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SOLOMON HUGHES details how the firm has quickly moved on to buttering-up Labour MPs after the fall of the Tories so it can continue to ‘win both ways’ collecting public and private cash by undermining the NHS
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'These figures should be a wake-up call'
Labour warned that workers expect better as anger mounts over welfare cuts and public-sector pay
Born from my communist social worker mother’s efforts to bridge healthcare gaps, Labour’s push for home-based care now risks becoming another avenue for the US corporate takeover of the NHS, writes RICHARD CLARKE
That should be warning enough to end the company’s contract with the NHS, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Behind Starmer’s headline-grabbing abolition of NHS England lies a ruthless drive to centralise control so that cuts of £6.6 billion can be made — even if it means reducing cancer services and clinical staff, writes JOHN LISTER
The NHS continues to say Covid spreads primarily through ‘droplet and touch’ while the WHO emphasises airborne transmission, meaning vulnerable patients and healthcare workers face unnecessary risks, reports RUTH HUNT
RCN warns nurses are leaving the NHS due to shocking levels of racist abuse and understaffing
PM's move will ‘cause disruption and divert senior leaders' time and energy from improving care for patients,’ Health Foundation warns
More than seven in 10 health workers says patients struggling with their bills — a public health crisis ‘that is entirely preventable’
Diverting public funding to grow private-sector ‘spare capacity,’ actively undermines the funding and staff available to the NHS and results in a worse service, write JOHN PUNTIS and TONY O’SULLIVAN
Damning report finds migrant workers propping up Britain’s crumbling care system are trapped in awful working conditions
Royal College of Emergency Medicine says advertisement is ‘normalising’ patients being treated in the corridors
Campaigners warn Labour's ‘pro-business approach to data’ has ‘potential for further loss of public trust’ in the NHS
A&E departments overwhelmed with minor cases as primary care sector struggles to keep up with demand
Through hospital windows and news bulletins, personal loss opens a window onto the world’s wider suffering as the season, and the year itself, reminds us all why class solidarity matters now more than ever, writes MATT KERR
Labour promised change but delivers the same tired formula while private firms pocket millions and staff exodus continues — now workers must lead the fightback through their unions, writes IAIN MOONEY
Speaking to ELIZABETH SHORT, local campaigners explain why the murky plans for profit-driven ‘reform’ and the convoluted relocation of services at Europe’s largest women’s hospital need to be resisted
LOUISE RAW speaks to Long Covid sufferer Sam Williams and others who feel let down by a state that ignores their debilitating illness
The Stafford Hospital scandal’s false mortality statistics led to devastating service cuts despite evidence disproving the whole debacle, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE, warning of similar threats under Labour’s new plans for league tables
Campaigners urge Labour to invest in NHS to tackle rising levels of long-term illness
‘Labour’s plans to spend more on the NHS, schools and housing welcome. But budget falls far short of what a real government for workers should do’
FAWZI IBRAHIM argues that the NHS needs reforms to bring it back to its original tenets and outlines five fundamental changes that are critical to achieving this
CLAUDIA WEBBE warns that Starmer’s government is poised to accelerate harmful ‘integrated care’ policies, ignoring the reality that it is the decades of cuts and closures that have devastated public healthcare
Keep Our NHS Public campaigner GREG DROPKIN dissects how Lord Darzi’s recommendations align with Starmer’s plans for NHS ‘reform,’ warning of creeping privatisation under the guise of modernisation
However, unions, professionals, and other parties say extra investment in the NHS is urgent
Labour must fight to ensure any new laws do not become tools for social cleansing of the poor and disabled, argues JOHN McINALLY, as some begin considering NHS savings that could come at the cost of working-class lives
As some celebrate a pay rise, outsourced, privatised workers face continued exploitation — ending this injustice by bringing them in-house must become a top priority for the labour movement, writes HELEN O’CONNOR
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
Praful Nargund, who is bidding to unseat Mr Corbyn, is a private health entrepreneur and has said privatisation is needed in the NHS
