Unfair car parking charges are unsafe and demoralising
This article was written by Iain Wilson, a nurse and member of our NHS Staff Voices group. There’s lots to be angry at the government for when you work in the NHS – their failure […]
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Lewisham Hospital catering department facing restructure from ISS
Back in March, as the coronavirus pandemic was taking hold in the UK, cleaners at Lewisham Hospital were forced to fight for payment for their work when they were outsourced to ISS. Now workers in […]
Health campaigners do NHS proud
The NHS’s 72nd birthday was marked up and down the country this weekend by Keep Our NHS Public groups. Taking place during the Covid19 pandemic meant that many demonstrations took a serious tone. From a […]
Actress Alison Steadman helps launch NHS Rescue Plan
This Sunday, to mark the 72nd birthday of the NHS, campaigning organisations Keep Our NHS Public, Health Campaigns Together, People’s Assembly and We Own It, have partnered up with several other organisations an online rally with […]
Our NHS Deserves Better: Line up announced
This weekend we are saying Happy Birthday to the NHS, while making it clear it deserves better. The recent Covid19 crisis saw the NHS and its staff respond quickly to face the pandemic, but also […]
Is it really safe to go back to school?
This article was written by our Co-chair Dr John Puntis in response to a letter in the BMJ, Children are not Covid19 super spreaders, time to go back to school. Some have wrongly suggested that evidence […]
Why is Covid-19 hitting BAME groups hardest?
COVID-19 has inflicted disproportionate levels of hardship on BAME groups. Yet the situation cannot change for the better until there is a full and frank discussion about why it has occurred. Within the factors thought […]
Our NHS Deserves Better: Read our ‘2020 Vision’
Sunday 5th July marks the NHS 72nd anniversary. We want to celebrate it, but also demand better care is taken of it, as the last ten years of Government policy have seen it woefully unprepared […]
To control coronavirus, we need public health back in public hands
The Westminster government has set out its plan for dealing with Covid-19. This makes plain there is no prospect of return to normality until vaccines and effective anti-viral treatments become available: “It is clear that […]
Keep our NHS out of ALL trade deals – Our position statement
Keep Our NHS Public position statement June 2020 We’re clear that we want Donald Trump nowhere near our NHS! But Keep Our NHS Public doesn’t just want to stop one potential Transatlantic sell-off. We demand […]