NHS
“No money without reform”: Darzi Report kicks off Labour’s NHS plans
By Andy Yorke Lord Darzi’s 12 September report on NHS England has been widely welcomed for its defence of the beloved health service. One of the first acts of the new Labour government was to commission the esteemed academic surgeon to carry out ‘a rapid investigation of the state of the NHS, assessing patient access, […]
Health strikes: future of NHS at stake
The Tories can't be trusted with the NHS. But there can be no holding back for Labour.
Workers in action: doctors, bus drivers, traffic wardens
NHS: doctors coordinate
Nurses: defy strike ban and organise for a real pay rise!
The fight goes on, but only rank and file control can overcome obstacles
Nurses: what now after the ‘No’ vote?
AS WE go to press NHS managers and Health Minster Steve Barclay are dragging the largest NHS union, the Royal College of Nursing, before the High Court in a bid by to block nurses’ strike action due to start on the May Day weekend. They claimed that the strike mandate would be invalid from midnight […]
Health bulletin: Vote no to pay cuts!
Health bulletin for 29 March 2023
NHS pay deal is a pay cut: vote no!
The pay offer is an insult. Organise to fight for more.
‘What NHS crisis’ says government as it pushes private sector
By Andy Yorke WINTER IS here and along with it the deepest NHS crisis yet. Despite the respite from covid in 2022, waiting lists hit an all-time record of 7.2 million in December, with up to 500 excess deaths a week as a result of delays. A record number of patients waited over 12 hours […]
NHS strikes: organise to win
IN A historic first, nurses in the RCN union, pushed to breaking point, have joined the strike wave against the cost of living crisis. And despite media attempts to probe for public disapproval, they have massive support. A million patients are treated in the NHS every 36 minutes, and they are overwhelmingly grateful to and […]
Archive: NHS rank and file must take the lead!
Archive article about the 1982 NHS strike.
The NHS: Death by a thousand cuts
7.2 million people are on waiting lists for NHS treatment in England.
How can this winter of discontent end in victory?
Editorial December-January 2022/23, No. 399
All out to save the NHS
The government has picked a fight with nurses to hold public sector pay down and continue NHS privatisation.
RCN strike: how can the nurses win?
By KD Tait THE ROYAL College of Nursing (RCN) is taking strike action on 15 and 20 December in the largest nurses’ strike in UK history. After more than a decade of underfunding, health workers have seen their pay, conditions and staffing levels deteriorate to breaking point. Nurses have lost more than 20% of their […]
Victory to the nurses – defend the NHS
Health bulletin for 14 December 2022
Healthworkers: vote ‘yes’ and prepare to fight
Joint strike committees should mobilise across all unions for a big yes vote, and demand escalating action to win
Health and Care Bill means NHS privatisation
Day of action on 26 Feb.
Transgender healthcare discrimination – the only solution is workers control
Since the start of the pandemic, trans people have been left in limbo by the NHS, with devastating effects on their physical and mental health.
NHS, local government, schools: strike for real pay rises!
Only the rank and file can overcome the divided union leaders and deliver votes for industrial action
The return of Covid – public health before private wealth!
Omicron and vaccine mismanagement push pandemic into third year
We need to coordinate public sector pay ballots
By Rebecca Anderson THERE IS a real opportunity for coordinated strike action between two of Britain’s largest workforces: council workers, including school support staff, and hospital employees. If successful, it could bust the public sector pay freeze and build momentum in private sector struggles for substantial pay rises. Local government and school staff have been […]
