NHS strike: A walkout by people who care about you
‘Give us more pay,’ the NHS workers strike today is supposedly going, ‘or the patients get it’. The truth about the conduct of these compassionate, caring workers couldn’t be more different.
WATCH: The speech which reduced the Labour conference to tears
World War Two veteran Harry Leslie Smith helps the Labour party find its voice amid a lacklustre conference with an inspiring speech about Britain before the creation of the NHS
Ed Miliband: We’ll tax the rich to heal the poor
Ed Miliband has pledged to pay for 36,000 new jobs in the NHS by raiding the bank accounts of “the very wealthiest in society”.
Why doctors should stop hating politicians
MPs will never stop playing politics with the NHS – however much doctors want them to.
Ukip’s Newark candidate blasts ‘gay cures’ critics
Criticism of ‘gay cure’ treatments are “deeply illiberal”, Ukip’s candidate in the Newark by-election has said.
The Political Week Online: Uncle Benn
The death of two left-wing giants: Tony Benn and Bob Crow. Plus NHS pay, and pre-budget Tory squabbles.
An appeal for help: Funding cuts pushing GPs ‘into crisis’
General practices pushed into “crisis” which will see 34 million patients fail to get an appointment in 2014
Comment: How Jeremy Hunt plans to sell your NHS records
Everything from your mental health record to your body mass index can be sold to the highest bidder, under new plans from the health secretary.
Government spent £400 million on flu drug that may not work
The case for storing the antiviral drug Tamiflu, for use in a flu pandemic is based on “judgement rather than evidence”, a cross party committee of MPs found.
NHS charges for migrants ‘risk public health’ doctors warn
Doctors warn that any new charges to use the NHS will put public health at risk as ministers withdraw plans to charge for GP services.
