Tag: NHS privatisation

GE2019: I’m an NHS Junior Doctor. Here’s Why I’m Backing Labour – and Urging Patients to Do the Same
"Day in, day out, I see first hand the realities of what it means to break down the social fabric of our state. That is why - after working a 13-hour shift without a break - I am writing this article."
GE2019: From Cancelled Operations to Staff Shortages, the Writing Is on the Wall for the NHS Under the Tories
New data reveals that in the last year a staggering 78,981 operations were cancelled in the NHS - the most common reasons being staff shortages and equipment failures. A junior doctor explains how things got so bad under the Tories.
‘Like an A&E run by Virgin Active’: Physiotherapy Firm Awarded £86m NHS Mental Health Contract
An NHS mental health contract has been awarded to a private company with next to no track record delivering IAPT services, in an unprecedented example of the escalating privatisation of Britain's healthcare. Sophie Hemery investigates for Novara Media.