NHS
25 June 2020 · · Britain, NHS, students
Nursing Students in revolt over Tory Minister’s statement
Tens of thousands of newly graduated nursing students in England have expressed dismay over a statement by Helen Whately, the Tory minister for Care, writing in what is still the middle of a…
30 June 2018 · · NHS
NHS England forced to retreat on key plans
It’s becoming very difficult for NHS England to sneak any changes past increasingly suspicious campaigners and an increasingly vocal local public: that’s the encouraging message from their d…
29 June 2018 · NHS
Why we are celebrating as well as demonstrating for Our NHS on June 30
As the NHS approaches its 70th birthday on July 5, there is plenty for us to celebrate and defend. Despite 30 years of repeated attempts by Westminster government “reforms” to fragment and d…
29 June 2018 · · NHS
NHS short changed by Tories!
After ridiculing health workers demanding more funding for the NHS and insisting there was no “magic money tree,” Theresa May seemed to have found it, writes John Lister editor of Health Cam…
23 May 2018 · NHS · 1 comment
Why you should join the big march and celebration June 30
As the NHS approaches its 70 th birthday on July 5, there is plenty for us to celebrate and defend. Despite 30 years of repeated attempts by government “reforms” to fragment and distort it, …
26 January 2018 · · Labour Party, NHS
Build Feb 3 emergency demonstration for the NHS
1500 people thronged into Central Hall Westminster last night for a Labour Party rally to defend the NHS, writes Terry Conway . An enthusiastic audience, warmed up by the NHS choir, then hea…
6 January 2018 · · NHS
NHS in Crisis: Fix It Now!
Emergency Demonstration Saturday 3 February END THE WINTER CRISIS, FUND #OURNHS Assemble: 12noon, Gower Street, London WC1E (near UCLH) Called by Health Campaigns Together & The People's Ass…
19 October 2017 · · NHS
Storm warning for the NHS
It was difficult to miss the early warnings to people in the vulnerable areas that Hurricane Ophelia was headed for Britain and Ireland. The storm signals were taken seriously, writes John L…
12 September 2017 · · NHS, trade unions
Bart’s strike – a small strike with big implications
The strike by ancillary hospital workers at Bart’s Health Trust which started in July has been a hard struggle against their employer SERCO, writes Susan Pashkoff, Chair of East London Unite…
4 July 2017 · Britain, NHS
No birthday present to the NHS from Tories
John Lister, Editor, Health Campaigns Together, explains that Tory plans give NHS workers and users no cause for cheer at the service's Big Birthday Bash on July 5. Theresa May’s weakened bu…
17 May 2017 · · NHS
Labour's giant step forward on health
John Lister reports: The huge demonstration #ourNHS demonstration through London on March 4, called by Health Campaigns Together, was estimated by police and the media at upwards of 200,000 …
3 March 2017 · NHS · 1 comment
A historic chance to push back the Tory onslaught
John Lister is director of Health Emergency and editor of Health Campaigns Together newspaper, www.healthcampaignstogether.com He writes here in a personal capacity. The tens of thousands wh…
24 January 2017 · NHS
NHS in "Humanitarian Crisis"
As support for the demonstration in support of the NHS on March 4 continues to build with seven national trade unions and every national campaign working around the NHS, we reprint Dr Louise…
15 November 2016 · NHS
How can we rescue our NHS?
In the last few days Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) have made it into the headlines after a statement from the Kings Fund pointing that they have been kept secret. Despite th…
27 August 2016 · NHS
STPs: A new way to force through NHS cuts
The NHS has been hitting the headlines again in recent days as the government's plans to decimate our services have received some attention. Health campaigners have been trying to organise a…