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4 December 2019
End profiteering from health - nationalise big pharma
The issue of allowing US corporations access to the NHS and the affect of that on the cost of drugs has featured during the election campaign.
13 March 2019
Anger after violent youth deaths - Communities need public services not cuts
So far this year, ten teenagers have already lost their lives in London as a result of knife crime. In response to these tragedies, people are rightly demanding action to keep communities safe.
23 January 2019
Nationalise big pharma: end this profit-driven NHS crisis
NHS faces drug price hikes: Instead of subsidising their profits with tax breaks, they should be nationalised under democratic workers' control and management
18 September 2018
Big drugs companies dodge £3 billion pounds in tax
Big pharmaceutical companies may be dodging up to £3 billon in tax, contributing to crises in health systems worldwide, including our NHS
20 June 2018
Tory cash boost not enough
The scrapping of the 1% NHS funding increase limit reveals the pressure building from grassroots campaigns - and the dangerous position May and her infighting party of the super-rich find themselves in.
1 November 2017
Handouts for sexist charity v cuts to women's refuges. Big pharma sues NHS while doctors plead for medicine.
4 October 2017
The NHS crisis is escalating as the Tories continue their mission to 'slash, trash and privatise' our health service
29 March 2017
Prescription and dental charges to rise again - fight for a free NHS!
From April 2017 NHS charges for prescriptions and dental treatment in England are set to rise yet again, writes Bea Gardner, Southampton Socialist Party.
8 March 2017
Greater Manchester: patients are people not guinea pigs!
Manchester Keep Our NHS Public has responded to a report in the Financial Times that "local [NHS] leaders are offering leading drugmakers, including GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Novartis, access to Greater Manchester's sophisticated electronic patient record to test the real-world outcomes of their drugs".
11 January 2017
NHS in meltdown from spending cuts - demonstrate on 4 March!
The last 12 months have been the worst in the history of the NHS. It's under pressure like never before. The crisis moment many warned of has arrived.
4 January 2017
NHS drug price hike: nationalise big pharma!
Another drugs company could face punishment after an apparent 12,000% price hike. Nationalise big pharma under democratic workers' control and management!
14 December 2016
Pfizer drug extortion - nationalise big pharma!
Drugs company Pfizer has been fined a record £84.2 million for excessive and unfair pricing of an anti-epilepsy drug. The choice is simple: cheap, high-quality, nationalised drug manufacturing - or a system that continues to allow corporate raiding of the NHS.
16 November 2016
A Street Cat Named Bob: tale of neglect by capitalism
Film review: 'A Street Cat Named Bob' is the heart-warming story of a man trying to beat addiction and homelessness with the support of his pet cat.
9 November 2016
Action needed to defend workers at the sharp end of prisons crisis
The latest national statistics on safety in our prison system were released recently. These quarterly figures have been breaking records and setting new "unprecedented highs" systematically since 2010 - a year which 'coincidentally' ties in with the culling of 7,000 prison officers' jobs.
19 October 2016
NHS cancer and dementia drugs 'unaffordable'
Nationalise the drugs companies! The unrestrained profiteering of drugs companies means the NHS could start rejecting groundbreaking treatments for cancer and dementia as "unaffordable".
21 September 2016
Iconic nightclub Fabric closes doors - another victim of austerity?
Comment - nightlife: London's most iconic night club, Fabric, has had its licence revoked. The council claims to be taking the decision with the safety of clubbers in mind. However, just eight months ago, a judge called Fabric a "beacon of best practice".
10 August 2016
Fight to defend HIV drug victory
The recent High Court ruling that the NHS should fund anti-HIV 'pre-exposure prophylaxis' (PrEP) drugs (pictured) has been widely celebrated. However, NHS bosses have vowed to appeal.
9 December 2015
It's the quiz of 2015, compiled by the Socialist. The questions are drawn from articles covering events in the UK and internationally during the last year. Good luck and season's greetings.
25 November 2015
'Antibiotic apocalypse': profit system holds back research
Drug-resistant infections could kill an extra ten million people every year by 2050. A potential 'post-antibiotic era' is fundamentally due to the profit system.
4 November 2015
Cycle cheat Armstrong's hypocrisy and bullying
The Program is a biographical drama about Lance Armstrong, the disgraced former professional cyclist - and the efforts of investigative journalist David Walsh to expose him.
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