Virgin Care just sued the NHS for a fortune – but the Tories and Lib Dems made it possible
Richard Branson’s company won a legal battle against a cash-strapped health service – over a tendering process we never should have had.
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‘Austerity is nowhere near over’: IFS gives bleak assessment of budget
Things are going to get much worse, before they get better.
Mental health care saves lives. We must fight the Tories’ £500m-a-year cut to services
I’m transgender and a survivor of suicide. I know how important mental health care is. We can’t let the Tories get away with underfunding it, writes Sophie Cook.
The government’s anti-migrant NHS policies are leaving people without access to healthcare
With racial profiling now part of the NHS, here’s why doctors are taking to the streets against the Tories’ ‘hostile environment’ policies.
Jeremy Hunt will ‘bring the gig economy into the NHS’ with new health worker app
The health secretary just announced a new NHS app to help staff ‘do extra hours at short notice’.
If Labour wants to end PFI, the deals need to be carefully unpicked. Here’s how to do it
In some cases the cost of PFI borrowing has been more than four times the cost of government borrowing.
Government backtracks on plan to sell-off NHS staffing agency, after campaigners call for investigation
After coming under scrutiny, the Tories have done a sudden U-turn on the privatisation of NHS Professionals.
The Tories are preparing to do a U-turn on seven years of public sector pay austerity
Downing Street has refused to deny its planning to end the 1 per cent freeze on public sector pay.
Activate proves the Tories have absolutely nothing to offer young people
The young Tory campaign group’s message resonates… with designer-clad Nazi-teenagers who want to gas ‘chavs’.
Privatising a key part of the NHS is not in the taxpayers’ interest. It must be investigated
The government has dodged questions about the privatisation of NHS Professionals for long enough, it’s time to launch an enquiry.