Bristol BMA’s battle for better conditions
Last month, resident doctors took to the picket line again in their fight for pay restoration, better staffing and decent conditions. Revolutionary Communists in Bristol report on the mood on the ground.
NHS
Streeting set to axe 18,000 NHS jobs: For workers’ democracy, not bureaucracy
Labour’s Blairite health secretary Wes Streeting is cynically using the cover of “slashing bureaucracy” to sack thousands of NHS admin staff. We can’t leave it to Westminster penpushers like Streeting to fix the health service. We need workers’ control!
Broken Britain: Hospitals and schools at breaking point
With Chancellor Rachel Reeves sharpening her knives for the coming Autumn Budget, many will be left thinking “what is there left to cut?”. Everywhere you look – from classroom to NHS waiting rooms – Britain being ripped apart by the billionaire class.
NHS workers on the move: Strike together to beat Streeting!
Several unions representing NHS workers have come out emphatically against Labour’s poor pay offer. The next step is to unite strike action across the unions, with a mass campaign against austerity and privatisation, and for bold socialist policies.
Broken Britain: Make the parasites pay to fix our crumbling services!
From rail to healthcare, vital services are being suffocated by the parasitic ruling class. Starmer’s Labour offer no solutions. To overturn decades of capitalist decline, we say: expropriate the billionaires!
Scotland: Student midwives need a militant fightback!
A report from the Royal College of Midwives has exposed the conditions of Scottish student midwives. Holyrood politicians promise meetings, talks, and discussions; but nothing short of militant action will force these career politicians to remember their promises.
The politicians in Palantir’s pockets – profiteers out of the NHS!
The government has been embroiled in shady dealings with CIA-funded intelligence company Palantir, which has been awarded a £330m NHS contract and access to sensitive healthcare data. Corruption and bribery are built into the capitalist state.
“Patients dying in corridors” – NHS at breaking point
The RCN’s recent report on “corridor care”, which exposes the depth of the NHS crisis, has shocked Britain’s workers and youth. Labour health secretary Wes Streeting’s pathetic response shows Labour has no solutions. Only bold measures can save our NHS.
Scotland’s substance abuse crisis: Capitalism offers no way out
The number of drug-related deaths in Scotland – already the highest in Europe – rose sharply last year. Small tweaks and measures have failed to solve anything. The substance abuse crisis is the product of the poverty capitalism creates.
Nurses reject government pay offer – the NHS isn’t safe in Labour’s hands!
Nurses organised in the RCN have voted to reject the government’s pathetic pay offer, which does nothing to address the years of wage erosion that NHS workers have faced. The stage is set for a new wave of struggle across the public sector.
Covid inquiry reveals devastating impact of Tory incompetence
The recently-released initial report from the COVID-19 inquiry found that the Tory government was ill-prepared for the outbreak, and directly responsible for needless death and suffering. We publish here our readers’ stories from the pandemic.
As doctors’ strikes continue, NHS workers say: No trust in Labour!
Junior doctors in England will return to the picket lines again tomorrow, continuing their long-running struggle over pay. Starmer’s Labour will not save the NHS. Only militant action and socialist policies can win for health workers and patients.