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A reminder that we need better care for all

Any decent person will hope for the best for five year old cancer patient Ashya King and feel sympathy for the torment of his family.
02 September 2014
Autumn strikes are our chance to stop the Tories
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Autumn strikes are our chance to stop the Tories

Health workers began voting last week in ballots that could see nearly half a million strike.
02 September 2014
Doncaster strikers say union should spread Care UK fightback
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Doncaster strikers say union should spread Care UK fightback

Doncaster Care UK workers began a three-week strike on Monday of this week. 
26 August 2014
Vote yes for strikes to defend the NHS
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Vote yes for strikes to defend the NHS

As strike ballots begin in the health service activists are already organising to win a big yes vote—and are finding a mood to fight, reports Dave Sewell
26 August 2014
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New plan for NHS ‘doctors on the cheap’

Thousands of NHS patients will soon be treated by staff with just two years of intensive training rather than by a fully qualified doctor.
26 August 2014
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Doncaster Care UK workers build for their longest walkout yet

Workers at Care UK in Doncaster have voted unanimously for a three-week strike in their ongoing campaign to defend pay and conditions.
19 August 2014
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More join Stafford hospital camp

Campaigners are continuing to hold a protest camp outside Stafford Hospital—and new protesters are joining it.
19 August 2014
NHS campaigners set off on Jarrow march
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NHS campaigners set off on Jarrow march

Health campaigners began a People’s March for the NHS last Saturday. 
19 August 2014
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Care UK strikers visit Stafford hospital protest camp

More than 30 striking care workers from Care UK in Doncaster visited the protest camp outside Stafford Hospital on Wednesday of last week. 
12 August 2014
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Packed meeting to save Devon’s Torrington Community Hospital

A packed meeting of Save The Irreplaceable Torrington Community Hospital last Saturday voted to reject a six-month evaluation report.
12 August 2014
Cancer drug row puts greed before need
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Cancer drug row puts greed before need

The row over drugs pricing this week may have wiped six months off the lives of 1,500 women. 
12 August 2014
Protesters camp out at threatened Stafford Hospital
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Protesters camp out at threatened Stafford Hospital

A new protest camp has caught the imagination of NHS campaigners around Britain, reports Annette Mackin
29 July 2014