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Photo Senan
13 February 2013
Mid Staffs hospital scandal: Big business culture kills
The government will smear the reputation of the NHS to boost its privatisation agenda. But its own policies - and Labour's - caused the breakdown of care at Mid Staffs hospital
photo Paul Mattsson
30 January 2013
Privatisation: Bleeding the NHS dry
Private health company Harmoni regularly ran out-of-hours clinics in London without doctors or nurses last year; it was originally set up as a GP cooperative and was the sort of organisation the Tories, Lib Dems and Labour all claim to support.
Saturday 24 November, defying cold driving rain, up to 10,000 residents and staff marched to defend Lewisham Accident and Emergency (A&E) and linked arms around it., photo Socialist Party
12 December 2012
Student nurse says: Give us the resources to provide care!: A recent report flagged up rising death rates and a chronic bed crisis in the NHS. The next day, the national press vilified nurses as uncaring and lacking compassion.
Strikers marching through London on 30 November 2011, photo Senan
18 January 2012
Cameron's Con-Dem coalition wants workers to pay for the bosses' economic crisis. This millionaires' government wants to cut workers' jobs, pay and conditions such as pensions. In the public sector...
11 January 2012
Waltham Forest workers and campaigners will lobby the north east London borough's first 2012 council cabinet meeting on 12 January in support of sacked library and Waltham Forest Direct workers, writes Bob Severn.
photo Paul Mattsson
3 August 2011
NHS cuts from a nurse's viewpoint
Cameron's government claims to be 'defending the NHS.' He claims the health care budget is 'ring fenced', writes an NHS mental health nurse.
20 July 2011
A day in the life of a student nurse: Overworked - but happy to help
My alarm goes off at 06.15. The early starts don't bother me, I've become used to them. I take a quick shower and put on my uniform.
1 June 2011
"Frontline first" a dangerous tactic - unity is the key
The Conservatives have pledged to protect "frontline" NHS services and cut back on bureaucracy. In reality, this is another broken promise. They have no intention of saving even frontline staff.
March to save the NHS, photo Paul Mattsson
20 May 2011
NHS demo in London needs to be a step towards united national strike action
2,000 people marched with London 'Keep Our NHS Public' on Tuesday 17 May. Several NHS trusts across London have announced big cuts
19 May 2011
Unison leaders failing to adopt the demands of health workers
Around 100 nursing stewards attended Unison's first nursing and midwifery professional seminar in York on 11-12 May
March to save the NHS 17 May 2011, photo Paul Mattsson
18 May 2011
David Cameron has made clearer than ever what side he's on regarding the NHS. "It is because I love the NHS so much that I want to change it," he said. This speech spelt out that only very minor compromises,...
NHS in the firing line, photo Paul Mattsson
13 April 2011
Build mass action to save our health service: The NHS is not safe in Con-Dem hands. A new Royal College of Nursing (RCN) report warns that one in eight of all nursing jobs are set to disappear in the next three years. The government puts 'saving'...
29 September 2010
Community health services in Nottinghamshire will be well on the way to privatisation by Christmas. Almost every part of healthcare that is not in an acute hospital or a GP's consulting room is affected...
12 March 2008
Derby nurses fight PFI pay cuts
Health workers rallied outside both the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary (DRI) and the Derby City Hospital (DCH) on 7 March in protest against the threatened cuts in nurses' pay, writes Staff nurse and Unison member, Derbyshire Royal Infirmary.
30 January 2008
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On the 3 November Save the NHS march, photo Paul Mattsson |
17 January 2008
Derby nurses fight management attacks
More than 100 Unison members and their families packed a meeting to protest at threatened pay cuts to Derby nurses... By Graham Lewis, Long Eaton trades council
27 September 2007
Swansea NHS trust - balancing books at patients' expense
SWANSEA NHS trust's announcement that they intend axing 750 nursing and health care hospital posts and 86 beds over the next three years has angered nurses and hospital staff...
13 September 2007
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A protest in Leeds against Health cuts |
9 August 2007
Save our NHS: Stop fat cat robbery
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Health workers demonstrate in Hackney, photo Paul Mattsson |
Jon Smith, GMB branch secretary, Sheffield Children's Hospital, writes (in a personal capacity)
14 June 2007
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NHS demonstration March 3rd 2007, photo Paul Mattsson |
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