Don’t Blow It! Kill the Health Bill hankies for MPs
We asked Jenny Shepherd of ‘Calderdale & Kirklees 999 Call of the NHS’ to tell us about the ‘Dont Blow It’ campaign aimed at putting pressure on MPs in marginal seats to vote again the […]
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The Health and Care Bill and what it means for the pay, terms and conditions of NHS staff
The new NHS bill in committee stage from September has been wrongly spun as a bill to limit privatisation and to promote integration. It does neither of these things but carries significant dangers for the […]
Findings from the People’s Covid Inquiry survey
The People’s Covid Inquiry has been hearing your stories and experiences of COVID-19, to gather evidence from as many people as possible about the personal impact of the pandemic on our health, work and wellbeing. […]
The NHS Data Grab has been forced to be put on hold – here’s what comes next
With the help of you and lots of others, we’ve paused the NHS Data Grab. But the real fight for the future of the NHS starts now. Tom Hegarty of the Foxglove campaign writes to […]
Operose Health takeover of GP surgery contracts: Next step judicial review
Campaigners are supporting a legal case against the takeover of NHS GP surgery contracts by Operose Health, a UK subsidiary of the Centene Corporation.Anjna Khuran is a patient at Hanley Primary Care Centre and Councillor […]
England’s covid strategy – from incompetence to a “dangerous and unethical experiment”?
‘Freedom to spread virus’ dayOn 19th July the government abandoned many of the precautions in place to reduce the spread of coronavirus. Limits on how many people could meet, social distancing and mandatory use of […]
NHS pay: 3% is much too little, too late
The government’s revised offer of a 3% pay increase for NHS workers is far too little, too late. After months of delay, the latest offer put forward by the government is only a slight improvement […]
Statement on Health and Care Bill 2021-22 by Keep Our NHS Public
The Health and Care Bill will be launched this week, as Prime Minister Johnson overrules his new Health Secretary and Covid cases soar. Keep Our NHS Public (KONP) calls for widespread public opposition to the […]
A farewell to Matt Hancock
Dr John Puntis, co-chair of Keep Our NHS Public, musician and activist considers what – if anything – will change with the resignation of Matt Hancock. So, farewell then Matt Hancock, little lamented Secretary of […]
Repeat lockdowns caused by Government failure
The final session of the People’s Covid Inquiry heard that the Government’s failure to control infection rates of COVID-19 had led to repeated lockdowns.Rather than getting an effective track and trace system to ensure that […]