Privatisation is the cause of the crisis in the NHS… not the cure
By Colin Fox, SSP Co-Spokesperson IN HER RECENT BUDGET, Rachel Reeves declared that “ending the crisis in the NHS” was one of her top priorities. And well she might, ...
NHS
Save our NHS from privatisation, under-funding and poor leadership
Colin Fox: “We want our NHS to be owned by, and accountable to the people of Scotland, not profiteering private companies…” (Pic: Craig Maclean) by Colin ...
PFI: the infection at the heart of Scotland’s gravest NHS crisis
by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson · Scotland’s NHS is in the grip of its worst crisis in 75 years. Waiting times and waiting lists are at record levels. Staff ...
Fight on for fair pay: reject the offers in NHS and local government
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser · Workers in both the NHS and local authorities are balloting on pay offers from the Scottish Government and COSLA, the ...
Socialists must prepare for next war, not the last one
by Ken Ferguson · It is often said that politicians, diplomats and generals prepare to fight their battles with plans based on what happened during the last war they fought ...
VOICE EXTRA: Tory lockdown mayhem – organise workers for safety first
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser · Boris Johnson’s TV broadcast to ‘the nation’ and subsequent twists, turns and publication of documents ...
Tories cost workers’ lives
Lions led by donkeys in the war on C-19 · “Lions led by donkeys” was the wildly popular insult levelled at incompetent, aloof Generals as they threw masses of soldiers ...
Roz’s treatment to be NHS-funded
by Simon Whittle · “Something just happened, and like a magic wand, it changes everything.” After raising a whopping £320,000 in a matter of weeks for urgent cancer ...
Social care must be a right for all
by Natalie Reid, SSP national co-spokesperson • It’s no secret that social care funding is in crisis, in Scotland and across the UK as a whole. Inevitably, this has led ...
50 years after the Abortion Act – what now?
by Jenni Gunn • 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the Abortion Rights Act—making abortion legal and free on the National Health Service. The passing of the Act was a ...
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