Nurses and other NHS workers need to fight for a better pay deal to protect the NHS, with the same dedication they use to keep the NHS working every day of the week https://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/mark-boothroyd/why-nhs-staff-should-ditchthedeal-reject-government-pay-offer?utm_source=OurNHS&utm_campaign=96b8173a26-OURNHS_RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_25189be8a1-96b8173a26-407957201
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Yes, the NHS is fractured. But competition won’t heal it
The latest NHS reorganisation has reawakened fears of privatisation. Only a Labour government can bury them once and for all https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/19/nhs-fractured-competition-nhs-reorganisation-labour-government
Momentous progress at the Labour Party Conference
On Tuesday the 26th September at the Labour Party Conference a motion was passed unanimously. The motion included a call for a defence of the NHS in England and a move to reinstate the NHS ‘as per the NHS reinstatement Bill‘ Both members of Keep Our NHS Public: Alex Scott-Samuel from Socialist Health Acssociation and Doctors […]
If our government won’t act to save our NHS this winter, this is what we must do
NHS plans across England masquerade as ‘integration’ – but this autumn campaigners will meet to expose the reality now unfolding, of bed closures, private takeovers and a US-inspired system. John Lister 19 September 2017 https://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/john-lister/if-our-government-won-t-act-to-save-our-nhs-then-we-must
Specialist fertility services to be suspended in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Dr Gary Howsam, Chair and Chief Clinical Officer, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG, said: “Specialist IVF services are part of a range of investigations and treatments that can help couples to conceive. I would encourage anyone with fertility problems to go to their GP who can discuss with them the treatment options available. Couples can still […]
New CHPI report: profits made by PFI firms and cost to NHS
This report from the Centre for Health and the Public Interest (CHPI) finds that over the past 6 years the companies holding PFI contracts to build and run NHS hospitals and other facilities have made pre-tax profits of £831m – money which has therefore been unavailable for patient care. If the NHS had not been paying […]
Stephen Hawking blames Tory politicians for damaging NHS
Stephen Hawking has accused ministers of damaging the NHS, blaming the Conservatives in a passionate and sustained attack for slashing funding, weakening the health service though privatisation, demoralising staff by curbing pay and cutting social care support. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/18/stephen-hawking-blames-tory-politicians-for-damaging-nhs https://keepournhspublic.com/news/hawking-backs-nhs-destroys-hunts-posturing/
Health service leaders have refused to publish details of plans for severe cuts which could ‘bring the entire NHS into disrepute’
As part of the CEP (capped expenditure process), NHS staff and frontline clinicians have been told to ‘think the unthinkable’. https://www.bma.org.uk/news/2017/july/refusal-to-discuss-unthinkable-cuts
The NHS: A Visual Essay from juniordoctorblog.com
Is the NHS really over? Just the facts.
Is the NHS really over ? Just the facts.