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UK Election Picks Over 14 Years Of Conservative Rule

Fourteen years of Conservative party rule in the UK have seen Brexit, Covid, economic turmoil and political scandals, leaving many Britons worse off and disenchanted.

International Business Times · Jun 16, 2024

Five Battleground Issues In UK General Election

Britain is facing six weeks of political campaigning after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Wednesday that a general election will be held on July 4.

International Business Times · May 22, 2024

Doctors in England begin their longest strike in NHS history

Hospital doctors in England on Wednesday began their longest strike in the 75-year history of Britain's National Health Service as they walked off the job for six days.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 3, 2024

As the NHS turns 75 we must fight like fury to defend it from Tory austerity

Record View warns that the future of our National Health Service is at stake if the Tories are allowed to continue wreaking havoc north and south of the border.

Daily Record · Jul 5, 2023

Windrush Day: How should we commemorate the generation’s arrival 75 years on?

The Windrush generation courageously came to Britain to take on skilled jobs. The Caribbean migrants, many of whom had served Britain during the war, worked in coal and iron production, kept public transport running by driving buses and trains, and staffed the newly established National Health Service.

Evening Standard · Jun 22, 2023

Brickbat: Our Little Secret

The British newspaper The Observer reports that National Health Service trusts have been sharing patient information with Facebook without the patients' permission and despite promises not to do so. The newspaper said it found a Meta Pixel tracking tool on the website of 20 trusts that logs the search terms…

Reason · Jun 19, 2023

Nurses, paramedics reach pay deal to end England strikes

Leaders of unions representing hundreds of thousands of nurses, ambulance crews and other health care workers in England have reached a deal to resolve months of disruptive strikes for higher wages during a punishing cost-of-living crisis

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2023

Royle Family star pledges to join NHS picket line in passionate rant against government

Royle Family star Ricky Tomlinson appeared on Tuesday afternoon’s Loose Women episode and praised the work of the NHS from his personal experience

Daily Mirror · Mar 7, 2023

Campaigner Harry Leslie Smith was bridge to past - with warnings of ravaged NHS future

Harry Leslie Smith would have turned 100 this week and, as Ros Wynne-Jones writes, all of us who loved him miss his wisdom as Britain confronts one of the most challenging periods since his own childhood

Daily Mirror · Mar 2, 2023

Emergency department crowding has gone beyond hallways onto ambulance ramps. Now there’s nowhere left to wait.

A hospital’s emergency department (ED) has long been considered the canary in the coal mine for the health-care system: when it’s congested, the whole hospital is congested.

The Conversation · Feb 27, 2023