John Lister, Jacky Davis (eds.). The Merlin Press Limited, Dagenham, 2022 www.merlinpress.co.uk This book should be read by anyone interested in both defending and rebuilding the NHS and in addressing health inequity as a matter […]
‘Bodies of evidence: the butcher surgeon’ shows us why a lack of oversight in private healthcare leaves patients open to dangerous practices ITV’s Bodies of Evidence programme last week highlighted a massive betrayal of trust […]
Despite the concerns of many NHS staff, official bodies and health campaigners, the Health and Care Bill became an act of parliament on 28th April, two days after voting in the Commons and the House […]
An Act of denial that endangers the NHS The Health and Care Bill is now on its way to getting Royal Assent as all objections and opposition has been brushed aside. The Government has got […]
While NHS resources are facing a renewed and tightening financial squeeze in Rishi Sunak’s newly-imposed austerity, the limited funds available are more likely than ever to be diverted to paying for services in private hospitals […]
In an emergency, all of us expect to go to A&E and be seen, no matter who we are or where we’re from. In law, Clinical Commissioning Groups must ensure that emergency care is provided […]
In 2020, the Government contracted the private healthcare sector to support the NHS in battling the pandemic; yet the private sector prioritised its own pocket over the public. Now, details of a profitable new agreement […]
KONP continues to fight vigorously on a number of different fronts as Covid, austerity and government abandoning all pretence of following the science wreak havoc. Meanwhile, the NHS is further threatened by proposals in the […]
Although the title of the recent highly critical Commons report on the pandemic was ‘Coronavirus: lessons learned to date’, very few lessons appear to have been learned. At the time of writing (October 25th), one […]
There’s been a pause in the government’s most recent attempt to extract and store information from patients’ GP records, in order to make it available to public bodies, researchers and others, including private companies. The […]
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