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Published in: ourNHSShould we turn the NHS into co-ops and mutuals?As the government again pushes the 'mutualisation' of the NHS, Professor Dexter Whitfield argues all such transfers...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe realities of outsourcing: court interpreters mean miscarriages of justiceSince court interpreting has been outsourced, wages have plummeted, quality of interpreting has dropped to a...
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Published in: ourNHSDoes the NHS need a 'new broom' from the private sector?New NHS boss Simon Stevens will inherit an NHS in crisis. Will his outsider status and private sector experience be...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPrivatisation, a very British diseaseBritain is an extreme oddity regarding privatisation: nowhere else in the advanced world is there such a willingness...
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Published in: ourNHSHow to abolish a free health service, step one
The migrant NHS plans are just the first and politically easiest step to ending a 'free at the point of use' NHS.
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Published in: ourNHSYour right to knowPrivatisation of the NHS is gathering pace, but the public currently has little right to know how our money is spent.
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Published in: ourNHSNHS on the brink of extinction
The results will be terminal if coalition reforms are not reversed, warns Kailash Chand.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPublic ownership is ridiculously popular. Why does no one campaign for it?A new poll yet again shows the overwhelming popularity of public ownership of public services in the UK. Yet no...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKInspector "very concerned" by G4S prison praised by GraylingChris Grayling discribed G4S run prison HMP Oakwood as an "excellent model for the future of the prison service"....
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Published in: ourNHSIn which I watch the old razzle-dazzle
New post from Putney Debates blogger John Hully, on Jeremy Hunt's alarming announcement that he plans to make the...
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Published in: HomeTory marginal MPs facing electoral axe because of NHS crises in their patchNew 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: ourNHSWill private sector secrecy stop the NHS becoming more open?The government claims it will force the NHS to be more open, ending gagging clauses and encouraging transparancy....
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Published in: ourNHS"Cameron lied to the country", says Clive Peedell
Yes, the Coalition is privatising the NHS, and yes it does matter who provides the service, says Clive Peedell of...
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Published in: ourNHSGovernment forcing us to open NHS to competition, say commissioners
The government promised parliament that NHS competition would not be compulsory under their new laws. New evidence...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe metropolitanisation of gains, the nationalisation of lossesThe prosperous South East can no longer afford to subsidise the rest of the United Kingdom. Or so runs the...
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Published in: ourNHSWhy is Channel 4 bashing the NHS now?
Channel 4's 'exclusive' that the NHS is 'failing' compared to the US system doesn't stand up to scrutiny or even...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPrivatising the Royal Mail will make it more expensive for them to borrowThe UK government says it is selling off the Royal Mail to allow it to borrow and invest in its future. Yet it would...
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Published in: ourNHSPeterborough Hospital, the NHS and Britain's privatisation racketSolving a hospital disaster that was caused by privatisation with more privatisation, makes little sense - until you...
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Published in: ourNHSNHS decisions, Eurovision-styleTransparency, Accountability and Democracy can seem like a protective triumvirate for public decision making, but...
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Published in: ourNHSLook who's after the NHS's first billion pound privatisation
All the big beasts of NHS privatisation are hoping to get their hands on older people's NHS services - though some...
