23 October 2018 — OurNHS
And what can we do to stop these harmful charges?
Image: Poster in Guys & St Thomas’s Hospital. Credit: Docs not Cops
Upfront NHS charges one year on – 6 reasons why they harm us all By Ed Jones
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“Not on the NHS” – from grommets to hysterectomies – unless you act now
25 September 2018 — OurNHS
Greg Dropkin and Samantha Wathen
The government plans to exclude 17 important medical treatments from the NHS across the whole of England, with more restrictions in the pipeline. A consultation on the proposals is open til this Friday.
medConfidential Bulletin, 7th September 2018
7 September 2018 — medConfidential
Once more, a big thank you to everyone who confirmed to us receipt of the letter about the ‘conversion’ of your Type-2 objection to the National Data Opt-out. We are also grateful to those who shared the letter of apology for the appalling TTP error that led to 150,000 patients’ opt-outs not being honoured, and their confidential information being sold for three years.
NHS charging for overseas visitors – wrong on every level By Martin McKee
5 September 2018 — OurNHS
Regulations that deny visitors NHS care – except for certain infectious diseases and to relieve death pains – are riven with contradictions. And will hit some unexpected victims as well as the intended scapegoats.
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NHS data-sharing U-turn is welcome – but more to do to scrap the ‘hostile environment’By Peter Pannier
11 May 2018 — OurNHS
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Recent attention to the Windrush scandal has focused attention on the many ways migrants are deterred from accessing healthcare. The government has this week announced it will be suspending “with immediate effect” the controversial memorandum of understanding (MOU) under which NHS Digital shared NHS patients’ details with the Home Office.
The great British drug rip-off By Morten Thaysen
5 November 2017 — OurNHS
Drug prices are soaring, crippling our NHS. And Big Pharma’s defence (‘research is expensive’) omits one crucial fact…
As he became ‘the most hated man on the Internet’ last year, ‘pharma-bro’ Martin Shkreli repeatedly claimed that by hiking the price of HIV drugs he wasn’t doing anything out of the ordinary. Squeezing health services and patients for every last penny is just how the pharmaceutical industry works. And that’s perhaps the only thing he was right about.
While multinational drug companies have turned themselves into one of the most profitable industries in the world, they have peddled the lie that they’re charging eye-watering prices for their life-saving products because it costs a fortune to research and develop them. What they didn’t tell us is that much of that research is publicly funded in the first place.
NHS IN CRISIS – FIX IT NOW!
15 January 2018 — The Peoples Assembly
Emergency Demonstration
12pm, Saturday 3 February
Assemble Gower Street Central London WC1
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Download and submit the Model Motion for support here.
The People’s Assembly and Health Campaigns Together have teamed up again to respond to the worst NHS crisis in history.
We’re calling on everyone; all campaigns and local groups, all round the country – to come down to London and demand proper funding, beds and full staffing levels on fair pay.
