The health and care sectors in the UK depend on migrant health workers, yet Rishi Sunak’s government is preparing to introduce even harsher immigration policies
A new report indicates that health and social inequities in the UK are having a devastating effect on quality of life and mortality rates. While the health gap between poorer and richer communities has been a concern for a long time, the report shows that its consequences are worse than anticipated
Junior doctors continue their struggle for full pay restoration as Rishi Sunak’s government once again fails to come up with a credible offer
75 years after its establishment, the NHS continues to enjoy strong support among health workers and patients, but struggles under the burden of divestment and prioritization of the private sector
Rishi Sunak’s government has announced a ‘historic’ plan to build health workforce over the next 15 years, but health workers’ organizations say it fails to address the grievances that have been raised by health workers
Nurses, ambulance workers, and other health workers in England continue to plan for industrial action escalation as government looks for way to stop strikes without improving working conditions
On International Workers’ Day, trade unions and working class parties across Europe reiterated their resolve to defend workers against capitalism, imperialism, and fascism
Dismayed by the below-inflation pay offers by the Tory government, health workers affiliated to Unite the Union and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) have announced strikes for the end of April and the first week of May
Junior doctors in England, like other workers of the National Health Service (NHS), are struggling due to low wages, overwork, and soaring inflation. They are demanding a salary hike to compensate for the 26% cut, since 2008, in take-home wages for the highly qualified workforce
Tens of thousands of junior doctors walked off their jobs across England as part of a 72-hour strike in an attempt to secure pay restoration and improvement of working conditions
Public sector workers in the UK have a statutory duty under the ‘Prevent’ strategy to report ‘signs of radicalization’. The program is notorious for targeting Muslims and uses key services like healthcare to implement discriminatory ‘counter-terror’ tactics
Actions to protect the NHS and improve working conditions in healthcare are set to continue over the next days. Meanwhile, the government, which under pressure due to the protests, has come forward with the offer of a one-time payment