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.
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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 […]
Summary IPPR has been a major “left of centre” think tank since 1988. In the main, especially during the Blair – Brown years it espoused social market solutions and proposed policies within a framework of the use of commercial disciplines in our public services and the internal market in the NHS. The Economist described it […]
By Martin Blanchard This article is based upon a talk about how our healthcare data is to be used to support our ambition for ‘sustainable’ healthcare, and perhaps more importantly it seems, it is about our government’s expressed ambition that it will ‘kick-start’ economic growth and enable us to become some sort of ‘AI superpower.’ […]
Article in Labour List by Dr Coral Jones, Chair of Doctors in Unite Dr Jones sets out the case for a salaried GP option as an important part of revitalising GP services. Full article here: https://labourlist.org/2023/06/nhs-health-plans-labour-gps-wes-streeting-reform/ “In 2022, Doctors in Unite published Primary Care and Public Health: A Vision for Revitalising General Practice. This radical document […]
Doctors in Unite is appalled at the government announcement that the well-below inflation pay rises for public sector workers will be funded by doubling the NHS Immigration Health Surcharge for migrants. DiU fights for the Labour movement to be inclusive, for all workers. We resist racist tactics that aim to divide workers. The NHS surcharge […]
The following report from the Open Rights Group demonstrates the importance of safeguarding personal data during crises like the covid pandemic.
23.04.2023 Dear Ambassador Abdalla Ali Eltom Call for Urgent Action: Protect the civilians in Sudan and stop the conflict. Doctors in Unite express solidarity with health workers in Sudan who are calling for an immediate ceasefire to end the horrific violence within Sudan. At huge cost to the Sudanese people, rival generals are fighting for […]
Doctors in Unite support the action of Extinction Rebellion in London April 21-24, (“The Big One”) demanding urgent action to tackle the climate change crisis. We have no confidence in the profit-driven energy, oil and other corporations to change course, nor in the Tory government to prioritise the climate catastrophe above short term profiteering. Starmer’s […]
Junior doctor members of Doctors in Unite have recently voted for industrial action and will be taking action alongside colleagues in the BMA and HCSA in the strike starting on April 11th. We are now preparing to ballot our consultant members. In order to do this, we need to ensure that membership details are up […]
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