Tens of thousands of activists march in central London to support health service, Evening Standard, 4 March 2017
- Thousands march in protest over plans for ‘unprecedented’ NHS cuts, Independent, 4 March 2017
- Jeremy Corbyn: NHS crisis ‘was made in Downing Street’, Telegraph, 4 March 2017
- Thousands take to streets of London for one of the biggest NHS rallies in history, Metro, 4 March 2017
- NHS Cuts March Sees Tens Of Thousands Take To London Streets, Huffington Post, 4 March 2017