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The latest multi-billion pound move in NHS privatisation – is the endgame in sight?

Published on: 10 May 2019

Written by: Jessica Ormerod All articles by Jessica Ormerod

Written by: Deborah Harrington All articles by Deborah Harrington

Private healthcare firms have just been offered a substantial say in deciding how billions of pounds of NHS mental health money is spent.

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Time for Big Pharma to stop hiding behind “R&D” to justify astronomical costs

Published on: 8 May 2019

Written by: Heidi Chow All articles by Heidi Chow

Campaigners are pushing moves to challenge the secrecy and broken model of drug pricing. But will governments have the political will to back them, and make life-saving medicines affordable for all?

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Brexit means the NHS on a platter in trade deals - and both main parties are ducking crucial questions

Published on: 30 April 2019

Written by: Louise Irvine All articles by Louise Irvine

Both a hard Tory Brexit or a soft Labour one would worsen every aspect of the NHS crisis, from staffing to drug prices to privatisation. Why aren't we talking about this more?

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NHS data is a public asset. Why does Matt Hancock want to give it away?

Published on: 26 April 2019

Written by: Rosie Collington All articles by Rosie Collington

Relying on private tech firms to innovate is a mistake - and the dependencies it creates are a key part of the NHS privatisation process.

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Let’s not pretend the UK protects whistleblowers – it doesn’t

Published on: 15 April 2019

Written by: Minh Alexander All articles by Minh Alexander

Julian Assange has attracted considerable political support – but our politicians are failing the less celebrated but brave individuals who blow the whistle on dangerous employers and services.

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Ten common arguments: reframing the NHS debate

Published on: 11 April 2019

Written by: Ameen Kamlana All articles by Ameen Kamlana

The NHS's values are under attack, even more than its funding is. NHS campaigners need to be sure to frame their defences in these terms.

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It’s not just medical staff and medicines that Brexit threatens, but the core principle at the heart of our NHS

Published on: 7 February 2019

Written by: David Rowland All articles by David Rowland

Written by: Tamara Hervey All articles by Tamara Hervey

The toxic Brexit debate has often wrongly characterised the NHS as a “British NHS for British people”, rather than championing it as a service based on healthcare as a matter of human dignity.

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The NHS Ten Year Plan neglects the human side of healthcare

Published on: 1 February 2019

Written by: David Zigmond All articles by David Zigmond

Markets, machines and micromanagement are turning healthcare into officious, insensitive practice that demoralises staff and patients.

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Why the NHS Plan needs to be far more ambitious to tackle inequality

Published on: 24 January 2019

Written by: Al Aynsley-Green All articles by Al Aynsley-Green

Written by: Brian Fisher All articles by Brian Fisher

Written by: Michael Dixon All articles by Michael Dixon

Inequality is a national disgrace that affects the health and wellbeing of us all, especially our children. Bolder action is needed to tackle it.

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The NHS Long Term Plan, prevention, and a century of promises

Published on: 11 January 2019

Written by: George Gosling All articles by George Gosling

Bringing together prevention and cure, health and social care, is hardly a new – or strange – idea. So why hasn’t it happened?

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Doctors leaders call on government to halt NHS migrant charges

Published on: 20 December 2018

Written by: Joanna Dobbin All articles by Joanna Dobbin

The Royal College of Physicians have today joined with other Royal Colleges to call on the government to suspend upfront charging of overseas visitors within the NHS, calling them a "concerning barrier to care".

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Nurses raise concern about Royal College backing for NHS volunteers campaign

Published on: 7 December 2018

Written by: RCN members All articles by RCN members

On Saturday the Daily Mail called for "an army of volunteers" to "transform" the NHS. Royal College of Nursing members have written to Dame Prof. Donna Kinnair, the acting head of the RCN, in response to their involvement in the "Helpforce" campaign.

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The blueprint for dismantling the NHS

Published on: 3 December 2018

Written by: Youssef El-Gingihy All articles by Youssef El-Gingihy

Nostalgia won't save the NHS from the encroachment of market forces - only a broad-based mass movement can do that.

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Brexit or no Brexit, life-changing medicines already aren’t getting through

Published on: 29 November 2018

Written by: Heidi Chow All articles by Heidi Chow

Big Pharma is hurting the NHS at its core – here's what we need to do, if we're bold enough.

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Mental health and deaths after police contact – why Seni's Law is welcome but more is needed

Published on: 23 November 2018

Written by: Reem Abu-Hayyeh All articles by Reem Abu-Hayyeh

The mental health system is creaking – and it's particularly black communities who are paying a sometimes terrible price as a result.

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Why politicians need to 'take responsibility' for children's health too

Published on: 9 November 2018

Written by: Al Aynsley-Green All articles by Al Aynsley-Green

This government is betraying children on a grand scale, and making positive ‘choices’ impossible.

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Why healthcare for all is a feminist issue

Published on: 7 November 2018

Written by: Feminist Fightback All articles by Feminist Fightback

Health charges for migrants are hitting women hardest. Yesterday feminist activists changed the sign on the new Millicent Fawcett statue in Parliament square in protest.

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The budget offers the NHS scraps – and fails to see off the privatisers

Published on: 30 October 2018

Written by: Kane Shaw All articles by Kane Shaw

There was little on offer in yesterday’s budget to meaningfully help struggling hospitals, health and social care services. So it's up to us to organise.