We must end the social care crisis
Social care in this country is broken. 26% fewer people are supported in 2020 than in 2010, and local authority spending on social care has fallen by 49% in real terms despite soaring population and […]
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BMA council chair slams Government for its Covid failures
Chaand Nagpaul, BMA council chair slammed the Government’s response to Covid in his speech to the BMA ARM 2020. https://youtu.be/8VmPBdSX9Nc
Whistleblowing law is a danger to patient safety and NHS staff
This article was written by Dr Minh Alexander, NHS whistleblower and former consultant psychiatrist.Whistleblowing is a vital, everyday activity that is part of good governance in all sectors. It is invaluable in safety critical areas […]
Demand a public inquiry over Covid-19 deaths
This article was written by the two founder members of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK Jo Goodman and Matt Fowler. Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK was formed at the end of April by […]
Covid19: UK still stumbling along
This article was written by our co-chair John Puntis, who is a retired NHS paediatrician, and member of Leeds Keep Our NHS Public. Policy failure Richard Horton, editor of the prestigious medical journal ‘The Lancet’, […]
Big Tech: another reason why the NHS is at risk from trade deals
This article was written by the Keep Our NHS Public Trade Deals sub-group and a longer version of this briefing is available in our campaigns section. Trade deals promote direct foreign investment and extend the […]
Why NHS pay matters
Helen O’Connor is a regional organiser for GMB Union. Last Saturday 8 August, thousands of NHS health workers marched in towns and cities all over the country because they are angry. These staff worked to […]
Serco contract must end on 23 August
Campaigners yesterday called for £528 million of funding to be given to local authorities and Public Health England teams to fund a local test, track and trace programme, instead of to the private companies managing […]
Will you march with nurses this weekend?
Ness Woodcock-Dennis, is one of the main organisers for the NHS Workers Say No! protests taking place this Saturday 8 August. She is a Registered Nurse and nursing lecturer and explains here why it is […]
Results of patient identity checking pilot suppressed
The Department of Health and Social Care has failed to provide the results of an identity checking pilot, that aimed to deny free NHS care to some patients.Campaigners’ Freedom of Information Act requests for results […]