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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.
19 June 2019
Move along: In a blow to the supposed benefits of privatisation, research by the Office for National Statistics shows that public sector workers are more likely to stay in their jobs
15 May 2019
Workload-related mistakes by GPs on the rise - health unions need to fight back
After nearly a decade of Tory austerity and attacks on the NHS, it comes as no surprise that a Panorama investigation found that GPs are making mistakes due to workload. A majority of GPs admit seeing considerably more patients in a day than is considered safe.
15 May 2019
Privatisers sue NHS - kick out the fat cats and fully nationalise our health service!
A private company is taking the NHS to court, because its contract to run Nottingham University Hospital's outpatient-treatment centre was not renewed.
1 May 2019
300 NHS nurse suicides in seven years - fully fund our health service now!
The NHS crisis has reached horrifying new levels. Over 300 NHS nurses have died by suicide in seven years. In 2014, one nurse a week took their own lives.
3 April 2019
Toxic Grenfell fire residue threatens survivors
Cancer-causing chemicals and other potentially harmful toxins have been found close to Grenfell Tower in fire debris and soil samples, according to the University of Central Lancashire.
3 April 2019
NHS marches in Yorkshire and London
Campaigners and trade unionists came together to march through Leeds city centre and say that, despite the government's chronic paralysis over Brexit, the Tory plans to destroy our health service are still ongoing.
27 March 2019
NHS staff shortage now permanent: reverse health cuts!
For a fully funded, socialist NHS, run democratically by workers and service users!
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