Here are some media articles that will help explain why PoNHS is so passionate about protecting the NHS from further cuts and privatisation.  Click on the links to read the articles.

Nov 2024 - Private equity is a horror story for the NHS – yet one fifth of the health service budget goes to it -  The latest data shows the NHS privatisation agenda successive governments have pursued writ large.

Nov 2024 - Wes Streeting, you must have a better plan for ailing hospitals than public humiliation - The plan to introduce league tables is a simplistic, retrograde gimmick that will demoralise NHS staff and sideline their incredible work.

Oct 2024 - Private equity owned company gains billion £ contract for community services - Private equity-owned company, HCRG Care, has been awarded a £1.3bn contract to lead all adult and community services across Bath, North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire

Oct 2024 - The figures are in. The plan to make the NHS a shell vehicle for private healthcare is well on its way - A new report has revealed the extent of the private healthcare boom both inside and outside the NHS

Oct 2024 - Private healthcare boom fuelled by NHS waiting lists - UK market rose to all-time high of £12.4bn last year, with NHS paying for nearly £3.5bn of procedures to ease backlog

Sep 2024 - Independent investigation of the National Health Service in England (aka the Darzi Review) - a long but important read: NHS in ‘critical condition’, report finds. It is not a question of whether we can afford the NHS. Rather, we cannot afford not to have the NHS, so it is imperative that we turn the situation around. Or read... 

Sep 2024 - England’s NHS in ‘critical condition’, report finds - Austerity and failed attempts at reform have contributed to decline of health provision, says Darzi review.

Aug 2024 - Chaos across Bristol as ambulance service provider goes into liquidation - Private company SVL took over non-emergency transport service provisions on August 1 of this year.

Aug 2024 - Analysis: How is collective action affecting general practice so far? A report on what collective action GPs are taking to pressure the government to improve the 2024-2025 contract.

Aug 2024 - The privatisation at the heart of our mental health care system - EveryDoctor reviews current NHS privatisation and the amount of public money being spent on private mental health companies. 

July 2024 - ‘Staggering shortfall’ of NHS staff as record number of patients wait for tests - Lack of radiologists blamed for waiting list for diagnostic tests more than doubling in 10 years in England

June 2024 - Millions are being squandered on private NHS contract profits - Private firms have pocketed an estimated £6.7 billion in profits on contracts paid for out of NHS budgets over the past dozen years — that’s over £10 million a week..

June 2024 - Is Labour’s remedy for the NHS to turn back the clock? - Architects of New Labour’s reform success prescribe fresh approach to fit the times.

May 2024 - Decaying hospitals highlight government failure to invest in the NHS - Pledge to spend £3.7bn on infrastructure by 2030 has so far not delivered.

April 2024 - England A&E wait times led to needless deaths of up to 14,000, data suggests - Royal College of Emergency Medicine calculates 268 people are likely to have died each week in 2023 while waiting up to 12 hours for a bed.

Mar 2024 - NHS funding faces biggest real-terms cuts since 1970s, warns IFS - Health spending in England to suffer 1.2% cut, worth £2bn, despite extra costs, thinktank’s analysis finds.

Feb 2024 - Five politically-connected healthcare giants rake in NHS contracts worth billions - Bridgepoint, Bupa, Centene, Spire, and United Health have been implicated in a litany of scandals & controversies in the UK & America.

Nov 2023 - Patient privacy fears as US spy tech firm Palantir wins £330m NHS contract - US spy tech firm Palantir wins NHS contract sparking patient privacy fears.

Aug 2023 - Let private and third sectors cut NHS waiting lists, says Steve Barclay - Health secretary says more private & third sector providers should be used to cut waiting lists.

Jul 2023 - Charging migrants more for NHS care isn’t just bad for migrants – it’s bad for all of us - Charging migrants more for NHS care is bad for us all.

Aug 2023 - Private equity has its sights on the NHS - Almost 8 million on the hospital waiting list. Some opaque investors see the crisis as a money making opportunity. 

Aug 2023 - Babylon was all about short-termism  - The collapse of Babylon Health was all about short-termism.

Aug 2023 - Ministers claim these centres are cutting NHS waits. They’re not even open  -- Government claims 114 community diagnostic centres are up & running.  We found 30 that aren't. 

Nov 2023 - Wes Streeting wants NHS 'wide open' to private sector - Wes Streeting wants NHS 'Wide open' to private sector.

Dec 2023 - What are the costs of privatisation in the UK’s healthcare system?  - What are the costs of privatisation in the UK's healthcare system? Waste, loss of patient's trust, inequities in access, self-seeking for-profit service sector, a two tier healthcare system?