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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...
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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...