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Published in: Home: FeatureGrassroots group priced out of once-derelict building it rescued in 2011
To the people who use it, Marsh House is a vital resource. But with public funds scarce, its future is now in doubt
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAnother slap in the face for struggling families
It's not that marriage is good for children, it's that poverty is bad for them. Offering couples tiny tax breaks...
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Published in: ourNHSWhat do we want? A good doctor? Or 'patient choice'?
A doctor who listens, who cares, who knows what to do. That's what patients want and need.
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Published in: HomeTory marginal MPs facing electoral axe because of NHS crises in their patch
New research from Unite union predicts that the fate of 11 Tory MPs at the 2015 election could be strongly...
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Published in: ourNHSThe people vs. Jeremy Hunt
Behind Jeremy Hunt's spin about 'the right care in the right place' lie continued attempts to close cherished local...
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Published in: ourNHSWill Hunt stop at nothing to cut Lewisham Hospital?
Hunt lodged an eleventh hour appeal against the Lewisham Hospital verdict last night. He is determined not just to...
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Published in: ourNHSDecision day for Hunt
Hunt has to decide by tomorrow whether to appeal his defeat over the Lewisham Hospital closure - but if he succeeds...
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Published in: ourNHSJeremy Hunt’s rose-tinted spectacles
Jeremy Hunt has declared himself the most pro-GP Health Secretary in 50 years. A bemusing claim.
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Published in: ourNHSNHS gets a small refund
Any extra A&E cash is welcome - but Cameron is still putting private providers and investors before patients.
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Published in: ourNHSNurse shortage? What nurse shortage?
How many reports highlighting staff shortages does the government need before it takes the one concrete action that...
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Published in: ourNHSA golden moment for Lewisham NHS campaigners in Britain
Today Health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s plans to cut services and close departments at Lewisham Hospital were defeated...
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Published in: ourNHSA royal delivery
All women deserve the very best level of safety and choice when it comes to childbirth - but attacks on NHS...
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Published in: ourNHSHospital Mortality: fact, fiction or politics?
Stafford has become both justification and template for a full-scale assault on NHS hospitals - exploited by...
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Published in: ourNHSThe Body Economic - reviewed
Austerity kills - what policy prescriptions can heal? Stephen Watkins, a Director of Public Health, reviews The Body...
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Published in: Shine A LightAssisted dying, poverty and cuts is a bad combination
If assisted dying is legalised in England and Wales, then society’s neglect of older people, combined with increased...
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Published in: ourNHSMore NHS hospitals turning to private patients
As NHS funding cuts bite, are NHS hospitals muddying the waters between NHS and private patients?
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Published in: ourNHSHas Jeremy Hunt acted outside the law? - Part 2
Day two and three of the court challenge to the decision to close swathes of Lewisham Hospital.
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Published in: ourNHSHas Jeremy Hunt acted outside the law?
The first day of a significant High Court challenge - has Jeremy Hunt acted outside the law in closing swathes of...
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Published in: ourNHSDon't cut mental health lifelines
Are cuts to mental health services getting overlooked in the campaign against NHS closures?
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Published in: ourNHS“People will die” hears Michael Mansfield QC-chaired enquiry
In advance of this week’s high court battle between Lewisham Hospital campaigners and Jeremy Hunt, a People’s...