Opinion: Trust Me, Private Healthcare is a Shitshow
by Luke Savage
America spends more money on a worse system that voters hate, writes Luke Savage. So why are UK politicians pretending privatisation will fix the NHS?
Tag: NHS privatisation
Opinion: Like It or Not, New Labour Offers Important Lessons for Saving the NHS
by Ell Folan
Though rightly overshadowed by the Iraq War, the Blair government increased NHS spending by 56% and cut waiting times by 9 weeks. We must not be too averse to learning from this achievement, writes Ell Folan - our dying health service depends on it.
Downstream: Why Has Britain Failed on Covid? Richard Horton
A year after the World Health Organisation declared Covid-19 a pandemic, with Britain enduring more than a 100,000 deaths since, a number of major questions remain unanswered. Why was the response of the UK among the worst in the world? How is it possible that the death toll of countries in Europe and North America […]
GE2019: I’m an NHS Junior Doctor. Here’s Why I’m Backing Labour – and Urging Patients to Do the Same
by Joanna Dobbin
"Day in, day out, I see first hand the realities of what it means to break down the social fabric of our state. That is why - after working a 13-hour shift without a break - I am writing this article."
GE2019: From Cancelled Operations to Staff Shortages, the Writing Is on the Wall for the NHS Under the Tories
by Nick Carpenter
New data reveals that in the last year a staggering 78,981 operations were cancelled in the NHS - the most common reasons being staff shortages and equipment failures. A junior doctor explains how things got so bad under the Tories.
‘Like an A&E run by Virgin Active’: Physiotherapy Firm Awarded £86m NHS Mental Health Contract
by Sophie Hemery
An NHS mental health contract has been awarded to a private company with next to no track record delivering IAPT services, in an unprecedented example of the escalating privatisation of Britain's healthcare. Sophie Hemery investigates for Novara Media.