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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWe must undo a decade of disastrous NHS reformsCovid-19 shows how our health service has been undermined
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion"We are being treated as cannon fodder”After a decade of austerity, NHS doctors feel they have been abandoned by the government in the face of Covid-19
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionThe entire UK may come to regret Sunak’s inadequate coronavirus budgetVaccinating only part of the economy does little to improve collective resilience and protect public health.
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Published in: ourNHSWill Big Tech save the NHS – or eat it alive?Technophile politicians and tech companies are making big promises. But the broader impact of the digital...
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionTories target Northern voters with NHS message all about blaming migrantsA shocking leaflet sent out in Tory/Labour battlegrounds has “racist undertones”. NHS workers and experts call it...
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionAs a pediatrician, this is the most important parenting advice I can giveWe have the power to change things, right now. We have the opportunity to give the best to our children.
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionI've had a good election - recovering from heart surgeryDuring an election dominated by Brexit and the NHS, Anthony Barnett has been reflecting on what his open heart...
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Published in: ourNHS: InvestigationThe NHS is opening up to US business - the reassurances are demonstrably falseBritish officials dodged invitations to exclude the NHS from a US-UK trade deal. Not surprising, given how much...
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Published in: ourNHS: InvestigationThe President, the US private health giant, and top NHS officials – special relationships?US private healthcare firm Optum has been ‘planting seeds’ in the English NHS for a decade, new research exposes.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: InvestigationExplosive UK/US trade deal leaks - how Corbyn succeeded where I had given upWe can now see the pressure the US is putting on the UK to put "everything" - including the NHS - on the table in...
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionCare homes need the industry leaks to be plugged, not just more moneyPrivate care home giants currently funnel large sums away from front line care and towards profits, directors fees,...
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Published in: ourNHSWe shouldn’t have to campaign for years for access to vital drugs – it’s time to take on Big PharmaThe success of the Orkambi campaign will change lives – but the battles for many other patients continue in our...
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Published in: ourNHSAnother key Johnson claim on the NHS demolishedJohnson told us last week that the NHS treats people "whoever you are, no matter where you come from". In truth,...
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Published in: ourNHSJohnson's hospital building, “seed money”, and how PFI never went awayThere are good reasons to be worried that the planned hospital building programme might further indebt us to big...
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Published in: ourNHSStriking to stop the NHS and outsourcing firms exploiting migrant workersMigrant workers are too often treated as second class workers despite doing vital NHS jobs. They are fighting back...
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Published in: ourNHSTo address mental health, we need to build a compassionate society, not just websitesMental health campaigners are putting pressure on government to take more fundamental action on the mental health...
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Published in: ourNHS'Under the Knife' – so just how do we save our NHS?A new film is being screened nationwide from next week, highlighting the threats to our NHS – and how communities,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPolitical interference and finger-pointing don’t make for sensible drug policiesProhibition – and politicians’ hypocrisy - are lethal. It’s time for a healthier approach.
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Published in: ourNHSBig pharma’s rising prices mean doing nothing is not an optionWe have the tools to tackle big pharma’s high prices. Labour has shown it’s prepared to use them.
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Published in: ourNHSIs Johnson really going to 'rein in' NHS privatisation? Don't you believe it!The end of NHS privatisation would appear – once again – to have been greatly exaggerated. In fact, things could be...