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Wendell Potter offers an essential insight into how the US insurance industry operates to maintain their dominance of the American health care system. As the NHS is being hijacked by these same corporations, UK health campaigners need to have a greater understanding of the modus operandi these predatory corporations. Introduction  Wendell Potter is a former … Continue reading The NHS is being hijacked – ‘Deadly Spin’ →

In 2013 the Contract to provide non-emergency patient transport services was awarded to a commercial provider. For the first time this service within the North West was not managed by an NHS provider. We believe that this was awarded based on cost rather than quality. The private sector is run by profit margins and profit … Continue reading BRING MANCHESTER PATIENT TRANSPORT SERVICE BACK INTO THE NHS →

How have it's highly trained and respected staff been rendered powerless to prevent services being dismantled, privatised and patient and public safety put at risk? Both these questions can be answered when you consider and understand the central importance of New Public Management (NPM) Thatcher's government commission the Griffiths Report in the 1983 which introduced … Continue reading How has the public sector been destabilised, and prized open for profiteers? →

care.data GP practices nationwide will soon be required to supply patients’ personal and confidential medical information, on a regular and continuous basis, to the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC). This could start happening within a matter of weeks. This information will be extracted from the practice in a form that can identify you, … Continue reading IMPORTANT CHANGES TO YOUR MEDICAL RECORDS →

Vital decisions about the structure of our NHS are increasingly being taken with little or no evidence to back them up, writes JOHN LISTERTHE brutal face of so-called “Devo-Manc” proposals to integrate healthcare with what’s left of social care budgets in Greater Manchester has been exposed by the decision to strip emergency surgery from six … Continue reading THE brutal face of so-called “Devo-Manc” proposals to integrate healthcare with what’s left of social care budgets in Greater Manchester →

SHIBLEY RAHMAN 27 July 2015 Is the English government's enthusiasm for health ‘apps’ and ‘data transparency’, for the benefit of patients – or markets? Or even a trojan horse for a pay-NHS? This month Jeremy Hunt MP gave what he told us was his “most important speech as health secretary". The speech – delivered at … Continue reading A 24/7, transparent NHS – or the rise of the planet of the apps? →

I registered as a delegate for this event, designed to help private companies to bid for NHS contracts, so that I could go inside the meeting hall. Outside of the International Conference Centre there was a demo of around forty people. 38 degree members were prominent. Inside the hall it was very well-attended and there … Continue reading REPORT ON PROCUREMENT FOR HEALTH EVENT, BIRMINGHAM, 09/07/15 →

Local campaign group Greater Manchester Keep Our NHS Public has condemned  the decision to strip emergency surgery from Wythenshawe, Tameside, Wigan, Bolton, Bury Fairfield and North Manchester hospitals, and announced plans for a conference to campaign against the cuts.  Our NHS is being restructured and repurposed to prioritise profit over providing care. A+E is high … Continue reading Healthier Together: Keep Our NHS Public Greater Manchester condem  ‘cost-driven cuts’  -anti-cuts conference to be announced. →

  'BUYING UP THE NHS' Since the election the privatisation agenda has increased sharply. The FT reported government sources saying the NHS can't function without the private sector and that leading health corporates are seeking high level talks to find out what they can do to increase their market share. See Political Concern for more … Continue reading BIRMINGHAM ICC 9TH JULY ACTION AGAINST ‘THE PROCUREMENT EVENT OF THE YEAR’ →