NHS doctor: BAME people ‘almost discriminated against’ by virtual healthcare
Barriers such as missing phone numbers, lack of privacy and poor internet connection adversely affected medical care for some groups, says Dr Latifa Patel
Samantha Wathen
Samantha Wathen is a health campaigner and the press and media officer for Keep Our NHS Public.
Unsafe and unsupported: The People’s Covid Inquiry hears testimony from frontline workers
“This final wave that we’ve just overcome was really, really, tough. The staffing was the worst I think I’ve ever seen it,” one health worker said.
Doctor calls government actions ‘complete dereliction of duty’ at People’s Covid Inquiry
A consultant has attacked the government’s handling of PPE procurement during the pandemic
Why we’re holding a Covid inquiry now, not waiting for the government
We need to learn lessons ASAP.
New NHS figures show why we must fight the government’s spin on health service funding
Keep Our NHS Public is holding a winter crisis Day of Action on Saturday. Here’s why.
Mental health provision is in crisis. Solving it requires more than warm words
People are dying tragically and needlessly. Samantha Wathen reports from a recent crisis summit.
70 Years Of NHS: The Tories ran our health services down to privatise them next
In the first of a series celebrating the NHS 70th anniversary, Keep Our NHS Public campaigner Samantha Wathen explains how the Tories are hellbent on abolishing our “national religion”.