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Published in: Shine A LightHealthcare failings persist in UK immigration detentionInquests, High Court judgments, reports from HM Inspector of Prisons, Medical Justice, and the UK Border Agency’s...
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Published in: Shine A LightChild health at risk in the economic crisis: what can we do?
A doctor urges fellow child health practitioners to speak up for the benefits of social protection policy, and to...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKExporting the NHS 'brand' overseas?
British hospitals are being encouraged to sell their services abroad. But Healthcare UK, created to oversee this...
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Published in: Shine A LightWhat the market takes from our NHS
Tax avoidance and high interest costs are diverting resources away from healthcare.
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Published in: Shine A LightWhen camaraderie is for show: Virgin loves the London Marathon, helps dismantle the NHSRichard Branson's Virgin Group is lead sponsor of tomorrow's London Marathon. It's “a national institution” says...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLamentable media coverage and state deception, the scandal of NHS legislation
The legislation opening up England's health service to marketisation should never have been passed. The so-called...
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Published in: Shine A Light‘We fight on to defend the NHS in England’
The coalition’s Health and Social Care Bill is enacted despite deep public unease and unprecedented opposition from...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBritain is not just ‘undergoing privatisation’, this is a modern enclosure movement
Cameron is leaving no stone unturned in his 'revolution' of the public sector. This is not about the privatisation...
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Published in: Shine A LightWill the private interests of peers swell the vote for England's health bill?
More than one in four Conservative peers - 62 out of the total of 216 - and many other members of the House of Lords...
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Published in: Shine A LightIf you like Virgin Rail, you’ll really love Virgin Care
The rebranding of Britain's Assura Medical as 'Virgin Care', "health management company", is a grim indicator of the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLiving on borrowed time? The changing frontiers of the NHS debate
The author of 'The Plot Against the NHS' discusses the political struggle over England's national health service and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFive things you need to know about the NHS billThe NHS bill proposes a radical shake-up of England's health sector. Here are some key facts everyone should know.
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Published in: Shine A Light“Summit of the willing” puts Cameron at centre of NHS storm
PM invites unidentified supporters of Health and Social Care Bill to No 10
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Published in: Shine A LightPaediatricians say: Drop the NHS Bill or you will damage children's health
In a letter to The Lancet 154 leading paediatricians call on the government to drop the Health and Social Care Bill
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Published in: HomeOf incontinence pads and private equity
Recent revelations on the privatised health and elderly care sectors in Sweden make for an excellent example of the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKProfiting from confusion: a management consultant's view of the NHS
A management consultant working in healthcare speaks out on what can be a cynical profession, thriving on the fear...
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Published in: Shine A LightStill fatally flawed – the proposed NHS for England
David Cameron should respect the evidence and stop the unamendable Health and Social Care Bill, says former health...
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Published in: Shine A LightLetter from America: You've got universal healthcare. Why would you give it up?
A glimpse of England's future as the Health and Social Care Bill, paving the way for NHS privatisation, returns to...
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Published in: Shine A LightThe truth about health “reform”: it's the demolition of the NHS
Faith groups and charities must join the medical profession in strong, relentless and effective opposition to the...
