The fight in the UK to save the national health service.
Health Groups Condemn Autumn Budget as NHS Crisis Deepens – A Collective Statement
26 November 2025 @ 5:55 pm
Health Groups Condemn Autumn Budget as NHS Crisis Deepens – A Collective StatementKeep Our NHS Public [1], in partnership with Just Treatment [2], Every Doctor [3], The Socialist Health Association [4], We Own It [5] [...]Privatisation undermines the NHS
26 November 2025 @ 5:25 pm
Dr Tony O’Sullivan, co-chair of Keep Our NHS Public looks at the forms NHS privatisation takes and the impact on patients, staff and the NHS itself. This article first appeared in the September-October issue of [...]Attempt to charge for ear wax removal thwarted by campaigner
8 November 2025 @ 12:58 pm
When my husband recently tried to access the ear wax removal service previously provided by the local hospital, he was told he would be charged. This unexpected barrier to essential care previously provided free by [...]Wealth versus Health, John Lister
6 November 2025 @ 11:39 pm
Book Review: John Lister – Wealth versus Health; Trump’s Global War on Health and Science Reviewed by John Puntis, Co Chair Keep Our NHS Public Published as a paperback by Bite-Sized Books: available via KONP [...]Profiting from cutting people’s vital healthcare
15 October 2025 @ 5:21 pm
Sometimes we publish pieces submitted by KONP members or supporters on topics that we think are important to draw to the attention of campaigners. This one is by Emet Sachin, who has investigated the issue [...]Labour Party Conference – little comfort for the NHS
8 October 2025 @ 10:48 pm
Run-up to Conference In the weeks running up to Labour’s annual conference there was confusion between NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care over key aspects of the DHSC’s policy agenda. SubCos [...]100,000 NHS JOB CUTS MUST BE STOPPED
5 September 2025 @ 9:56 am
Shockingly, more than 100,000 NHS staff are poised to lose their jobs as a consequence of the Government’s ’10 Year Plan’ and ‘financial reset’. The plan includes abolishing NHS England, halving Integrated Care Board (ICB) [...]Violence on the Frontline: The Hidden Cost of NHS Underfunding
21 August 2025 @ 2:23 pm
Samantha Wathan, Press Officer, Keep Our NHS Public ‘None of us feel safe’ – Those words, from an A&E nurse speaking to the Guardian this summer, sum up an escalating crisis across our health service. [...]Israel’s ethnic cleansing, the Boston Consulting Group, and NHS privatisation: Cut the ties!
23 July 2025 @ 3:51 pm
The Financial Times has revealed new ties between the NHS and Israel’s genocide in Gaza. On 4 July, the newspaper reported on the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and its involvement in plans for relocating Palestinians [...]KONP stands with Resident Doctors fighting for pay restoration
22 July 2025 @ 4:57 pm
Resident Doctors (RD) in England are once again taking industrial action as part of their long-running campaign for pay restoration to 2008 levels. They will strike from 7 am on 25th July to 7 am [...]