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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
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE New research from Unite union predicts that the fate of 11 Tory MPs at...
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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...
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Published in: ourNHSLewisham hospital being sacrificed to the bankers
In Lewisham, the government is sacrificing a thriving local hospital in order to protect the interests of bankers,...