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Published in: ourNHSHere's how we need to protect our NHS from any future US/UK trade dealBoris Johnson is promising new legislation to 'help the NHS'. But the danger is it will just gift wrap it for US...
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Published in: ourNHSA war of attrition against hospital services in South Tyneside and across the countryWill Boris Johnson’s promises of NHS cash mean anything? Or will children's and other hospital services continue to...
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Published in: ourNHSTrade negotiations and the triple trouble for health and the NHSOn Monday, the British parliament will debate whether the NHS should be included in US trade talks. Here’s how to...
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Published in: ourNHSWhat did Hunt do to the NHS – and how has he got away with it?There are two stories about Jeremy Hunt. The nice, sensible guy whose only mistake was upsetting the junior doctors....
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Published in: ourNHSOn the NHS’s birthday, it’s time to think globalThe same neoliberal policies that are harming the NHS are being exported overseas (including by the British...
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Published in: ourNHSEngland's NHS is embracing 'big data'. But who’s really benefiting?As the new NHS app launches this week, huge questions remain about what happens to our private health data - now a...
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Published in: ourNHSHow ‘self-pay’ is shrinking the English NHS by stealthOne hospital trust last week announced a 'pause' its controversial MyChoice scheme after an outcry. But Warrington...
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Published in: ourNHSThe NHS is already on the table. But here's exactly how Trump wants to sharpen the knivesSoundbites from Tory leadership hopefuls won’t save the NHS from the corporates and their trade lobbyists. Only...
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Published in: ourNHSGoodbye, GPs - how the big became the enemy of the goodSerial NHS reforms are destroying continuity of patient care – the very thing that used to make GPs feel their jobs...
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Published in: ourNHSHow NHS staff are fighting back against the ‘hostile environment’The Daily Mail's claims of our success are sadly premature - but the "patients not passports" campaign is indeed growing.
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Published in: ourNHSThe latest multi-billion pound move in NHS privatisation – is the endgame in sight?Private healthcare firms have just been offered a substantial say in deciding how billions of pounds of NHS mental...
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Published in: ourNHSTime for Big Pharma to stop hiding behind “R&D” to justify astronomical costsCampaigners are pushing moves to challenge the secrecy and broken model of drug pricing. But will governments have...
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Published in: ourNHSBrexit means the NHS on a platter in trade deals - and both main parties are ducking crucial questionsBoth a hard Tory Brexit or a soft Labour one would worsen every aspect of the NHS crisis, from staffing to drug...
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Published in: ourNHSNHS data is a public asset. Why does Matt Hancock want to give it away?
Relying on private tech firms to innovate is a mistake - and the dependencies it creates are a key part of the NHS...
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Published in: ourNHSTen common arguments: reframing the NHS debateThe NHS's values are under attack, even more than its funding is. NHS campaigners need to be sure to frame their...
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Published in: ourNHSIt’s not just medical staff and medicines that Brexit threatens, but the core principle at the heart of our NHS
The toxic Brexit debate has often wrongly characterised the NHS as a “British NHS for British people”, rather than...
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Published in: ourNHSThe NHS Ten Year Plan neglects the human side of healthcareMarkets, machines and micromanagement are turning healthcare into officious, insensitive practice that demoralises...
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Published in: ourNHSWhy the NHS Plan needs to be far more ambitious to tackle inequalityInequality is a national disgrace that affects the health and wellbeing of us all, especially our children. Bolder...
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Published in: ourNHSThe NHS Long Term Plan, prevention, and a century of promisesBringing together prevention and cure, health and social care, is hardly a new – or strange – idea. So why hasn’t it...