NHS staff need protecting from Covid-19
Alia Butt, a Psychotherapist and a member of Keep Our NHS Public’s Staff Voices group, tells us why you should sign our #6demands petition to ensure NHS staff have safer working conditions and testing for […]
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Protect health and social care workers to aid Covid-19 fightback
It’s clear that an urgent intervention is needed on the government’s Coronavirus response. Despite the massive threat posed by the pandemic, Boris Johnson isn’t doing what’s needed to support our health workers as they confront […]
Covid-19: When even Jeremy Hunt criticises government response – we know we’re in trouble
Jeremy Hunt’s comments on BBC Newsnight last night regarding the feeble UK government response to Coronavirus have been amplified across mainstream and social media today. It’s not remarkable that the Chair of the House of […]
Cleaners walk out after contractor fails to pay wages despite Covid-19 outbreak
Private company ISS leaves staff with no money for food, no payments, delayed payments, under payments and crucially no protective clothing as first case of Covid-19 confirmed at Lewisham Hospital. Cleaning, portering and catering staff […]
Coronavirus steps in budget fall far short
This article was originally published on OpenDemocracy’s OurNHS section, and is republished here with the kind permission of the author.Today was the government’s big chance. A chance to show its mettle. A chance to improve […]
KONP Statement: To tackle Coronavirus we need an NHS for all
Keep Our NHS Public believes that the damaging impact on the NHS of failed policies for the last ten years is a damning indictment of the decade of Conservative Government. This has undermined the ability […]
Spire Healthcare scandal shows private sector will always fail to protect all patients
Michael Walsh, a shoulder surgeon, has been sacked by Spire Healthcare and accused of subjecting scores of patients to unnecessary operations that left many in pain, traumatised and unable to work. This is a depressingly […]
Coronavirus: doubts over plan as virus spreads
This article by Keep Our NHS Public Secretary John Lister, was originally published in The Lowdown. He almost certainly did not mean to trigger panic, but few will have been reassured by Matt Hancock’s admission […]
Evidence proves decade of austerity has done serious harm to our health
Cast-iron evidence from Professor Sir Michael Marmot proves decade of austerity has done serious harm to the nation’s health and well-being. Marmot has now published the latest evidence that a decade of Conservative Government policy has […]
739 women refused free NHS maternity care
One in twenty women were denied free NHS maternity care across three North East London boroughs last year, a coalition of campaign groups has revealed. 739 women and their unborn children were refused free NHS […]