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Published in: ourNHSKeep the faith - a review of the UK's People's AssemblyOn Saturday 4000 activists gathered in London to discuss austerity and privatisation, and how to respond. Caroline...
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Published in: ourNHSThe lie of austerity - Francesca Martinez at the People's Assembly
Speaking at the People's Assembly on Saturday, comedian and disability activist Francesca Martinez delivers a...
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Published in: ourNHS2020 Health working with Lord Howe to make the NHS a"UK Plc Asset"
A healthcare think tank with multiple links to coalition peers wants to turn the NHS into an “asset” of “UK Plc”,...
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Published in: ourNHSThe fruits of our Labour? Resisting health and education privatisation in the UK
Last week’s speech by UK Shadow Education Secretary Stephen Twigg raised alarm bells amongst both education and...
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Published in: ourNHSPrivate healthcare fraud - a growing risk
A brand new report from the Centre for Health & the Public Interest highlights how the increased use of private...
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Published in: ourNHSHunt blames councils for poverty and ill-health
Jeremy Hunt has declared himself 'shocked' by health inequalities revealed in new league tables. But what did he...
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Published in: ourNHSA transatlantic corporate bill of rights
This week G8 leaders hail the opening of EU/US Free Trade negotiations as 'a once in a generation opportunity' to...
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Published in: ourNHSAre global vaccination programmes helping the most needy?
As the politics of aid to lower income countries comes under greater scrutiny are the needs of the poor in middle...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe BBC Business Unit and the public interest
The BBC's reporting of issues from NHS reform, welfare reform and the looming EU US trade deal can be better...
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Published in: ourNHSA battle of biblical proportions: can Lewisham beat Jeremy Hunt?
In a battle which is being seen as a test case for A&E and hospital cuts and downgrades nationwide, Lewisham...
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Published in: ourNHSEVENT - Hunt the Hunt, Saturday 15 June 10am-8pm
Join health campaigners and workers as they Hunt for Jeremy Hunt in his South West Surrey constituency. Transport...
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Published in: ourNHSSir David Nicholson's latest bright idea for the English NHS
Sir David Nicholson's parting shot to the NHS is to suggest scrapping the hated 'purchaser-provider split' - and...
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Published in: ourNHSThe neoliberal epidemic striking healthcare
Healthcare systems across the world are facing a 'man-made disaster' - the imposition of market-style 'reforms' that...
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Published in: ourNHSThe A&E blame game
Clare Gerada, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, wonders who is going to get the blame for the A&E crisis next.
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Published in: ourNHSIntroducing the Centre for Health and the Public Interest
A new online think tank, the Centre for Health and the Public Interest, has just launched. It aims to make the...
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Published in: ourNHSNHS reforms? What NHS reforms? A call for citizen journalism
Media failings and government distortions mean many people don't believe the NHS is being dismantled. It’s down to...
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Published in: ourNHSReclaiming our NHS
OurNHS today launches a new citizens journalism initiative with 38 Degrees. Where the government and the media have...
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Published in: ourNHSPoliticians are failing our children on a grand scale
The welfare of children should be everybody's business but both health and social care reforms and wider austerity...
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Published in: ourNHSLondoners march to save the NHS
Banners and voices lifted up in support of the NHS on Saturday May 18th.
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Published in: ourNHSMilburn, the NHS, and Britain's 'revolving door'
As the government ploughs on with its NHS ‘reforms’ in the face of opposition from medics and the public, whose...