Ambulance driving volunteers? Thanks, but no thanks
With a shaky history of patient support, the East of England Ambulance Trust is planning to bring in volunteers to drive emergency vehicles. Alex Mayer MEP gives the plan a red light.
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Richard Branson and Virgin are tightening their grip on the NHS. It’s time for MPs to investigate
There are lots of questions to answer surrounding Virgin Care’s growing role in our health service, says Unite’s national health officer Sarah Carpenter.
The NHS is referring fewer patients to private hospitals – good riddance
Fewer referrals from NHS hospitals to private ones is generally good news. But we should keep vigilant, National Health Action Party’s Kane Shaw argues.
Nurses demand union leaders stand down in row over pay deal
With the NHS pay deal failing to deliver what it promised, thousands of nurses have lost faith in their union.
There’s something rotten going on in the NHS – and you probably won’t have heard about it
People are desperate to balance the books and that’s leading to unacceptable behaviour.
Why it’s time for the Institute of Economic Affairs to be pulled off air
The BBC should ban think tanks from appearing on air unless they disclose their main sources of funding.
I can’t cheer Hunt’s departure. His replacement will be just as toxic to the NHS
Jeremy Hunt leaves the NHS in poorer condition than when he first took the post in 2012. But the new Health Secretary is possibly worse news, Dr Sonia Adesara writes.
Trump’s visit means bad news for British workers, consumers, and trade
Donald Trump is not the Brexit hero many make him to be. His trade policies are only about deregulation and profiteering.
Here are some heartwarming stories about the NHS on its 70th birthday
People are rushing to social media to wish the National Health Service a happy birthday and share the many ways in which the NHS saved their lives and those of their loved ones.
70 Years of NHS: The best birthday gift to the NHS is full renationalisation
In the third piece of our series, Dr Alex Scott-Samuel writes about celebrating the NHS 70th anniversary by supporting Labour’s plans for the health services.