2018 – a year of non-stop campaigning
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 […]
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The winter crisis is one of this government’s own making
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, […]
Keep Our NHS Public welcomes powerful TUC report on the Mental Health Crisis
Keep Our NHS Public welcomes the damning report on mental health from the TUC on the devastating effects of Conservative Party austerity policies over the last nine years, which has seen three quarters of people […]
The NHS Staff Mental Health Crisis
The NHS crisis is bad for the health of its staff, it’s high time this government cared for its carers Doctors, nurses and other NHS staff are viewed by many in society as almost superhuman, […]
Apps and Our NHS – A Question of Priorities
From today, let this be clear: tech transformation is coming. The opportunities of new technology, done right across the whole of health and social care, are vast. Let’s work together to seize them. Matt Hancock […]
Jeremy Hunt’s Impact – Fault or Design?
Jeremy Hunt has now been Secretary of State for Health for almost five and a half years, the longest ever to serve in British history, overtaking fellow Conservative Norman Fowler (health secretary under Margaret Thatcher). […]
The NHS has a recruitment crisis – heightened by the ‘hostile environment’
Disastrous NHS workforce strategy meets racism and discrimination Our NHS is suffering a recruitment and retention crisis caused by the effects of sustained and significant underfunding, a failed workforce strategy (doctor and nurse training posts […]
Dr Chris Day
After a very long and incredibly stressful three and a half years which has seen the derailing of his career, Dr Chris Day has finally won a landmark legal battle. Thanks to the tireless efforts […]
Newsletter – May 2018
National KONP and NHS news NHS at 70: Free, for all, forever On Saturday 30 June people will be taking to the streets to demonstrate and celebrate the NHS’ 70th year. There will be a […]