Arguments over NHS Cuts continue

Cutting Support staff by cutting corners on cleaners has meant an increase in dirty hospitals, the NHS is being forced to continue its dangerous crash diet of cuts as waiting times lengthen and more treatments are...

NHS: What’s Andrew Lansley trying to hide?

For a year health minister Andrew Lansley has been refusing to publish a civil service report on the risks he’s taking with the NHS. He could still keep it hidden for another month – until after more key votes...

NHS Reform Bill Passes to the next stage

Attempts to postpone and alter the NHS reforms have been defeated in the House of Lords to the Government's relief and campaigners disappointment. The House of Lords was asked to decide if the Health and...

TUC's Message to the Conservative Party Conference 2011

Hundreds of police officers kept a close eye on thirty-five thousand people who took part in Sundays TUC's 'March for the Alternative' demonstration at Manchester city centre  to deliver the message to the...

PFI Scheme's Cripple NHS Hospitals

Taxpayers are having to pay more than £200billion for schools, hospitals and other projects whose capital value is little more than £50billion.In one example, a hospital in Bromley, south east London, will...

NHS-UK £12.7 billion National Programme for IT to be Scrapped

The NHS has spent £12.7 billion on The National Programme for IT, a computerised patient record and booking system across the entire NHS, which has never worked properly, after years of delays, technical...

Archbishop of Canterbury Condemns Frightening Coalition

June 9 2011 In the most outspoken political intervention by an Archbishop of Canterbury for a generation, Dr Rowan Williams warned that the UK public is gripped by “fear” over the Government’s reforms to...

Cameron: 'Trust Me On The NHS'

Updated on 28th June 2011 The Prime Minister is calling on the health service workers and the UK public to trust him on the future of the NHS. In case David Cameron is not aware of it there is very little trust...

Offers of work are flooding in for a young rapper who takes the P

Public sector union Unison spent £5,000 filming Andrew Lansley Rap by binman Sean Donnelly, 22The bin man from Loughborough, Leicestershire has released a song on YouTube called Andrew Lansley Rap criticising...

Ayr United Football Academy at Scottish Health Awards

Academy Nominated For NHS Award Ayr United Football Academy has finished as a runner-up in the Scottish Health Awards in Edinburgh last night. The Academy was nominated in the Community Care section...

Dirty Hospitals May Be the New Reality

Dirty hospitals may be the new reality with increasing patients and decreasing budgets. News this morning about a university hospital in Essex, England brings to mind the problems that are plaguing our local...

Petition to ban NHS Direct making huge profits on 0870 numbers

Not only have the NHS have been making profits charging cancer patients and other sick people for parking their car at the hospitals, they are making huge profits on their hotline numbers and now a petition has been sent to No 10 calling for these...

NHS Staff Suspended Over Facebook 'Lying Down Game' Pictures

Seven hospital staff in Swindon, UK have been suspended after posting online pictures of themselves participating in the Facebook "lying down game" - a recent Internet craze in which people photograph themselves face down in odd places while on duty. "A hospital official...

Brits defend National Health Service against US conservative lies

"FAT, stupid Americans with no health insurance have attacked plans to stop them dying so easily."That's just one of many salvos being fired at U.S. conservatives who have been taking liberties with the truth about the United Kingdom's national health service."Bill McKay, a...

If you ever need proof that GOPers are lying - read on...

I must admit I didn't get that email - but boooy do I wish I had. For many, and by that I mean way too many, wingnuts think that the USA is the centre of the universe. But when you have people spouting about, not eminent, but esteemed scientists like Stephen Hawking and using...

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