Tag: NHS

Cass Review: dangerous and transphobic

Lisa Leak and Colin Wilson explain why we should reject Cass and renew the fight for trans liberation.
Image shows the cover of the book Britain in Fragments, set against the backdrop of a union flag.

Review | Britain in Fragments

Satnam Virdee and Brendan McGeever bring a historic account of racism in Britain over the last century. Colin Wilson reviews Britain in Fragments.

Fighting on for higher pay in the NHS

As junior doctors in the BMA prepare for three days of strike action this week, the pay fight isn’t over across the health service.
image of protesting nurses in front of a hospital, beside an image of the book Health Communism.

Review | Health Communism

How has capitalism wrecked health and care? Shiraz Hussain reviews Health Communism.
a large picket with a banner reading 'UCH Nurses say Pay Rise Now'.

Reject the health pay deal!

What's the deal? Rob M argues NHS workers have to keep fighting to win more.

January 2023’s week of resistance

Photographs celebrating the wave of protests and industrial action that swept Britain last week.
Nurses hold a banner reading "UCH nurses: pay rise now"

We need coordinated action to save the NHS

Health staff, unions, patients, communities and campaign groups must come together to stop the collapse of the NHS.
Banner reads All Aboard the Strike Train

South Yorkshire marches in support of striking workers

Unions and community campaigns marched in solidarity on Saturday.
Health worker carries placard reading "Heroes shouldn't have to use food banks"

NHS in crisis – fightback on pay can help save it

Health campaigner Gill George analyses the crisis facing the NHS – both nationally and in Shropshire, where she lives – and the campaigns to fight back.

Omicron – circuit breaker now!

Johnson and Javid must stop prevaricating and introduce an urgent set of measures to dramatically reduce contacts. Every day of delay in introducing a circuit breaker to cut transmission is magnifying the crisis ahead of us.