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The NHS emergency is no accident
Industrial action is sounding the alarm about the crisis point our health service has now reached after years of being deliberately run down by the government, writes HELEN O’CONNOR
CHRISTOPHE DOMEC speaks to the France Insoumise politician facing constant persecution from French authorities
It can be hard to discern conspiracy theory from reality and under the Trump regime the two might just be the same thing, writes Linda Pentz Gunter
ALAN SIMPSON says responses to the Golders Green attacks risk deepening divides across our country
Capturing the general strikes history is a vital part of our struggles today, posits HENRY FOWLER
On a tumultuous day in Welsh politics DAVID NICHOLSON looks at the key issues for progressives in Wales to grapple with the rise of the far right
THE “Uberisation” of emergency care means that safe, effective and free NHS treatment is being denied to increasing numbers of people.
What is left of our hollowed-out emergency services is now overwhelmed by an ordinary level of demand. GPs are so concerned about the waiting times for emergency ambulances they are advising patients to “get an Uber.” The result will be many more deaths at home or on the way to hospital.
When Chancellor Jeremy Hunt was health secretary, patients were discouraged from attending accident and emergency, targets were scrapped and the pay, terms and conditions of junior doctors were attacked.
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