OPINION: The two-tier system praised by the British right is a crumbling deathtrap with long waits and bed shortages
OPINION: Market fundamentalism survived the fall of Truss, but could a changing public mood bring about its demise?
Lobbyists for private health corporations were among those tasked with shaping proposals for NHS recovery plan
NHS wait lists are bursting at the seams. From austerity to privatising social care, this is how we got here
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
Exclusive: Patients trying to book NHS GP services online are plunged into a ‘baffling’ system of paid-for tests and ‘backdoor privatisation’
Patients are being refused treatment, discharged too early and pushed towards private referrals, openDemocracy’s largest-ever reader survey has found
Exclusive: Both Tory and Labour voters are worried about the impact of more NHS privatisation, poll commissioned by openDemocracy finds
An explanation of what David Owen's new bill is trying to achieve and why it is needed
In 2000, Labour asked Virgin to report on customer services in the NHS. What they delivered went well beyond this remit, proposing policies and agendas eerily similar to what would become New Labour's NHS marketisation strategy. Who were the mystery authors, and what was Labour's role?
