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8 July 2020
Black Lives Matter - the fight is not over
Hundreds gathered for a Black Lives Matter protest on 5 July. Given it was the anniversary of the opening of the NHS, the protest started with a round of applause for the NHS, and all the healthcare workers
13 May 2020
The Spanish Flu of 1918 and how it "fanned the flames of revolt"
Laura Spinney's book on the 1918 flu pandemic, first published in 2017, is now being widely read
22 April 2020
US private healthcare system in meltdown
Like in the UK, the coronavirus pandemic in the USA has resulted in the postponement or cancellation of non-urgent surgery in hospitals
18 March 2020
United States: private healthcare exposed as Trump throws money at markets
Capitalism and the political duopoly of the Democratic and Republican parties are to blame for the US's incompetent response to Covid-19
12 February 2020
Unnecessary surgery scandal shows need for democratic control of NHS
It is shocking that a doctor, breast surgeon Ian Paterson, subjected more than 1,000 patients, mainly women, to unnecessary and damaging operations over 14 years.
5 February 2020
Coronavirus exposes capitalism's weaknesses in healthcare and economy
Tragedies like the deaths from novel coronavirus, are never just 'natural disasters'.
29 January 2020
End health and wealth divide - Fight for our NHS
Take a ride on the 83 bus across Sheffield and it takes ten years off your life! That's how long life expectancy falls travelling just ten miles from the wealthier parts of the city to the poorest.
5 June 2019
7,000 GP vacancies are expected in the UK by 2024. Chronic underfunding is causing doctors to resign, without prospects of replacing them.
14 November 2018
Major private care operator puts thousands of vulnerable people at risk
The crisis in social care continues to worsen, as councils prepare to find alternative provision for 13,500 more elderly and disabled people by the end of the month
7 November 2018
Thousands march against overnight closure of Shropshire A&E
Princess Royal Hospital faces overnight closure. 3,000 people marched against plans that would force people to travel an extra 17-23 miles for emergency health services after 8pm.
7 November 2018
Private companies are making millions treating NHS patients in psychiatric hospitals that often fail to provide decent and safe care.
7 February 2018
Donald Trump has claimed the 3 February march to save the NHS shows public healthcare doesn't work.
31 January 2018
Heroic health workers and valiant community campaigns have already proven that when we fight, we can win. The ideas and work of the Socialist Party have been a key component in this struggle.
But it's not just about ideas. Socialist Party members have been on the front line of the fightback, turning ideas into action. Help us beat the Tory and Blairite NHS wreckers. Join the Socialists.
24 January 2018
Welsh NHS crisis - we cannot go on like this
We cannot go on like this. That is the substance of a letter from A&E consultants to the Welsh government to draw attention to the huge crisis in Welsh hospitals this winter.
10 January 2018
Closure of Nottingham unit shows dismantling of NHS
Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust is planning to shut down a unit for people suffering from serious alcohol and drug addiction issues.
3 January 2018
Tory prescription for mental illness: stress and bureaucracy
As an individual with mental health issues, it has been my misfortune to experience directly just how capitalist society, Britain 2017, treats such people. I can't imagine that my experience is particularly unique.
13 December 2017
Underfunded, understaffed, under attack:
It's the NHS workers and patients who bear the brunt of the inevitable winter pressures - combined with underfunding, understaffing, low pay and low morale.
13 December 2017
South London health bosses' cover-up
The six south west London CCGs - statutory NHS bodies responsible for the planning and paying for healthcare services for their local area - recently held a joint meeting.
25 October 2017
Kids wait 18 months for mental healthcare
Kick out cutters and profiteers: Children suffering from mental health problems have to wait up to 18 months to access care
18 October 2017
North London hospital workers fight cuts and job losses
Porters and domestics - members of the GMB union - at the North Middlesex hospital, facing the threat of redundancies and pay cuts, organised a spirited protest with a barbecue outside the hospital on 12 October.
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