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Tory health plans leave the NHS struggling to keep the health service afloat, says Tomáš Tengely-Evans

The Tories’ NHS plans are going to make the current ‘bed crisis’ worse

The fight against Tory plans to axe hundreds of hospital departments and services is gaining momentum.

The Tories’ Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) will axe health services and could push the NHS past breaking point.

Campaigners fighting to defend the NHS across Britain can take heart from a victory against outsourcing giant Carillion in Nottingham last week.

Some patients are being forced to show their passports before receiving NHS treatment—and the attack could spread to other areas.

Health bosses have been instructed to keep secret damaging plans that would see hospital departments and services axed across England.

Opposition is growing to the Tories’ Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) for the NHS. STPs would slash hospital departments and services across England.

Two huge marches to defend local services show a mood to defend the NHS, writes Tomáš Tengely-Evans

Health workers at St George’s Hospital in south London struck for equal pay and conditions on Tuesday.

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The NHS crisis is so deep that even top managers say it is near breaking point.