The evening before the Budget of 22 November, health campaigners from Oxford and several London branches of Keep Our NHS Public and Health Campaigns Together joined The People’s Assembly’s pre-budget protest against austerity behind a […]
NHS chiefs demand more money for NHS ahead of Autumn budget 21 November 2017 Our post Fund Our NHS! gives an overview of the many and varying sources that have called on Philip Hammond to […]
General Practice crisis – ‘situation critical’ on Hunt’s watch Threats from private GP companies masquerading under the NHS logo, claims that ‘apps’ are better than seeing your GP, and now selected patients encouraged to transfer to new […]
27th October There was outcry amongst campaigners, press and politicians following the disclosure of Southend University Hospital Trust’s plans to trial an ‘Airbnb’ style plan of sending discharged patients to private spare rooms. These plans […]
A variety of news outlets have reported the change in rules that have recently come into force in the NHS; that migrants and visitors to the UK will now be made to pay upfront to […]
16th October Brexit causing European staff to leave the NHS A BBC analysis shows that there is a greater proportion of EU Nationals leaving the NHS and many fewer joining, presumably in reaction to their […]
[updated 30 August 2017] Successful ‘Talk NHS’ debate: Hawking follows up with stinging demolition of Hunt’s policies and practice Professor Stephen Hawking gave a wonderful speech at the Royal Society of Medicine Saturday 19 August. [Photo: […]
17 August NHS cuts stripping basic medicines from the poor Polly Toynbee’s piece on increasing number of drugs being taken ‘off list’ so people have to pay for them themselves. Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/17/nhs-cuts-basic-medicines-poor-gps-withdraw-service [25+ more […]
9 August Tories double NHS sell-off The legacy of Naylor – done on the quiet. Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nhs-hospital-land-secret-sale-tories-privatisation-sell-off-theresa-may-labour-warning-medical-sites-a7885071.html [9+ more stories]
31 July Relationship between councils and NHS cracking under strain Grim summary of what the cuts and over-bearing ministerial tramplings are doing to what is supposed to be a core relationship between co-operating parties (see […]
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