Nearly 60% of the PPE procured from firms linked to the UK government was unusable – sparking fresh questions about controversial ‘VIP’ lane
openDemocracy analysis finds National Insurance hike will force health and care staff in England to pay millions for their own services
Johnson and his cabinet have wasted their time, our money, expert science and the goodwill of both NHS workers and the public
Tory MPs are quick to dispute claims that this bill is about privatisation. But there’s a reason why none of them can say what it is about
Exclusive: Patients trying to book NHS GP services online are plunged into a ‘baffling’ system of paid-for tests and ‘backdoor privatisation’
Patients are being refused treatment, discharged too early and pushed towards private referrals, openDemocracy’s largest-ever reader survey has found
Exclusive: Both Tory and Labour voters are worried about the impact of more NHS privatisation, poll commissioned by openDemocracy finds
Exclusive: Tory MP Marcus Fysh ‘wrong’ not to mention interest in insurance firm when proposing insurance-friendly amendment to care levy, says ex-standards committee chair
The government has failed to allay privatisation concerns in major new health bill – MPs must vote it down at third reading
A multi-billion-pound contract enlisted 187 private hospitals to help the UK’s COVID response. Why did they care for just 0.08% of patients?
Exclusive: Lawyers acting for openDemocracy have written to health secretary Sajid Javid demanding transparency over database originally run by Palantir
Boris Johnson looks set on using our health data as a bargaining chip to keep his Brexit/US trade dream alive – but what does that mean for us?
