This is an article from the current issue of Solidarity, the trade union magazine. It examines the experience of nationalisation, and … More
Category: NHS
Prescription charges – time to abolish them
The Citizens Advice Bureau, together with organisations such as the Macmillan cancer charity are calling for the scrapping of prescription … More
Negotiating pay cuts – or, how to throw Gordon Brown a lifeline
Gill George, Unite NEC member, reports on her blog http://gillgeorge.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/union-negotiators-recommend-pay-cuts/ that UNISON and RCN walked out on the other unions … More
A Killing Machine
This is a review of Michael Moore’s film ‘Sicko’. It’s no exaggeration to say that the US health industry is … More
Sponsored MPs: Dump supporters of privatisation
This is an article written for the GMB Southern Region journal Vision. In Swindon our members in the NHS are … More
Health crisis, what crisis?
The health service in Wiltshire is in an unprecedented crisis. Five out of seven community hospitals are under threat of … More
Keep our NHS Public Health
Health Minister Patricia Hewitt has denied that the government is privatising the NHS. She says that the ‘competition’ she is … More
“Making this vital service great once more”
Peter Brown is one of the few correspondents in the Swindon Advertiser to write in defence of Blair’s government. Some … More
Private Healthcare Vultures gather for NHS pickings
When the New Labour government decided to implement the Tory policy of PFI they said that clinical services would remain … More
Martin Wicks 