ShareTweet Keep our NHS Public (Norfolk) and local anti-cuts campaigns – with TU support – will demonstrate in the constituency of Lib-Dem health minister Norman Lamb MP. Everyone is invited to join this demo – perhaps the last chance for a major action before decisions on NHS privatisation. Organisers are asking for support from…
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ShareTweet by John Lister We are grinding towards the end of a momentous year, which for millions will be remembered for all the wrong reasons. Yes, there was Danny Boyle’s celebration of the NHS before the sunshine and gold of the Olympics, but 2012 was also the year that Andrew Lansley’s reactionary Health and…
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ShareTweet By Felicity Lawrence Private healthcare provider Harmoni rejects allegations its service has become unsafe after cost-saving measures The largest private provider of NHS out-of-hours GP services is facing allegations by senior doctors that its service in London is so short-staffed it is regularly unsafe. Harmoni, which has contracts covering 8 million…
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ShareTweet By James Meikle Survey shows large rise in number of people waiting more than four hours before being treated or admitted to hospital One in three patients claim they have spent more than four hours in hospital accident and emergency departments in England, according to an official survey. The “large increase”…
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ShareTweet Gloomy deficit and growth forecasts as health secretary Jeremy Hunt rebuked over spending claims George Osborne is facing politically damaging charges that he is reducing NHS spending in England and failing to cut the deficit this year, contradicting the Conservatives’ central pledge in the 2010 election campaign. Ahead of Wednesday’s autumn…
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ShareTweet By Andy Worthington The rain fell, but nothing could deter the people of Lewisham — and supporters from elsewhere – from marching in numbers not seen in living memory to protest about the disgraceful plans, announced less than a month ago, to close Lewisham’s A&E Department, to downgrade maternity services, and…
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ShareTweet By SERTUC UNDERSTANDING ECONOMICS: resources on http://SERTUCresources.wordpress.com European TUC Day of Action & Solidarity Wednesday 14 November Coalition of Resistance demonstration “Europe against austerity” 5pm European Commission, Smith Square London, rally: 6.30pm 9-23 Marsham Street with Tony Benn, Frances O’Grady and others http://www.coalitionofresistance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/CoR-14-Nov-final-A4-copy.pdf CCOO in Spain solidarity video 14 reasons for November…
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ShareTweet By Nina Lakhani The NHS is “sleepwalking” into a nursing crisis with thousands of frontline posts lost and training positions axed, the Government is warned today. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said that despite the Coalition’s promise to protect frontline staff from cuts the NHS workforce has fallen by almost…
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ShareTweet By Dr Éoin Clarke Amazing News. 300 Virgin Care GPs have ended their partnership with Virgin Care after pressure put on them over the conflict of interest between Virgin GPs commissioning £60 billion of taxpayers’ money on the CCGs. The now Ex-Virgin GPs announced their mass resignation tonight. My piece…
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ShareTweet By 38DEGREES Dear Friend, Breaking news: Jeremy Hunt has just been given the job of Health Secretary, replacing Andrew Lansley as the government minister responsible for the NHS. From day one, let’s make sure he knows how important our NHS is. Let’s deliver him a huge open letter, signed…
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