Violence against GPs has doubled
Violent incidents at GP surgeries have doubled in the last 5 years. Recently, a patient at my surgery stood in the waiting room, shouting at reception staff while waving their facemask around – their aerosols […]
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The ‘SOS NHS’ demands are still urgent and relevant
The SOS NHS demands: Approve emergency funding of £20 billion to save lives this winter Invest in a fully publicly owned NHS & guarantee free healthcare for future generations Pay staff properly: without fair pay, […]
Delivery Plan turns NHS into a cash cow
While NHS resources are facing a renewed and tightening financial squeeze in Rishi Sunak’s newly-imposed austerity, the limited funds available are more likely than ever to be diverted to paying for services in private hospitals […]
SOS NHS protests send clear message to Government on NHS spending
On Saturday, over 85 protests happened up and down the country demanding emergency funding for the NHS, proper pay for health, care and support workers and a fully public NHS. In the current political climate […]
Condition critical in Cornwall – the effect of long-term under-funding in a rural county where demands on the NHS and Social Care are high
Last month a woman in Penzance was forced to wait all night for an emergency ambulance for her husband with suspected stroke, only to be told in the morning that she must drive him the […]
Budget: Patients & staff must unite for pay justice and safety for all.
Rishi Sunak’s announcement that £6 billion will be spend on the NHS and Sajid Javid’s promise of a further 8 billion in revenue funding might be music to the ears of those suffering pain and […]
100,000 dead. How did we get here?
January 23rd 2021 marks the first anniversary of the Wuhan lockdown and is ten months from when the UK first introduced restrictions on people’s movement in order to decrease the spread of the virus. In […]
A year of triumphing in the face of adversity
As 2020 comes to an end, we would like to thank all of our supporters for everything they have done for us during this challenging year. This time last year we were still healing from […]
Invest in care now!
Health Campaigns Together and Keep Our NHS Public, the two broadest-based campaigns in defence of the NHS in England, welcome the coordinated campaign in defence of health and social care services across Europe by the […]
Evidence proves decade of austerity has done serious harm to our health
Cast-iron evidence from Professor Sir Michael Marmot proves decade of austerity has done serious harm to the nation’s health and well-being. Marmot has now published the latest evidence that a decade of Conservative Government policy has […]