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Published in: ourNHSDemocracy has stopped Britain going to war - but can it save England's NHS?
We have just seen the importance of democracy in relation to matters of life and death overseas. We must restore it...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKNaughty boy receives coal (at our expense)
The government is giving away the rights to up to a billion tonnes of coal to a company owned by an ex-Conservative...
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Published in: ourNHSWhose baby? The voluntary sector loses its way
As large charities succumb to market ideology, the fate of genuinely independent grassroots organisations - such as...
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Published in: ourNHSShout from the rooftops, Labour, save England's NHS!
Labour has a chance to show it’s serious about saving the NHS from death by a thousand privatisations.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWe can’t resist privatisation unless we reinstate the national
The tragedy of privatisation in England is that it is controlled by that of Britain. Those reactionaries who then...
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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: ourNHSPaying for private failure in England's NHS - again
The NHS is paying millions to a failed private Treatment Centre to escape a contract after a series of patient...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWe Own It - a new campaign against the UK's disastrous privatisations
The results have been terrible. Soaring prices, corruption, fraud, enormous expense to the public purse. But...
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Published in: ourNHSRoom to breathe in defence of the NHS
After this week's "Failed by the NHS" documentary, Ramona asks, can we criticise the shortcomings of NHS mental...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSerco and pathology: the cost of profit in England's NHS
Serco was pleased to announce last week that GSTS Pathology – its joint venture with two London hospitals - was back...
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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: ourNHSToo posh to care
Being referred to a private hospital by the NHS doesn't neccessarily mean better care.
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Published in: ourNHS"Special measures" - a route to privatisation?
As with schools, now with hospitals - but where will league tables and 'special measures' lead the NHS?
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Published in: ourNHSSave our NHS - holiday reading special
Stuck for some holiday reading? Why not brush up on what's happening to our NHS...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe double betrayal - review of NHS SOS
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The left is forever being condemned for talking of ‘betrayal’....
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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: Shine A LightWhat is G4S doing in England's NHS?
As G4S is exposed for overcharging on government contracts, we ask - just what is G4S doing in the NHS?
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Published in: ourNHSRushing off a cliff - privatisation of patient transport services
As a new study shows the private sector winning the race for NHS contracts, Julius Marstrand of Cheltenham discusses...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhat's really driving the EU-US trade deal?
Despite some inaccuracies from the BBC, the trade deal will deliver minimal economic benefit at best. What we are...
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Published in: ourNHSIs anything safe?
Public resources face new sell-off threats - but once we lose our public buildings and land, it's gone for good.