Matt Hancock shows no shame at Covid-19 Inquiry
Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock has appeared over 2 days in front of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, which is now in its third module – ‘Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on healthcare systems in the 4 […]
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Campaign to Save Mental Health Services in Norfolk and Suffolk – Unmet Needs Report
Campaign to Save Mental Health Services in Norfolk and Suffolk – Unmet Needs Report The Campaign to Save Mental Health Services in Norfolk and Suffolk has released a report detailing the ongoing challenges and unmet […]
The budget – not nearly as generous as it might seem
The headlines figures in the recent budget allocated to the NHS were an additional £22.6bn over the next two years for day-to-day spending, and a further £3.1bn capital over the same period. John Puntis, Keep […]
The (not a) doctor will see you now. Is there a non-doctor problem in NE London?
By Carol Saunders (Tower Hamlets KONP), on behalf of NE London Save Our NHSSeptember 2024 NE London Save Our NHS (NELSON) 1 – which brings together four groups affiliated with Keep Our NHS Public – […]
Operose GP contracts terminated in North Central London
Haringey Keep Our NHS Public4 September 2024 Background In 2021, the North Central London Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) gave permission for eight GP contracts to pass from AT Medics to Operose Health, the UK operation […]
We Can Afford the NHS
by Mark ThomasMark Thomas is the founder of the 99% Organisation. He is author of 99%: Mass Impoverishment and How to End It (FT Best Books of 2019) and lead author of The Rational policy-maker’s guide to the […]
Darzi Report: will Government write the wrong prescription?
Lord Darzi’s diagnosis shouts out that the NHS desperately needs more funding and that changing the existing model would do more harm than good. Following nine weeks of reviewing data, Lord Darzi has now published […]
Stopping the Rot in Social Care
By Gordon PetersGordon Peters argues in this article that Labour must not kick the social care challenge into the long grass. Gordon is a former Director of Social Services in Hackney and a steering group member of […]
‘In house is best’: Solidarity with the ESNEFT strike!
Today marks the second of five days of strike action at the East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust. Ancillary workers represented by UNISON at Colchester, Aldeburgh, Harwich and Ipswich hospitals have walked out over […]
Learning the right lessons to rescue our struggling NHS
By John Lister The article was first published in Labour Outlook on 15 August 2024 ‘Rather than repeating the errors of 20 years ago, Labour should show real courage, and follow the examples of Attlee […]