Keep Our NHS Public
Number of NHS beds at an all-time low after a decade of Tory cuts
The number of hospital beds in England has fallen to the lowest level since records began—and a decade of Tory cuts is to blame.
Addaction—fighting the charities taking over health services that won’t pay up
Tomáš Tengely-Evans looks at what a strike at a rehabilitation service says about the health service
These NHS strikes in Bradford and Lincolnshire need your support
Health 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
It 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).
Hospital strikes can deal a blow to NHS privatisation agenda
The fight against NHS privatisation and low pay is hotting up this summer as health workers prepare for a spate of strikes.
Sick system of capitalism shows vital signs of wrecking our health for profit
Author Lee Humber spoke to Tomáš Tengely-Evans about his new book on the rise in health inequality and how societies affect wellbeing
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.
Don’t close All Hallows
02 April 2019Some 200 people crowded into Ditchingham Village Hall, Norfolk, last Saturday to campaign against the imminent closure of the All Hallows Health Trust.
Problems were built into the Glasgow hospital named ‘Death Star’
29 January 2019A death at a Glasgow hospital has shone a light on a scandal-hit institution, writes Tomáš Tengely-Evans
Volunteering is no answer to Tory cuts
04 December 2018Eight years after David Cameron pledged to create a “Big Society” the Tories have finally made good on his promise.
Winter flu vaccine crisis looms after years of Tory budget cuts and selloffs in NHS
25 October 2018An east London GP has warned that elderly people could die this winter because of flu vaccine shortages.
Bolton strikers take on the outsourcing health bosses
15 October 2018A walkout by hundreds of outsourced workers in Greater Manchester could help to push back the influence of private companies across the health service, argues Tomáš Tengely-Evans
Bolton strikers demand same pay as other NHS workers in fight against privatisers
11 October 2018More than 200 outsourced health workers took to the picket lines on Thursday morning
Fujitsu privatisation failure could cost the NHS a fortune
02 October 2018The health service could soon be forced to pay £400 million to a multinational
More battles over the new form of health privatisation
04 September 2018The Unison union is calling on the Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS trust to halt its plans to hand hundreds of NHS staff over to a wholly-owned subsidiary company.
Health workers celebrate a win over privatisation at Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust
21 August 2018Hundreds of health workers at Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust were celebrating last week after bosses dumped plans to outsource their jobs.
Tens of thousands of people take to the streets to defend the NHS
30 June 2018Tens of thousands of people gathered for the NHS at 70 national demonstration in central London this Saturday.
May’s ‘Brexit dividend’ NHS funding plan backfires and creates chaos in the Tories
18 June 2018Theresa May’s pledge to boost NHS funding through a £20 billion “Brexit dividend” backfired spectacularly on Monday.
Wigan health striker says, ‘Join protest to keep the NHS public’ as five-day strike looms
15 June 2018A march in London on 30 June can help take on the Tories’ plans to push outsourcing and privatisation in the NHS ahead of the service’s 70th birthday, says Tomáš Tengely-Evans
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