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NHS
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.’
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Momentum builds to stop the Health and Care Bill with national day of action
Today – February 26 – marks an NHS day of action, with unions, health organisations and campaigners uniting to highlight the impact the contentious Health and Care Bill will have on the health service.
Right-wing political commentator sows bitter NHS propaganda in an article in the Sun
A cantankerous column by Douglas Murray attempts to incite friction towards the NHS while pushing the blame of its problems onto the wrong hands.
Poverty pay and exhaustion: Burnout NHS workers are threatening to quit
As the long-awaited NHS backlog plan is delayed, a series of recent studies reveal the extent of the stress and exhaustion the National Health Service workforce is enduring.