Why does nothing work in the UK anymore?
From GP appointments to trains, everything feels broken.
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The National Health Service is the publicly funded healthcare system in England, and one of the four National Health Service systems in the United Kingdom. Find here, the New Statesman’s latest comment and analysis on the NHS, including the government’s healthcare policy, the current crisis and the future of the NHS.
Rishi Sunak could face more NHS strikes next year
Junior doctors are poised to join nurses and ambulance workers in back-to-back strikes, and public support remains high.
Wes Streeting’s comments on health unions were “blatantly untrue”, says deputy BMA chair
Emma Runswick told the New Statesman Podcast that the shadow health secretary was misleading voters in an attempt to “appear…
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Is Britain losing faith in its “national religion”?
As ambulance workers and nurses walk out on an ailing NHS, the public’s attitude towards the health service is changing.
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Strikes show how the dream of a high-wage economy died
The Conservatives have given up trying to reset what Boris Johnson described as a “broken model”.
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Who will blink first in the NHS strikes?
Rishi Sunak claims he is ready to hold out for months, but that could leave him badly isolated.
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The Tories’ 2019 manifesto looks beyond absurd three years on
The Conservatives have fulfilled scarcely a single one of their election pledges. Mostly they have achieved the precise opposite.
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Could overdose prevention centres tackle the UK’s drug death crisis?
OPCs have been proven to save lives – but they are yet to be introduced in this country.
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Labour must be radical on public service reform
Rethinking public services can rebuild trust in the state – and rebalance our economy.
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Nurses don’t strike lightly
When the heartiest of NHS staff take action, something’s up.
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Nurses’ pay is lower in real terms than in 2010
As strikes approach, nurses’ pay is 2 per cent less than it was 12 years ago after accounting for inflation.
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PMQs: Sunak cornered on all sides over NHS strikes
Keir Starmer accused the PM of having “curled up in a ball and gone into hibernation” as a winter crisis…
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Rishi Sunak has been left looking complacent on strikes
Even if the public loses patience with the strikers, that doesn’t mean they’ll sympathise with the government.
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The UK’s GDP figures look good, but they don’t tell the whole story
Shaky monthly indicators cannot capture the human picture: real wages are down and life is becoming more difficult.
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Why is Wes Streeting challenging the BMA?
The shadow health secretary is trying to find a middle ground on the NHS.
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The Tories should have known these strikes were inevitable
The government daren’t admit the real issue of public pay pressure: stagnant growth is wearing away at all of our…
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Whatever happened to the Conservatives’ “war on cancer”?
It is not clear that improving cancer survival rates is still a priority for this government.
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The worst of the pandemic may be past, but the NHS is struggling to recover
The total number of patients waiting for some form of investigation or specialist treatment has topped 7 million.
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The Policy Ask with Julia Patterson: “No one should seek to profit from public healthcare”
The founder of medic-led campaign group EveryDoctor on NHS privatisation, the role of experts and the climate crisis.
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Striking NHS staff don’t just want pay rises – they want a clean conscience
Nurses and ambulance drivers need to make a statement about the risk posed to patients by stretched resources.
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