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Activists have saved Whittington Hospital from cuts, writes Sarah Ensor

Tory health minister Jeremy Hunt is threatening to send “hit squads” into hospitals following an inquiry into excess deaths at 14 hospital trusts.

As the Tories push more of the health service into the private sector Sarah Ensor spoke to people who remember the grim reality of privatised healthcare before the NHS was set up 65 years ago this month

The nhs is about to be hit by a new wave of privatisation.

Margaret Thatcher’s Tory government in the 1980s took away hospital management from consultant doctors. They were replaced by chief executives, who were often accountants. 

Camden Council in central London has agreed to a public inquiry into Harmoni’s GP Out of Hours (OOH) service and how they were awarded their contract.

The Defend Whittington Hospital Campaign (DWHC) scored a major victory as NHS bosses were forced to tear up plans to make cuts. 

Protesters celebrated the 65th birthday of the NHS last Friday. Some 700 hundred protested in York. Caroline Ridgway reports that over 300 marched to celebrate the 65th birthday of Trafford General Hospital—the birthplace of the NHS. 

The government is ratcheting up pressure on GPs to check the immigration status of patients using the NHS. 

Care workers in Rochdale met on Wednesday of last week and agreed to “prepare for action as soon as practicable”.

Yorkshire ambulance workers in Unite union set to strike this friday

Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust workers vote to strike