Why nurses need to strike
‘The voice of nurses is the voice of the vulnerable, the voice of patients and the voice of social justice.’ Alison Leary, Nursing Professor Gay Lee RCN member Member of Lambeth Keep Our NHS Public […]
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Winter crisis starts early, as Trust chiefs urged to lobby Tory MPs
It’s not even winter yet, but the NHS is already in a major beds crisis and bracing for the worst as Chancellor and new PM mull over the extent to more public spending cuts. John […]
NHS Privatisation associated with worse quality healthcare – study finds
Outsourcing of services to for-profit companies in the NHS has been steadily increasing since the 2012 Health and Social Care Act. A recent study details the additional billions of pounds spent by NHS commissioners on […]
NHS workers get ready to strike
‘If there are no staff left in the NHS, there is no NHS. The fight on pay is not just about bettering our own conditions but is directly linked to patient safety and preventing the […]
In a cost-of-living crisis, we cannot afford to continue neglecting mental health services
“As a mental health professional who has worked in the NHS for over 10 years, I am unsurprised to find that a report by the BMA shows mental health services are failing disproportionately as compared […]
Weak Coffey plan won’t stimulate crumbling NHS
The Tory Conference this year (2-5 October) highlights the weaknesses and dangers of this Truss-Kwarteng-Coffey Government. John Lister takes apart their statements and plans for the NHS as Coffey addresses the Tory faithful. The article […]
Fourth time lucky? Few believe that Health Secretary Therese Coffey can solve the NHS crisis
The new Prime Minister Liz Truss has this week appointed her friend and ally Therese Coffey as the Deputy Leader and Secretary for Health and Social Care, but how much do we really know about […]
YOUR DATA IS AT RISK: read how & why now
The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill, introduced by Nadine Dorries, is being RUSHED through Parliament, with its second reading on 5th September. The speed suggests that this Bill is of considerable political importance to the Conservatives […]
Review: NHS Under Siege
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 […]
BBC’s Panorama ‘Undercover: Britain’s biggest GP chain’ showed us why big business has no place in our GP services
See ‘Undercover: Britain’s biggest GP chain’. On 13 June, Panorama was devoted to an investigation of the US company Centene, now the largest provider of General Practitioner services in the UK (next to the NHS) […]