After Coronavirus, We Need a New Mental Health System
Sophie K Rosa
10 million of us will need mental health support as a result of this crisis. Our current system won’t cut it.
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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 […]
The Rich Are Skipping the Vaccine Queue. What Are We Going to Do About It?
James Meadway
Breaking Point
Experts suggest new Covid infections in England may have finally peaked, but with two more weeks of rising hospital admissions expected, can the NHS avoid collapse?
I’m a Care Worker and I’m on Strike – Here’s Why
Andrene
Sunak’s Spending Review Is a Drop of Water in a Desert – the Left Must Demand More
James Meadway
Mental Healthcare May Never Recover From Coronavirus
Sian Bradley
NHS Workers Are Saying No, Now It’s Time for Unions to Step Up
Jack MacBean
Now is the Time to Fight Racism in the NHS
Jo Dobbin and Rahma Abdi
Johnson in Retreat
Boris Johnson has been forced to make two U-turns this week. Is he a prime minister in retreat? Plus, James Meadway on whether Britain’s record debt will ever have to be paid back. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani
‘He should never have been discharged’: How Mental Health Patients Are Being Failed During Lockdown
Natalie Leal
Failure to Protect
Last night’s Panorama revealed deep, long-term failures by government to ensure NHS staff were as safe possible from Coronavirus. But what will be the consequences?
Don’t Applaud Us, Protect Us – #ChantforPPE
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To Understand Why the NHS Is Struggling to Respond to Covid-19, We Must Look at Who Runs It
Jo Sutton-Klein
Unequal Burden
Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani are joined by Dr Sonia Adesara to discuss why BAME communities are hardest hit by coronavirus. Plus the latest on the #LabourLeaks
Migrants Want to Volunteer for the NHS, but the Government Isn’t Letting Them
Jessie Williams
Britain and the Coronavirus: a Timeline of Failure
Despite previous claims by the government that it was well-prepared for the Coronavirus, Britain is now expected to have one of the highest death tolls in the world. In this video Aaron Bastani examines precisely what happened in recent months, and how public authorities – broadly unchallenged by the media – let a tragedy unfold.
We Were Warned
Italy gave the British government warning of the catastrophic consequences of COVID-19. So why have we entered this crisis so woefully underprepared? With Ash Sarkar, Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani