How private equity works and why we need to be concerned for the NHS - an explainer www.nhsforsale.info/private-equi...

Scary but essential listening from BBC's More or Less with @timharford.ft.com www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Why we & @justtreatment.org delivered a massive cheque and 250,000 signatures to the UK government…

I just can't even on this one. HCPs have NO CHOICE over whether to be exposed to Covid. Those on lower incomes will struggle to afford the c£100 for private vaccine and they shouldn't have to do so. We lost over 1,000 workers 2020-1. This is both stupid & insulting. www.bmj.com/content/391/...

‘We need infrastructure, people and peace in Gaza’ says returned trauma surgeon

Say their names - so many children, loved by their family & friends, their innocent lives cut short by brutal Israeli military attacks & Hamas intransigence www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Big pharma is at war with the UK. If we want to save the NHS, we can’t back down. By me 👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"This year alone has seen more than 30,000 doctors compete for just 10,000 places in first round of specialty training, leaving thousands of doctors facing the prospect of unemployment at a time when the NHS is critically understaffed" Awful for medics & #NHS patients www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...

“We want to see an end to medical unemployment in the country.” Jack Fletcher tells LBC why Resident doctors in England starting out in their career have voted resoundingly for strike action as the doctor unemployment crisis threatens the future of the medical workforce.

As a local government journalist of many years I could have easily told these plonkers that there is nowhere left to cut in local government. Actually anyone could have told them that.

I spoke to @skynewsrss.bsky.social this morning Raising expectations without any support GP online access is a good thing but it needs extra GPs & resources The 8am rush may reduce but there are no more appts or Hp time to offer, in fact less as a online forms are dealt with Safety vital

Nick Robinson refers to PM being 'ideologically' averse to taking oil & gas from the North Sea! Is BBC #r4today 's lead journalist not aware of the scientific evidence linking fossil fuels with global warming? @fullfact.org

Labour forced to change course on NHS subcos: now roll back outsourcing lowdownnhs.info/comment/labo...

#NHS www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Government plans to halt the outsourcing of NHS workers to subsidiary companies are 'a positive step', says UNISON New guidance says ministers have listened to UNISON concerns about impact of outsourcing on staff. www.unison.org.uk/news/2025/09...

Union warns staff won’t accept “farming out' of NHS services as they vote to strike. "Health staff in Dorset have sent a clear and powerful message. They will not stand by while employers try to move them out of the NHS and into second-class contracts." www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2549551...

🚨BREAKING: Last night the Global Sumud Flotilla was attacked by drones - again. British-Palestinian journalist Kieran Andrieu was aboard one of the ships. Despite these attacks the flotilla sails on, because the mission is too important.

Private finance has been a disaster for our public services. ❌ Say no to new #PFI in our #NHS. 🏥 Join us at #Labour conference to urge the government to change course ahead of their final decision in their autumn budget on 26 November. Or you can email your MP today 👇

"Some NHS hospitals are spending more on PFI repayments than on medicines. Profit continues to be taken out by private finance investors, which could be used instead to treat patients" Well said @jbnwogbo.bsky.social @weownit.org.uk www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

What Wes said. 🧪 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Israeli forces have killed at least 25 members of the same family in Gaza City’s Sabra neighbourhood, with up to 50 Palestinians feared trapped under rubble, as attacks ramp up across the besieged enclave aje.io/6wi1cm

Proud to contribute frontline testimony to tonight's enraging @itvx.com documentary "The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money". Boris Johnson's govt squandered £8.7 billion on unusable PPE, while grifters like Michelle Mone made millions. Tonight, 10.15pm, ITV1. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

😡This must be stopped! Labour's 2024 manifesto promised our NHS would always be "publicly owned and publicly funded". Now they are talking about reintroducing PFI into our NHS. PFI would set a ticking time bomb under our NHS that will blow up in patients' faces - ACT NOW.

Since privatisation in the 1980s, we the public have paid *almost £200bn* to shareholders Your household has paid £250 extra a year since 2010 for this ideology Excellent new study from @cmmonwealth.bsky.social 👇 Time to take back OUR public assets 💧💡🚌🚄📮 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

August over 3000 GPs completed their training There are currently only 250 job GP roles available across 6277 GP practices 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Patients have said GP access as the most important concern in #NHS provision @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social but still minimal investment in access, just empty words

Good news #NHS www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'For many years critics have warned that the way private equity firms do business is not aligned with the social values of care delivery & harms health systems and patients'. Yet private equity owned firms have taken many community health contracts from #NHS providers lowdownnhs.info/private-prov...

