City and Hackney GPs decided to take back responsibility for out-of-hours care but were overlooked in favour of Harmoni, the Care UK owned firm who have been accused of endangering patient safety and putting cost before clinical need. A local GP gives her account.
Why is Denmark involved in Mali? European leaders should clarify when, why and how to participate in military interventions and warfare abroad. Emerging security challenges in nearby neighbourhood regions, together with a waning Pax Americana, are obliging Europe to reconsider its future global ro
Justice minister Chris Grayling today announced his Green Paper, Transforming Youth Custody: Putting Education at the Heart of Detention. He says young offenders should receive better education and training to turn their backs on crime. Welcome words, but does the government have the political wil
North West London NHS is planning to close the A&E departments at Charing X and Hammersmith Hospitals. This will mean that the hospitals will be downgraded and other vital services will close. See below for details on a protest march Saturday 16th Feb. Assemble: Lyric Square, King Street, Hammersm
Internationally, the reciprocal links between HIV and gender based violence are well documented. Yet in the UK NHS guidelines about violence against women do not contain any reference to HIV. Today marks the launch of a report by the Sophia Forum calling for a national investigation
In Britain a way of academic life is dying out. The research environment has changed. It demands 'impact', 'relevancy' and 'connection'. In this climate, dissenting voices are isolated, and compromised.
Unlike any other developed nation the UK has sold off considerable amounts of its major industries and assets to overseas owners. This has weakened democratic control of industry, inflated our exchange rate and seriously undermined our manufacturing base. Here's why.
Debating the ‘in-or-out’ question is only a smokescreen hiding the elephant in the room: the state of national democracy.
Young, post-conflict republicans, and the radical Óige Phoblactach, may hold the key to meaningful reconciliation across Ireland.
A group of Keep Our NHS Public (KONP) activists and Velvet Fist, a feminist and socialist choir, together with members of various other socialist choirs, are organising a singing flash mob event on Friday 15 Feb at 5.45pm at Kings Cross station in the new (departures) foyer
This will be addressed by Mayor of Lewisham Sir Steve Bullock, hospital staff, trades unionists, patients and campaigners. On Saturday 16th February there will be stalls in Lewisham town centre to distribute our new campaign leaflets and posters and inform people about the campaign's next steps.
A Citizens Advice Bureau adviser describes how recent 'reforms' to legal aid and cuts to services are impacting on the ground. She has a question: At what point did Britain decide that legal rights don’t apply to poor people?
