Low-paid NHS staff forced to use food banks as they face huge real wage hit
Nurses who face a shocking real terms pay cut this year of £1,600, are being forced to use food banks to feed families.
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Boris Johnson taken to task over failing the NHS
“24 hours in A&E used to be a TV programme,” he said. “Now it’s the Government’s policy”.
Private healthcare advertising booms amid record NHS waiting lists
There have been hundreds of adverts for private medical companies published on Facebook so far in 2022 targeting users in the UK.
Right wing press ramps up attacks on the NHS as backdoor privatisation continues
75% of stories that appeared in the Daily Mail with NHS in their title over the past month were found to be negative.
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The Institute of Economic Affairs is promoting NHS privatisation again
IEA’s Head of Media said the British public was out of love with the NHS and recommended “market based reforms”.
Company co-founded by Trump supporter Peter Thiel in line to run NHS data platform
Despite a judicial review of Palantir’s work on the UK Covid data store, the Silicon Valley firm is in line to be awarded another NHS contract.
‘Unbelievably cruel’: Tories slammed for ending free parking for NHS staff
‘Shows what they really think of the brilliant staff who gave their all during the pandemic’
‘Spring slaughter’: Exhausted NHS staff respond to Sunak’s statement
‘My hospital is full of Covid patients. I’m tired of being a nurse. My cupboards only have foodbank food. I have no petrol. I’m frightened to put the heating on.’