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The Troublemaker - Thatcher’s Tories covered up the tainted blood scandal
The Troublemaker

The Troublemaker – Thatcher’s Tories covered up the tainted blood scandal

Margaret Thatcher’s Tory government had a deliberate policy of refusing to accept any responsibility for allowing contaminated blood to be given to haemophiliacs.
31 October 2017
Health workers slam new move to deny care to migrants
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Health workers slam new move to deny care to migrants

New up-front identity checks in the NHS that came into force on Monday are discriminatory and dangerous
24 October 2017
Healthcare ‘AirBnB’ is no substitute for hospital beds
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Healthcare ‘AirBnB’ is no substitute for hospital beds

Patients recovering from surgery in Essex could be removed from hospital and put up in ordinary people’s spare bedrooms.
24 October 2017
Campaigners take to the streets of west London to defend key health services
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Campaigners take to the streets of west London to defend key health services

Around 200 health campaigners marched to defend health services at Ealing Hospital last Saturday.
03 October 2017
Tests still refused over tainted blood as court rules victims can sue the government
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Tests still refused over tainted blood as court rules victims can sue the government

Around 500 victims of the contaminated blood scandal will be able to sue the government for damages, a court ruled last week.
29 September 2017
Reports round up: 2,000 march through Brighton to stop NHS cuts
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Reports round up: 2,000 march through Brighton to stop NHS cuts

Hundreds of people joined a march against the Tories’ assault on the NHS in Brighton last Sunday.
26 September 2017
Barts hospital deal has left strikers frustrated
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Barts hospital deal has left strikers frustrated

Outsourced cleaners at Barts Health NHS Trust have accepted a pay offer from multinational Serco after a long-running dispute.
26 September 2017
Nurses demand end to pay cap in protest outside parliament
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Nurses demand end to pay cap in protest outside parliament

Chants of “scrap the cap” rang out outside parliament as Theresa May faced her first prime minister’s question time after the summer break.
06 September 2017
‘Scrap the pay cap,’ demand nurses ahead of an RCN rally at parliament in London
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‘Scrap the pay cap,’ demand nurses ahead of an RCN rally at parliament in London

Nurses and their supporters were set to hold a #ScraptheCap protest in London’s Parliament Square this Wednesday.
05 September 2017
Profit From Illness—how PFI schemes are still draining millions from the NHS
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Profit From Illness—how PFI schemes are still draining millions from the NHS

As the Tories slash the health service, eight multinational corporations are leaching millions in profits from the NHS.
31 August 2017
Barts health dispute at critical stage
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Barts health dispute at critical stage

The fight by outsourced health workers in east London against multinational Serco is at a critical stage.
22 August 2017
Striking workers protest against bosses in London as pay fights hot up
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Striking workers protest against bosses in London as pay fights hot up

Chants of “low pay—no way” rang out in the City of London financial district today, Thursday, as workers from three disputes took to the streets.
03 August 2017