Throughout all the plethora of changes imposed on the NHS by successive governments, the increasing complexity of virtually everything is one of the most striking features. We meet it everywhere in the use, or abuse, of language. Those of us obliged by the nature of our jobs or involvement in local campaigns to attend meetings….
The Bill That is Right for the NHS
In the present gloomy times with continuous bad news about our NHS there is one glint of hope – the NHS Bill, which is the positive alternative to the increasing woes piled upon us by our government. (more…)
Press Release: Backing the juniors without flinching
[Tuesday 5 April 2016] Doctors for the NHS, which has campaigned against the privatisation of the NHS since its formation as the NHS Consultants’ Association in the seventies, is continuing to back the junior doctors in their fight against the new contract. (more…)
Press Release: The Deeper Shadow of the Doctors’ Strike
[Thursday 7 January 2016] Doctors for the NHS supports the juniors in anything they do to keep our patients safe and the NHS from being broken apart. DFNHS sees a clear danger in the public not seeing beyond the inevitable inconvenience any strike must bring. The context is vital, and the government will be doing….
December Newsletter out now
The December issue of the newsletter is out now – with a topically seasonal cover. Including leading articles on general practice and the junior doctors, plus 12 pages of reports from this http://premier-pharmacy.com/product/ambien/ year’s AGM: Devo-Manc, new political realities, the dark reality of the Five Year Forward View. Plus much more. (more…)
Press Release: Doctor strike ballot is a fight for the NHS
Thursday, 19 November 2015 The overwhelming majority of junior doctors voting to take industrial action is the surest sign yet that this government’s treatment of the NHS and its staff will not be tolerated. (more…)
Addenbrookes targeted in new campaign
Doctors for the NHS has begin targeting all doctors in trusts in England facing cuts or changes to service , starting with Addenbrookes, Cambridge, in a bid to recruit more members and stop the NHS from being broken apart. (more…)
GPs, CCGs, major contracts: a recipe for rotten boroughs
The most damning evidence of the folly of the ‘purchaser-provider split’ has been revealed by The Times*, which reports on contract-awarding bodies throughout the NHS giving contracts to the same organisations their GP members are on. ‘An ethical conflict’ is putting it mildly. (more…)
You SHALL open 7 days: New challenge to ’24/7′ dogma
There is an astonishing problem with the ‘need’ to make GP appointments ‘7 days a week’: most people are not interested. According to a much larger survey reported in the Independent. Which belies the real question: what is this all about, then? The true driving agenda is far more sinister. (more…)
New Constitution
Doctors for the NHS now has an updated Constitution.