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In the days following the publication of the Tory manifesto the Telegraph trumpeted “Tories pledge £8bn rise in NHS spending.” It added, “Conservatives would also triple the fees charged to migrants for using the NHS, to help raise more funds from overseas patients.” The overt racism of this proposal shouldn’t surprise us. But what of...

The Tory social care funding plans aim to extend to care in your own home, charges which individuals already have to pay if they move into residential care. As it stood before the election, anyone with assets over £23,250 had to pay the full cost of their care if they move to a care or...

Hospitals in England “endured one of the worst winters on record” this year, according to damning new research by the British Medical Association (BMA).

Theresa May tried to pitch her manifesto as progressive with false promises on the NHS and schools. Nick Clark unpicks the attacks that they’re planning

Up to 1,000 protested last Saturday in Southend against Tory plans to cut the local A&E.

Years of NHS cuts and pressure to cut staff mean a cyber-attack weapon developed by the US National Security Agency has caused chaos in the health service

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) announces a “summer of protest” over the Tories’ 1 percent pay cap.

Dozens of bikers took to the roads of Lincolnshire to highlight the danger of closing local hospitals last Sunday. It was organised by the Fighting 4 Life Lincolnshire NHS campaign.

Health workers in east London are organising to take the fight against racism into their workplaces.

Labour has pledged today, Wednesday, to scrap the Tories’ 1 percent pay cap for tens of thousands of health workers.

A pensioner whose fears about going into hospital were ridiculed by Theresa May has slammed the Tory leader as a “bloody liar”.

One hospital is giving out leaflets telling patients without the right papers to pay up or risk being kicked out of Britain. Dave Sewell continues our investigation into the racist clampdown in the NHS