NHS car parking charges are a scandal
During the first wave of the pandemic, the Government put car parking charges for NHS staff on hold. However, they are planning to reinstate charges despite the second wave being upon us and many trusts […]
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Why it is crucial that MPs vote for amendments to the Trade Bill: Parliamentary scrutiny and NHS protection
“We were absolutely gobsmacked” – the words of Prof Boland whose research has just highlighted that bottle fed babies are consuming in the order of a million microplastic particles per day. Why was this such […]
Failure to consider maternity affects midwives too
This open letter was written by student midwife Daisy Owens. I feel completely let down by the current situation. This is an experience no one could prepare for and the handling will never be perfect. […]
National lockdown – for pity’s sake use it to get ‘test and trace’ working
On the 31st October 2020, the prime minster announced that England would once again come under a national lockdown for coronavirus five and half weeks after this was first recommended by the government’s own Special […]
Hold on Edna! – a book review
Hold on Edna! is a highly entertaining autobiography for anyone who understands the true value of our NHS – as well as a must-read for those who do not. Aneira Thomas the first baby born […]
Doreen Lawrence Review: Pandemic is exposing inequality and racism in UK
In many ways the NHS is a community of its own; a unity of 1.4 million devoted workers, composing of 202 nationalities. The diversity of our NHS is to be celebrated, instead, we find ourselves […]
Without sufficient staffing, Nightingale Hospitals are an expensive publicity stunt
It has been a long time since the NHS was properly staffed, since people went home on time, or had manageable workloads. It’s been several years since winters were workable. The months from October to […]
Trade deal day of action marked across UK
Keep Our NHS Public local groups took to the streets on Saturday 24 October 2020 to protest a future trade deal with the US that doesn’t protect the NHS. The demonstrations were done alongside a […]
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 […]
Contact tracing app useless until test and trace working
Since the Covid-19 app was finally launched three weeks ago it has been beset by glitches, inaccuracies and low download rates.Not only has the app come out months after similar mobile phone apps in other […]