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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...
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Published in: ourNHSScrapping prescription charges is the right priority for the English NHSIt’s time not just to defend the NHS, but to expand it. Labour's policy pledge announced at their party conference...
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Published in: ourNHSThe government must act to end this child mental health crisisChildren have been particularly hard hit by mental health cuts, with 150 turned away from the care they need every...
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Published in: ourNHSBritish politicians' NHS hypocrisy laid bare today on the global stageToday at the UN Britain boasts of its pioneering universal health coverage – just as its government's “hostile...
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Published in: TransformationWho cares?A bold new play peels back the layers on the hidden worlds of young carers in the UK.
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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...