Health
Support pharmacy strikers in Scotland
10 September 2019Scottish health workers on all-out strike have appealed for solidarity after talks collapsed last week
HRT: women’s inequality shapes how the menopause is treated
30 August 2019Society’s structures—and sexism—mean women going through the menopause face many problems, including the side effects of HRT used to treat its symptoms, writes Sarah Bates
Tayside pharmacists dispense a solution to pay dispute
20 August 2019Pharmacy support workers at NHS Tayside began an indefinite strike on Monday.
These NHS strikes in Bradford and Lincolnshire need your support
20 August 2019Health workers in Bradford and Lincolnshire are stepping up the fight against poverty pay and outsourcing—and they need solidarity.
LETTERS - health workers need to back indefinite strike in Bradford
19 August 2019It is good to see that health workers in Bradford have voted for an all-out strike against privatisation from Monday 26 August. (Socialist Worker, 14 August).
Boris Johnson’s NHS funding promises aren’t good for health
06 August 2019Boris Johnson has promised a cash injection for the NHS, but years of cuts mean that much more will be needed to make up for the damage done, writes Tomáš Tengely-Evans
Hospital workers in Bradford begin two week strike against NHS privatisation
01 August 2019The Unison union members at the Bradford Royal Infirmary are fighting bosses’ plans to outsource cleaners, porters and other support staff
Hospital strikes can deal a blow to NHS privatisation agenda
24 July 2019The fight against NHS privatisation and low pay is hotting up this summer as health workers prepare for a spate of strikes.
Reports round-up
23 July 2019Outsourced staff at three NHS trusts in north west England will strike for pay equality next week unless their employer Compass agrees to match NHS rates.
Health visitors battle for pay in Lincolnshire
23 July 2019Health visitors in Lincolnshire have staged three strikes over pay.
Lincolnshire health visitors strike over pay and to defend the service
16 July 2019Unite calculates that some health visitors have lost more than £2,000 a year since they were transferred from the NHS
Bradford battles to defend NHS status
16 July 2019Porters, domestics and security staff at Bradford Teaching Hospitals Trust struck for seven days
Bradford hospital workers out against privatisation
09 July 2019Over 300 workers at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust began a seven-day walkout on Monday of this week.
Sick system of capitalism shows vital signs of wrecking our health for profit
07 July 2019Author Lee Humber spoke to Tomáš Tengely-Evans about his new book on the rise in health inequality and how societies affect wellbeing
LETTERS - I’m proud to be attacked by Daily Mail for defending NHS
01 July 2019The Daily Mail was outraged to see a motion passed at the recent British Medical Association conference that defended healthcare for all.
Birmingham health workers vow to fight on after bosses vote to outsource their jobs
26 June 2019Health workers in the West Midlands have vowed to keep fighting after bosses voted to press ahead with plans to privatise their jobs on Wednesday.
Hospital ‘price list’ is a chilling vision of what is to come if NHS cuts are not resisted
21 June 2019A backlash has forced hospital bosses to drop a plan to make patients pay up to £20,000 for health services.
LETTERS - ‘Hostile environment’ must end at our local hospital
11 June 2019Our Stand Up To Racism (SUTR) group in Wandsworth, south London, protested over the “hostile environment” at a meeting of St George’s Hospital Trust board last week.
Tory health cuts caused thousands more deaths
04 June 2019Research out this week is another damning indictment of how austerity measures have cut short the lives of thousands of poor people in Britain
Contaminated blood inquiry hears victims’ horror stories as campaigners fear cover-up
07 May 2019Victims of the contaminated blood scandal were treated like “dirt”, an inquiry has heard. The Infected Blood Inquiry began hearing oral evidence last week.
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