#KeeptheLockdown & protect the NHS
Don’t forget: “Stay at home, protect the NHS, save lives”? We haven’t – and nor should you. Although this advice from government came much later than it should have done, there is no doubt that […]
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Teachers hold the line: the phased re-opening of schools affects us all
National Education Union Press Statement in response to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement on relaxing of the lockdown and the phased return of schools Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, […]
We support teachers’ 5 tests before schools can re-open
Teachers, parents and education staff have responded with the utmost seriousness and professionalism to this crisis. They need to be confident that public health is the first priority in all considerations concerning how we work together to combat this […]
Accurate accounting is part of honouring the dead
Accurate accounting is part of honouring the dead: the Government should start with transparency and humility The UK looks on course to be one of the worst affected countries in Europe with respect to deaths […]
Don’t reopen schools until it is safe
John Puntis is a consultant paediatrician and co-chair of Keep Our NHS Public. As a paediatrician, I share the grave concerns of nurse Iain Wilson who has two children at school in Lewisham and has […]
Remembering Pete Gillard
With great sadness, Keep Our NHS Public bids goodbye to Pete Gillard, who died on 21 April. Pete was a tireless health campaigner, a lifelong socialist and trade unionist, an Executive Committee member in Keep […]
Doctors launch legal challenge over PPE
Two doctors have launched an urgent legal challenge to guidance by NHS England on personal protective equipment (PPE), which they claim fails to protect them from infection with covid-19. This legal challenge will be uncomfortable […]
Social Care: from Rags to Recognition
The Government has declared that Social Care is part of the family of the NHS. The last time many of us heard that expression was from hospital managers trying to persuade striking porters, cleaners and […]
Pressure on under-resourced NHS causes grave concern over DNRs
‘Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation’ (DNACPR) agreements are part of good medical practice, but should never be driven by panic or unethical decisions relating to rationing. There is an urgent need for national guidance from […]
Long read: Grave concern over DNR’s
Stories in the press concerning DNACPR A GP practice in Wales sent letters to patients asking them to complete a DNACPR form (1). The letter was reported to state: “Completing a DNACPR will have several […]