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4 December 2019
End profiteering from health - nationalise big pharma
The issue of allowing US corporations access to the NHS and the affect of that on the cost of drugs has featured during the election campaign.
4 December 2019
Northern Ireland: Health workers take action over understaffing and pay equality
25,000 hard-pressed healthcare workers in Northern Ireland - including nurses, social care staff and support services - took action at NHS sites on 25 November, demanding that their longstanding concerns over safe staffing levels and pay parity be addressed
20 November 2019
Save the NHS: kick out the Tories
Tory lies exposed - Labour's record and programme - how to rebuild the NHS with socialist policies
13 November 2019
Frimley NHS Trust strikes: Health workers walkout against privatisation
Facilities staff at Wexham Park and Heatherwood hospitals in Berkshire, and at Frimley Park in Surrey (members of Unite, Unison and GMB trade unions) will strike on 18 and 19 November, in an escalation of their campaign to stay in the National Health Service (NHS).
23 October 2019
Chile: An outpouring of rage against the capitalist system
Thousands took to the streets against government repression in the face of the social explosion which has rocked the country
9 October 2019
Huge opposition to Barry rehab ward closure
"That was challenging and uncomfortable" - the Cardiff and Vale Health Board chief executive's closing remark at a public engagement meeting on NHS cuts in Barry, South Wales.
9 October 2019
Unison's retired members reflect growing anger
Unison's retired members conference met in Southport from 1-2 October, and the debates reflected the growing anger of older people.
9 October 2019
Lincolnshire health visitors strike
Lincolnshire health visitors are being balloted for further strike action with the county council trying to 'divide and rule' over future job roles
18 September 2019
Lincolnshire health visitors strike boost
Striking Lincolnshire health visitors felt boosted after Jeremy Corbyn gave his support at the recent TUC congress
28 August 2019
Bangladeshi campaigners fight mining giant for justice
Shouts of "GCM, shame on you, Gary Lye [Chief Officer], shame on you" rang out around the square outside the London Stock Exchange on 22 August.
28 August 2019
Lincolnshire health visitors' solidarity rally
As reported in the last issue of the Socialist, Lincolnshire health visitors are planning further strike action after a failure to increase pay in line with other health visitors equates to a loss of about £2,000 a year.
14 August 2019
Health workers strike against £2,000 loss of pay
Health visitors in Lincolnshire have been on strike against the Tory county council.
14 August 2019
In 'Young, British and Depressed' ('Dispatches' on Channel 4, 29 July), Sanah Ahsan focussed on the crisis facing young people in their search to be treated for mental health problems.
17 July 2019
Health visitors strike for the first time ever
Health visitors in Lincolnshire believe theirs is the first health visitors' strike anywhere in the country. The 58 specialist nurses, members of Unite the Union, voted for action by an 84% majority.
3 July 2019
Irish health workers' anger boils over into strike action
On 24 June over 10,000 workers in the Irish health service took strike action, ignoring Taoiseach (prime minister) Leo Varadkar's last minute plea to call it off. This was the first day in a campaign of escalating strike action.
3 July 2019
Even social-care bosses say cuts have gone too far
Jeremy Hunt, in a masterful understatement, said: "I think, having been responsible for health and social care, that some of the cuts in social care did go too far."
26 June 2019
Charging scandal in Warrington and Halton NHS Trust
The trust recently announced that 71 elective treatments would no longer be available free to patients
19 June 2019
Welsh government must block NHS privatisation or face workers' action
Two Welsh health boards have announced plans to privatise their hospital pharmacies, writes Beth Webster, nurse.
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