NHS
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
