The entire health and social care system is ‘gridlocked’ and ‘unable to operate effectively’ according to the CQC – the Government’s own healthcare regulator. At the core of the ‘gridlock’ is lack of long term investment read more…
The article below from the Guardian (8 April, 2022) by Michael Marmot is a grim but necessary read. Even before the covid pandemic many studies showed that those living in poverty had worse health outcomes than read more…
This Guardian story (26 April 2022) by Owen Jones, and the article below by an NHS psychiatrist, make it very plain that the Government is simply not taking mental health at all seriously. The reality of read more…
Although the title says it all, the article by the NHS psychiatrist shows the reality of our NHS mental health system where underfunding means lack of beds, inadequate care for many patients, but a whopping profit read more…
This statement from KONP (Keep Our NHS Public) explains in a few words how this bad law will even further damage our NHS: An Act of denial that endangers the NHS The Health and Care Bill read more…
HAFSON is joining a nation-wide day of action where NHS supporters are rallying l in their localities to support the NHS. Join us at LYRIC SQUARE, HAMMERSMITH, W6 on Saturday 26th Feb, from 11.30am. Leaflets, banners, read more…
FRIDAY 25th FEBRUARY. CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL, Fulham Palace Rd. 1-2pm. Leafleting as part of the national SOS NHS campaign – see https://sosnhs.org/ WE DEMAND PAY STAFF PROPERLY: without fair pay, staffing shortages will cost lives APPROVE EMERGENCY read more…
More than 6 million people are currently waiting for NHS treatment. Meanwhile, private companies have pocketed millions in furlough payments for unused facilities. Tackling backlog, for the Government, increasingly seems to be just another Trojan horse read more…
While public attention is understandably focused on the Boris non-stop party show in Downing St, enormous amounts of public money are still being drained from the NHS into the private sector. This happens at many levels. read more…
When the Financial Times (Nov. 30, 2021) heads an article: SALE OF UK VACCINE CENTRE SMACKS OF SHORT MEMORY SYNDROME, you know the government has made yet another calamitous decision about our NHS, our public research read more…
