NHS privatisation: Nearly 3 quarters of people are worried for the future of our health service
The new Health and Care Bill would allow private companies to sit on bodies that decide how NHS money is spent
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Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 4, November 2021
The news you didn’t see this week…
How every MP voted on the ‘NHS Corporate Takeover Bill’
The Health and Care Bill contains heavily contested NHS reforms and has been branded by campaigners ‘a charter for corruption’ and a ‘Corporate Takeover Bill’.
Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of progressive news
The new Health and Care Bill is a charter for corruption
‘This new Bill that will be voted on in parliament this week should really be called the NHS Corporate Takeover Bill.’
Diane Abbott MP: There’s a long running campaign to privatise the NHS. We must fight back.
‘The NHS winter crisis has its roots in government policy.’
‘Dismayed and disappointed’: GPs denounce Javid’s comments that appointment shortage is overburdening A&Es
A war of words between GPs and Sajid Javid has heated up as doctors dispute health secretary’s ‘unsubstantiated’ claims about overloaded emergency departments.
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 4, October 2021
The news you didn’t see this week…
Black women twice as likely to have a stillbirth than white women, new report finds
“This report paints a stark and deeply worrying picture of the impact of deprivation and inequality.”
50,000 sign petition urging government to fund maternity services as ‘midwife exodus’ looms
“Morale among staff is low and has been worsened by the recent pay award in England.”