> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.opendemocracy.net/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # OurNHS in 2013 - some highlights - URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/ournhs-in-2013-some-highlights/ - Published: 2013-12-24T12:12:34.000Z - Updated: 2026-04-16T13:35:39.000Z - Description: Why not check out some of our stories you may have missed? - Author: OurNHS - Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 16:46, #ImagesUploaded ![saveournhsprotestoct2011.jpg](https://www.opendemocracy.net/content/files/2026/04/saveournhsprotestoct2011_UkcnIY1-1776345581369.jpg) saveournhsprotestoct2011.jpg *Image: Andy Worthington* OurNHS is on a publishing break until the New Year. Why not check out some of our stories you may have missed? Dr Clare Gerada, outgoing Chair of the Royal College of GPs, asks ‘[What do we want - a good doctor, or “patient choice”?’](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/clare-gerada/what-do-we-want-good-doctor-or-patient-choice) How did we get here? Marcus Chown explains in [The great NHS robbery](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/marcus-chown/great-nhs-robbery). Could young doctors have done more to fight NHS ‘reforms’, asks Guddi Singh in [Asleep on the job - young doctors and the NHS reforms](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/guddi-singh/asleep-on-job-englands-young-doctors-and-nhs-reforms). Dr Jacky Davis questions the [media presentation of hospital deaths](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/jacky-davis/why-is-channel-4-bashing-nhs-now). Dr David Zigmond challenges the poor quality of decision making in the new NHS structures in [‘NHS decisions, Eurovision-style](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/david-zigmond/nhs-decisions-eurovision-style)’. Richard Grimes wonders whether the Deregulation Bill is even more worrying than the Lobbying Bill in ‘[A Bonfire of Citizens’ Rights’](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/richard-grimes/bonfire-of-citizens-rights). OurNHS editor Caroline Molloy investigates the rising threat of NHS charges in [Zombie policies walking into Downing Street](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/caroline-molloy/nhs-charges-zombie-policies-walking-into-downing-street), the scandal of [Peterborough Hospital and the PFI racket](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/caroline-molloy/peterborough-hospital-nhs-and-britains-privatisation-racket) and asks [’What is G4S doing in England’s NHS](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/caroline-molloy/what-is-g4s-doing-in-englands-nhs)’? She also exposes how predictions of [compulsory tendering](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/caroline-molloy/government-forcing-us-to-open-nhs-to-competition-say-commissioners) are coming true, and how the NHS pays millions to end contracts which have put patient [lives at risk](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/caroline-molloy/paying-for-private-failure-in-englands-nhs-again). In [The Race to Privatise England’s NHS](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/paul-evans/race-to-privatise-englands-nhs) Paul Evans of the NHS Supporters Federation lays bare just how many contracts are going out to the private sector. In [‘The NHS and dog whistle politics’](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/kambiz-boomla/nhs-and-dog-whistle-politics), Dr Kamliz Boomla highlights the problems of charging migrants for the NHS, and Shibley Rahman asks whether we should be worried about personal budgets in [‘Shop til you drop’](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/shibley-rahman/shop-til-you-drop-0). The sale of personal medical data to private interests is exposed in [“Your medical data - on sale for a pound”](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/phil-booth/your-medical-data-on-sale-for-pound) by Phil Booth of MedConfidential. Green Party leader Natalie Bennett speaks out on the [sell-off of NHS land](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/natalie-bennett/is-anything-safe). Clive Peedell (National Health Action Party Leader) tells us how [David Cameron has lied about his intention to privatise the NHS](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/clive-peedell/cameron-lied-to-country-says-clive-peedell). Rachael Maskell, Unite National Officer for health, highlights [the scandal of low pay in the NHS](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/rachael-maskell/scandal-of-low-pay-in-nhs) & the [NHS’s electoral impact](http://www.opendemocracy.net/rachael-maskell/tory-marginal-mps-facing-electoral-axe-because-of-nhs-crises-in-their-patch). Ex-Children’s Commissioner Sir Al Aynsley-Green sets out how the health and welfare ‘reforms’ are failing [children](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/al-aynsley-green-ingrid-wolfe/politicians-are-failing-our-children-on-grand-scale). Professor Dexter Whitfield asks [should we turn the NHS into mutual and co-ops?](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/dexter-whitfield/should-we-turn-nhs-into-co-ops-and-mutuals), Professor Rosemary Mander questions whether [charities are losing their way in healthcare](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/jo-murphy-lawless-rosemary-mander/whose-baby-voluntary-sector-loses-its-way) and Andrew Robertson of Social Investigations exposed [how the charity sector has lobbied for NHS privatisation](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/andrew-robertson/english-charity-sector-lobbied-hunt-to-keep-controversial-nhs-privatisation). Professor Marianna Fotaki of the Centre for Health & the Public Interest suggests the NHS learn from how privatisation has damaged[ social care.](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/marianna-fotaki/who-cares-market-forces-social-care-and-nhs) Dr Kailash Chand OBE urges Labour to ‘[Shout from the rooftops’](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/kailash-chand/shout-from-rooftops-labour-save-englands-nhs) to save the NHS, Grahame Morris MP of the Health Select Committee) exposes how privatisation is harming [Freedom of Information](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/grahame-morris/your-right-to-know) and Roger Kline asks if [private sector secrecy will stop the NHS becoming more open](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/roger-kline/will-private-sector-secrecy-stop-nhs-becoming-more-open). In 2013 OurNHS was the first to highlight and promote campaigns including the [privatisation (Section 75) regulations](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/nicola-cutcher-lucy-reynolds/nhs-as-we-know-it-needs-prayer), the [EU/US Free Trade Treaty](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/linda-kaucher/real-force-behind-nhs-act-euus-trade-agreement) and [the Hospital Closure clause.](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/caroline-molloy/uk-government-to-make-it-easier-to-shut-hospitals-without-full-consultation) We recently launched an up-to-date [resource guide](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/ournhs/brand-new-ournhs-guide-to-nhs-campaigning-and-resources), the most comprehensive collection of the best NHS campaigning resources on the Web, and hope to build on our work supporting grassroots campaigners. 2014 will be a big year for NHS campaigning. There are big questions to address on healthcare funding, charging, cuts and privatisation, and democratic accountability. OurNHS wants to continue to ensure a range of progressive and sometimes challenging voices are heard in the debate. OurNHS continues to campaign hard for an [‘NHS restoration bill’](http://www.opendemocracy.net/freeform-tags/re-instatement-bill) to restore the Secretary of State’s duty to secure a comprehensive health service, abolished by the 2012 Health & Social Care Act. See you in 2014! ***We rely on reader donations to keep producing the NHS stories that matter. Can you spare a few pounds to*** [***help us?***](http://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/donate) ***Thank you.***