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Government to appeal Lewisham Hospital ruling: urgent questions for Jeremy Hunt
On Saturday 14 September the people of Lewisham will host a victory parade and party to celebrate the High Court […]
Influential journal criticises government for viewing NHS as a “failing bank or business”
The leading medical journal Lancet has said in an editorial that the government should stop treating the NHS as a ‘failing bank or business.’
Lewisham Hospital campaigners win High Court battle
A High Court judge has quashed plans by the government to cut services at Lewisham hospital.
The idea of paying £25 to see a GP is cruel, but nothing is unthinkable under this government
Nye Bevan has been rolling in his grave so much this year I doubt he can remember whether he’s facing up or down. After NHS privatisation was finally sealed in April, the principal of free and publicly accountable universal healthcare is now being further undermined by talk of GPs charging patients for their appointments.
Lewisham Hospital: A tribunal of the People, by the People and for the People
It is increasingly obvious that citizens worldwide are becoming disenchanted and disengaged with established government. This has been manifest in various forms of political and economic meltdown.
UKIP wants to charge NHS patients to skip waiting times
UKIP leader Nigel Farage has endorsed an article by the party's health spokesperson which calls for people to be allowed to pay to skip A&E waiting times.