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NHS bosses have awarded private health giant Optum “preferred bidder” status on NHS contracts while the firm is in court for allegedly defrauding US hospices. 

A new report by the Kings Fund health charity has damned the Tories’ NHS reforms in England.

Unions were wrong to call off the health strikes but activists say there is still time to resist, writes Tomáš Tengely-Evans

Many health workers in England are frustrated that unions have called off strikes planned for this Thursday and next month.

Half a million health workers were set to strike this Thursday, 29 January, but union leaders were set to call it off writes Tomáš Tengely-Evans

As the Tories launch another attack on NHS pay, building solidarity with the health strikes is crucial for our side to beat them, says Tomáš Tengely-Evans

The Tories have upped the stakes in the run-up to health strikes across England on 29 January and 25 February. 

Not all workers are exploited in the same way—but capitalism still needs their work, and that gives them power to hit back

Hospitals are likely to turn patients away in the coming weeks, as the NHS faces a Christmas crisis. 

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Campaigners against a 40 percent funding cut to Glasgow Association of Mental Health (GamH) say the cuts will cost more in the long run.

As NHS workers prepare to strike, health workers told Tomáš Tengely-Evans that funding cuts and privatisation are driving deep anger across the service—and a greater willingness to fight