Domestics at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow have scored a dramatic victory against a threat to outsource their jobs. Management confirmed yesterday that they are committing to keeping the workers in-house, narrowly averting a strike […]
The headlines continue to tell the story of the precipitous decline in General Practice – increasing rates of practice closures, falling GP numbers and lengthening waits for appointments. And behind the figures is something less […]
General practice across the UK is in deep crisis Here we launch a discussion on general practice, the crisis it faces, NHS England’s proposals and we propose a campaign with a charter of demands to […]
Nottingham Keep Our NHS Public have been campaigning against Circle’s takeover of their hospital services for some time. Now though, there has been a significant development prompting the HSJ to write an article about how […]
You would think that the prospect of losing a patient was motivation enough to encourage the most thorough diagnosis and treatment of a sick person. However, from April the government could now impose fines upon […]
Let’s get a few things straight. The NHS isn’t failing; it’s being failed, and being failed in a big way. The results of the latest annual British Social Attitudes survey of nearly 3000 people undertaken […]
This Saturday 16th March, on UN Anti-Racism Day, there will be a national march against racism, islamophobia and anti-semitism meeting at Park Lane, London, at 12:00. NHS staff, students and campaigners have organised an NHS […]
Figures from NHS England released today back up the concerns of staff on the frontline that conditions are deteriorating in emergency departments and trusts across the UK. The report shows that due to underfunding and […]
As we take a look back at KONP’s campaigning work in 2018 – alongside Health Campaigns Together and our allies – it is impressive and daunting to see just how much work has been required […]
Is the winter crisis a new phenomenon? A winter crisis in the NHS may not be an entirely new phenomenon, but the severity of it is. 2012-13 saw the first reports of a winter crisis, […]