NHS Crisis
Campaigners urge Labour to invest in NHS to tackle rising levels of long-term illness
RICHARD BURGON MP, who voted against the cut to winter fuel allowance, warns against a return to austerity, introducing his ideas that could raise billions to properly fund public services and boost wages instead
However, unions, professionals, and other parties say extra investment in the NHS is urgent
As a member-led union, Unison must put pressure on Labour as the likely party of the next government to defend our health service as a vital public service, says IAIN MOONEY
SOLOMON HUGHES shines a light on the US privateer that’s failing to provide safe care to vulnerable mental health patients in services that the NHS is paying millions for
Campaigners slam Labour’s plans to send NHS staff to private hospitals for treatment
LESLIE HUCKFIELD explains how the roots of the shadow health secretary’s affection for the private health sector can be traced back to Patricia Hewitt and her New Labour heyday
IAIN MOONEY reports on Unison members’ reaction to government proposals to put nursing staff in different pay categories
Campaigners call for fair NHS pay and end to the ‘blatant failure’ of relying on private sector
Labour accused of betraying the NHS after Wes Streeting says the health service needs more private-sector involvement
SNP-Green Scottish government was urged to ‘act before more lives are put on the line’
Low pay, short staffing, burnout and a bullying work environment are adding up to an intolerable situation for medics, explains JOHN PUNTIS of Keep Our NHS Public
Meanwhile, police officers criticised for searching campaigners' coach and ‘undermining their right to protest’
SOLOMON HUGHES looks at the multiple IT projects that are currently failing the NHS, and asks why the state doesn’t simply train its own health staff to do the work in-house
