Doubling Down on the NHS Crisis
The Health and Social Care Bill is just the latest attempt to introduce corporate and managerial reforms into the NHS – all while ignoring ongoing crises in public health, staffing and funding.
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Colin Leys
Colin Leys is the co-chair of the Centre for Health and the Public Interest (CHPI), an independent think-tank on health and social care policy. He is also an emeritus professor of political studies at Queen's University, Canada.
We Can’t Let the Tories Get Away with Britain’s Covid Disaster
The UK government’s pandemic failings resulted in 120,000 deaths and greater economic damage than any other developed nation – but as they plan reopening, the media seems prepared to let them escape the blame.
How Outsourcing Failures Led to England’s Lockdown Mess
From care homes to the test and trace system, England’s coronavirus fiasco has been caused by outsourced companies running what should be public services for private profit.
How a Decade of Austerity Brought the NHS to its Knees
Today, the NHS is celebrated. But for ten years it has been subject to destructive cutbacks, which led to crumbling facilities, outsourcing, privatisation and staff pay freezes – now is the time to demand better.
Tony Benn at 95
Today would have been Tony Benn’s 95th birthday. We remember his contributions to the Labour Party, democracy and socialism.
How Market Reforms Made the NHS Vulnerable to Pandemics
A 2014 report warned that reforms to the NHS would make it vulnerable to pandemics – by making staff redundant, undermining public health and defining spare capacity as waste. It was ignored.