Inquiry into the future of general practice in Wales Over two decades ago The Review of Health and Social Care in Wales (Wanless Review 2003) recommended that there needed to be a greater emphasis on prevention and early intervention to ensure that the health and care service in Wales would be able to meet future […]
Author: Dr Tom Riddington
Last week Doctors in Unite acknowledged the positive potential of the abolition of NHS England as a reversal of the catastrophic changes made to the NHS by Conservative ministers in 2012, as part of the widely criticised Lansley reforms. But the devil is in the details. Without clarity on the future of NHS England employees, […]
At the Doctors in Unite AGM on February 2nd 2025 we voted to support the Fare Free London campaign. The dangers of air pollution in London are plain, with tragic consequences. We all deserve the health benefits of clean, safe transport. Congestion and travel time reduces when public transport is the norm. So does inequality. […]
Doctors in Unite wish to express our grave concern for the welfare of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in north Gaza, who was detained and beaten by Israeli military forces on 28 December 2024. We call for his immediate release along with the other staff from the Kamal Adwan Hospital who […]
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Towards a Ten Year Vision The recently published Darzi Review on the NHS in England was commissioned to provide a background context for the new Labour government’s ten year plan for the NHS which is due to be launched in spring 2025. It highlights the damage done to primary care in England by the previous […]
On 14th January 2024, Prof. Cecilia Rikap spoke to Doctors in Unite and others about the impact of Big Tech on healthcare. A copy of her insightful talk, as transcribed by Dr Martin Blanchard, is below.
Fourteen years of neglect has left social care in a disgraceful state. There are 152,000 job vacancies (1). Exponential privatisation has lead to around 10% of its funding being lost to private profits – an estimated £1.5 billion annually (2). Labour’s “ming vase” approach to the next election has lead to them dropping a commitment […]
Talk given by Martin Blanchard (KONP data Working Group / Doctors in Unite) for the ‘NHS Crisis: who profits?’ meeting KONP Merseyside 12th July 2023. I will not discuss the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill in this article because the KONP data Working Group have provided a full briefing and letter for MPs for […]
Doctors in Unite was invited to provide a witness statement for the UK government’s Covid inquiry. The link to our statement can be found here.
Health professionals implore the Labour Party Leadership not to back down over ULEZ expansion. Sign our open letter here. Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London Sir Keir Starmer, Leader of the Labour Party. 23rd July 2023 Dear Sadiq Khan and Sir Keir Starmer, As health professionals who see the devastating health consequences of air pollution daily, […]
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