The health secretary last month claimed 69 new centres are ‘up and running’ – but neither his department nor the NHS can say where they are
For those who require insulin or other prescription drugs, the situation is a matter of life and death
openDemocracy analysis finds National Insurance hike will force health and care staff in England to pay millions for their own services
Exclusive: Labour accused UK government of failing to regulate the ‘Wild West’ travel testing market that is failing despite ‘cripplingly high prices’
It is wishful thinking to pretend we can return to pre-pandemic norms. The time has come to decide what kind of society do we want to live in
Tory MPs are quick to dispute claims that this bill is about privatisation. But there’s a reason why none of them can say what it is about
There’s a colonial tendency to portray people in Africa as anti-science and averse to progress, when the real problem is Big Pharma’s monopoly
Exclusive: Patients trying to book NHS GP services online are plunged into a ‘baffling’ system of paid-for tests and ‘backdoor privatisation’
Exclusive: Tory MP Marcus Fysh ‘wrong’ not to mention interest in insurance firm when proposing insurance-friendly amendment to care levy, says ex-standards committee chair
Six-month openDemocracy investigation reveals ‘degrading and discriminatory’ treatment at health centres in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
Recruiting patients from disadvantaged areas to regulate services would put power into the hands of ordinary people and help address stubborn inequality
The coronavirus has made the foundational economy highly visible. Policy makers need to focus on these essential goods and services.
