Streeting will go “further” than Blair on NHS privatisation
Writing in the Telegraph on 28 May, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said of the NHS: We will go further than New Labour ever did. I want the NHS to…
attacking NHS workers & calling for privatisation
With the Labour Party enjoying a strong lead in the polls ahead of the general election, many people are watching what Wes Streeting says closely about the NHS. After all,…
Labour NHS plans blasted by doctors over latest private sector gig
An NHS doctors group has blasted Labour Party front bencher Wes Streeting’s support for sending NHS doctors and nurses to private hospitals for treatment, as new polling shows a majority…
Streeting & Labour still don’t understand how the NHS works
It’s fair to say the Tories have made an absolute mess of the NHS. However, given that the Labour Party founded our National Health Service, you’d think they’d better know…
Dr Julia Grace Patterson on what we must be fighting for
I started campaigning for the NHS just under a decade ago. I was working as a junior doctor in London; austerity cuts from the Conservative Party government were having an…
BACME conference behind closed doors, as ME patients call it out
The 11 to 17 May 2024 is myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) Awareness Week. This year, two major conferences are taking place throughout the week. One is the inaugural ‘Unite To Fight’…
Private health spending in the UK up nearly 9% in 2023
People in the UK spent a record £32bn on mostly private health care last year – up from £29.8bn in 2022. That included £8.6bn on medicines, vitamins, and supplements, and…
Poulter defection to Labour shows state of the party under Starmer
On 27 April, former Tory health minister Dan Poulter defected to the Labour Party. His given reason was the absolute state of the NHS. While it’s true the Tories have…
another UK woman is being abused in an NHS hospital
After public outcry and media coverage around a campaign called #BringMillieHome, it has come to light another young woman living – Carla – with ‘severe ME’ (myalgic encephalomyelitis, ME, also…
NHS privatisation has now been mapped across England
The campaign group EveryDoctor has launched a groundbreaking new project. It has built an updated map showing the enormous number of NHS services that have been outsourced and privatised across…
ME/CFS survey shows widespread systemic medical abuse
The NHS is continuing to unconscionably abuse two women living with severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) – and putting their lives at risk. As it metes out this horrendous crusade of…
NHS privatisation protesters ‘middle class lefties’
Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting announced in the Sun that opposition to NHS privatisation comes from “middle class lefties”. He stated: We will… use spare capacity in the private sector…