Appalling to be platforming dangerous falsehoods.

Expanding airports should not be a priority. More people want to see investment in rail. Help us tell the government not to expand airports! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... We have until 24th Sept to reach 10k sigs. Pls sign and share!

No place to hide for ministers on outsourcing promise. Reversing outsourcing is the pre-election promise the government must honour, says UNISON general secretary @christinamcanea.bsky.social www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/no-p...

Martha’s rule now in operation at every acute hospital in England

Reform leader of Nottinghamshire council bans all communication, including by officials, with the main local paper. Nottingham Post/Nottingham Live ban also includes BBC-funded local democracy reporters. www.nottinghampost.com/news/news-op...

Dark times “They said she was being targeted for refusing "to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives and fire dedicated health experts" and accused Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr of "weaponising public health"” www.bbc.com/news/article...

There is something so monumentally cruel and callous about this. Will there be no end to the suffering of the Palestinians?

Reform's immigration plans are indeed considered extreme by most UK citizens who have a degree of compassion & understanding of national & international law. Farage copying Trump's draconian policies overlooks their disregard of the rule of law. Normalising Trump's actions is unethical & dangerous

Our Press officer, @samanthajwathen.bsky.social writes about the link between underfunding/neglect of our NHS, and the very worrying trend of escalating violence towards NHS staff. Hardworking staff should not be bearing the brunt for politicians mishandling. keepournhspublic.com/violence-on-...

🗣️ | "Thousands of newly qualified doctors, trained at great personal cost and national investment, are poised to enter unemployment while the health service struggles under immense clinical demand." dauk.org/resident-doc...

Govt enthusiasts for new PPPs similar to PFI schemes would do well to read @chpithinktank.bsky.social's reports on the huge profits made by private firms from NHS PFI contracts, while NHS hospitals have to repay PFI debts for years, reducing funds for patient care www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Safe water services, clean rivers, environmental protection, public health, NHS - all linked. Profit-seeking private companies have not served us well - essential public utilities should be in public hands. Please share @weownit.org.uk's letter

A predictable outcome from disposable cups and plastic teabags: astonishing it has taken this long for this work to be done #PlasticWaste #PlasticPollution #PublicHealth www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Our research has shown that violence against staff in emergency departments has nearly doubled since 2019. 📈 We’re clear that any plans to reduce violence must include measures to tackle lengthy A&E waits, corridor care and chronic understaffing. Read more in our latest member news ⬇️

Al Jazeera Media Network condemns the targeted assassination of its correspondents Anas Al Sharif and Mohammeel Qraiqea, along with photographers Ibrahim Al Thaher, and Mohamed Nofal, by Israeli forces. #JournalismIsNotACrime

AI replicates, magnifies and perpetuates the biases already active in our health system and society www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Brilliant (if depressing) summary of the critical issues behind NHS resident doctor dissatisfaction, with successive govts failing to support or adequately remunerate them. Sad that local GP @pwhitakerwriter.medsky.social has left the NHS but glad that his skills/experience are appreciated in Canada

Every word of this by @pwhitakerwriter.medsky.social www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...

The selection process for a provider of primary care services “was neither transparent nor fair”, according to the Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel (IPCPP). lowdownnhs.info/topics/gp-su...

Right now, world leaders are negotiating a Global Plastics Treaty which could set global laws to cut plastics production. But it’s under threat from nasty plastics polluters who want to keep drowning us in plastic. Sign the petition to kick them out of the plastics talks now: act.gp/45lwDPi

The government wants to set up to 300 “neighbourhood health hubs.” To fund the plan, the government is turning to the private sector, but what does history teach us about the impact of this approach and what other options for public borrowing could be considered? lowdownnhs.info/private-prov...

In the 1990s management consultants assessed that empty beds cost £ & so beds were cut Despite the fact that they cost nothing & created capacity for operations, admissions and discharges So here we are not enough beds, delayed operations, A&E blocked #NHS is not a business

‘Irreversible’ – Gaza nurse on damage caused by starvation www.channel4.com/news/irrever...