NHS - openDemocracy (Page 9)

How did England end up in this unprepared Omicron mess?

Johnson and his cabinet have wasted their time, our money, expert science and the goodwill of both NHS workers and the public

By Caroline Molloy

/ 16 Dec 2021

How did England end up in this unprepared Omicron mess?

Why can’t the UK government explain what its Health Bill will actually achieve?

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

By Caroline Molloy

/ 7 Dec 2021

Why can’t the UK government explain what its Health Bill will actually achieve?

Website for booking NHS appointments offers mostly private healthcare

Exclusive: Patients trying to book NHS GP services online are plunged into a ‘baffling’ system of paid-for tests and ‘backdoor privatisation’

By Caroline Molloy

/ 25 Nov 2021

Website for booking NHS appointments offers mostly private healthcare

Go private for the treatment you need, NHS tells patients

Patients are being refused treatment, discharged too early and pushed towards private referrals, openDemocracy’s largest-ever reader survey has found

By Caroline Molloy

/ 23 Nov 2021

Go private for the treatment you need, NHS tells patients

Three-quarters of UK public worried more NHS privatisation will damage care

Exclusive: Both Tory and Labour voters are worried about the impact of more NHS privatisation, poll commissioned by openDemocracy finds

By Caroline Molloy

/ 15 Nov 2021

Three-quarters of UK public worried more NHS privatisation will damage care

MP with stake in giant health insurer lobbied for ‘Australian-style’ care insurance

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

By Caroline Molloy

/ 12 Nov 2021

MP with stake in giant health insurer lobbied for ‘Australian-style’ care insurance

Vote looms on health bill that would subject English NHS to cronyism and cuts

The government has failed to allay privatisation concerns in major new health bill – MPs must vote it down at third reading

By Margaret Greenwood

/ 28 Oct 2021

Vote looms on health bill that would subject English NHS to cronyism and cuts

UK government’s pandemic deal was win-win… for private hospitals

A multi-billion-pound contract enlisted 187 private hospitals to help the UK’s COVID response. Why did they care for just 0.08% of patients?

By Sid Ryan

/ 26 Oct 2021

UK government’s pandemic deal was win-win… for private hospitals

UK government could face legal action over huge, secretive health database

Exclusive: Lawyers acting for openDemocracy have written to health secretary Sajid Javid demanding transparency over database originally run by Palantir

By Caroline Molloy

/ 11 Oct 2021

UK government could face legal action over huge, secretive health database

What the Tories want to do with our health data, and why we need to stop them

Boris Johnson looks set on using our health data as a bargaining chip to keep his Brexit/US trade dream alive – but what does that mean for us?

By Caroline Molloy

/ 22 Sep 2021

What the Tories want to do with our health data, and why we need to stop them

The UK government has ended Palantir’s NHS data deal. But the fight isn’t over

After two legal cases initiated by openDemocracy and Foxglove, the government has scrapped its contract with the ‘spy tech’ firm. But bigger battles over the NHS’s future await

By Cori Crider

/ 15 Sep 2021

The UK government has ended Palantir’s NHS data deal. But the fight isn’t over

UK health department ends data deal with ‘spy tech’ company Palantir

Government seeking to move away from third party data platforms after openDemocracy’s legal win

By Adam Bychawski

/ 11 Sep 2021

UK health department ends data deal with ‘spy tech’ company Palantir