UK
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Marketing2U – has your health information been sold to direct marketers?
For years, we’ve had credible reports of highly accurate marketing that could only be based on health records. Now reports in the media have revealed “a nice little trade” in your health records – and that’s the Information Commissioner’s description, not ours. Continue reading
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Keep the NHS Free! Sign the Petition
Over 133,000 of us have signed the petition asking all of the main political parties to pledge to keep our NHS free at the point of use. The more of us who sign overnight, the stronger the message: we demand promises from every political party that our NHS will stay free – now and forever. Continue reading
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No to NHS Charges: Sign the Petition!
We’ve just caught a glimpse of the worst case scenario for our NHS. One of Britain’s leading doctors has just said that patients could have to pay for basic medical care after the election. He’s warning that politicians could “destroy the ultimate ethos of the NHS” by introducing fees and charges for NHS services like… Continue reading
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From Gaza To Southampton – We Are All Palestinians By Gilad Atzmon
Yesterday we learned that Southampton University has decided to withdraw its permission to hold the academic conference on International Law and the State of Israel. The decision was taken on the grounds of “health and safety” with the university claiming it did not have enough resources to mitigate the “risks.” Continue reading
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medConfidential Bulletin 21 March 2015
While the Government and NHS England still refuse to rule out the commercial re-use of your medical information, their commercial cronies have lobbied the Office of National Statistics to consult on commercial, speculative and secret access to the unprotected data that ONS holds. Continue reading
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NHS: another sell-off
My name’s Gail. I’m a 38 Degrees member from Staffordshire, and I’m trying to stop the biggest-ever sell-off of NHS services. Cancer treatment and end-of-life care in Staffs are being sold off to the tune of £1.2 billion. These services saved my husband’s life and cared for my mother – we can’t let profit-hungry companies… Continue reading
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Doctor’s Orders
Today, Britain’s most senior doctors told politicians to “put their money where their mouth is” and fund the NHS properly. Their open letter said that our NHS will be put at risk unless it has the money it needs. Continue reading
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No More NHS Privatisation!
A huge NHS privatisation deal has just been announced. £780 million more of taxpayers’ money will now go to private companies for services which used to be delivered by the NHS. Piece by piece, the NHS is being sold off to the highest bidder. But our NHS is precious and belongs to us all. We… Continue reading
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The Battle Of Britain By Gilad Atzmon
The Royal Northern College of Music (RNMC) stated yesterday that it could no longer ensure “the safety of all involved” after extreme intimidation by a foreign Zionist lobby that demanded they cancel my Orient House Ensemble’s music performance. Continue reading
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Save our NHS
Today, 38 Degrees members went out on the streets in Streatham. They added name after name to a petition telling all your local politicians to save the NHS. And it’s not just here – 38 Degrees members were out in hundreds of locations across the country. Continue reading
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A taste of Israeli apartheid, courtesy of Waitrose
The booklet passes off Palestinian/Arab dishes and ingredients such as za’atar, tahini and falafel as Israeli. And it contains tourist features on towns within Israel which, while mentioning their Ottoman past, ignore their Palestinian heritage and the ethnic cleansing of their Palestinian inhabitants during the creation of Israel. Continue reading
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Britain and Canada Involved in Foiled US Venezuelan Coup Plot By Stephen Lendman
Britain and Canada were co-conspirators in the latest plot to topple Venezuela’s government. TeleSUR provided detailed coverage of Washington’s war on Venezuelan democracy. Its dirty hands manipulate violence and instability worldwide. US funded and supported key opposition fascist figures Antonio Ledezma, Maria Corina Machado and Leopoldo Lopez released a joint February 11 communique a day… Continue reading
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UK’s Lottery Election
You’d have thought that in a democracy, the result of an election would reflect the wishes of voters. Well, in 2015, it’s looking increasingly as if that won’t be the case. When there are six parties commanding a decent chunk of the vote, our broken two-party electoral system is more like a game of chance… Continue reading
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UK: Stop Revenge Evictions
Damp, dodgy wiring, or a broken boiler. Imagine asking your landlord to fix a problem that isn’t your fault. But instead of fixing it, they hand you an eviction notice instead. Last year 200,000 people were forced out of their homes in this way. [1] It’s called revenge eviction. And right now, it’s completely legal. Continue reading
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The NHS: Unaccountable!
Could Jeremy Hunt’s NHS executives be wasting millions of pounds of our money? For weeks, NHS England – the people he put in charge of our NHS – have been promising to show how they are spending our money. They said they’d publish their receipts by 1st November, but we’re still waiting. Continue reading
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NHS Care.data soon to become active
Care.data – the scheme that would give our personal medical data to private companies. It’s being rolled out in just a few weeks’ time. But 92% of 38 Degrees members think we should get the scheme stopped until we can make sure our health data won’t end up in private hands. Continue reading
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Media Lens: The Establishment – Andrew Marr And Owen Jones
Picture the scene: No.10 Downing Street, September 16: ‘a gentlemen’s-club-style reception room, given factitious poshness by two marble pillars’. The event: a book launch party hosted by Prime Minister David Cameron himself to ‘mark the publication’ of a political novel, ‘Head of State’, by the BBC’s senior interviewer and former political editor, Andrew Marr. Continue reading
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Stop the government’s care.data sell-off
The government are planning to sneak through the plan that would allow private companies to buy our personal medical data. But together we could stop it. Continue reading
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The UK Gagging Law is now in Force
The gagging law is now in force. Whether you’re new to 38 Degrees, or were part of the fight against the law, it’s going to affect us all. So, I wanted to give you an update about what it means for 38 Degrees in the coming months. Continue reading
