Tory minister in car crash interview over NHS pay row
Health Minister Helen Whately appeared not to know how pay review bodies worked
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Protect our NHS: Petition urging government to end cuts attracts hundreds of thousands of signatures
As NHS trusts continue to face funding cuts, and junior doctors strike over an ongoing dispute over pay, a petition calling on Rishi Sunak to end health service spending cuts is gathering momentum.
Tory pledge to build 40 ‘new’ hospitals lies in tatters
‘Another of Johnson’s lies in the 2019 election exposed’
Caroline Lucas: The government’s attacks on the rights of nurses must be resisted
‘The equal pay act was over half a century ago. Yet the Chancellor thinks he can get away with underpaying a predominantly female workforce’
Tories abandon pledge to hire 6,000 extra GPs
Labour branded the abandoned pledged as “yet another broken promise”.
NHS spending over £1 million a week on private ambulances for 999 callouts, says UNISON
Trusts are booking private emergency vehicles and crews up to a year in advance to be available to respond to emergency incidents
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Paul Nowak: We can end the Tory ‘doom loop’ of economic stagnation by investing in public services
‘Cuts have consequences – but so does investment.’
Public satisfaction with the NHS hits a 40-year low
Over half (51 per cent) of respondents were dissatisfied with the NHS, the highest proportion since the survey began.
Our last remaining local services are at risk. Social care reform could save them
By addressing unmet needs, current users of social care, and their families, will live more dignified and fulfilling lives