Private COVID jabs lead to concerns about creeping privatisation in the NHS: People not eligible for a free NHS COVID vaccine can now purchase one from a pharmacy or private healthcare provider. Tong_stocker/ Shutterstock COVID boosters are now available to purchase from high-street pharmacies and private healthcare providers in England. This means that millions of …
The UK’s privatisation drive cost lives, research suggests: The UK’s most active period of privatisation saw health and safety disasters and fatalities increase dramatically. In recently published research, we identified 27 multifatality disasters between 1979 and 1997 leading to 763 deaths. These figures were the highest compared with three other European countries. During that period, …
Capitalist creep on campus: the largest, quietest privatisation in UK history – it’s why we’re striking: Pexels For the next week and a half, many UK university lecturers will be on strike again, but who outside of academia really cares? After all, university academics have great jobs. Indeed, every June to September, I get asked …
Austerity, privatisation and deregulation aren’t working – Grenfell now calls for change: Camden Council has been evacuating residents from four tower blocks in north London in response to concerns over their fire safety, and a total of 95 local authority and housing association-owned tower blocks across England have now been shown to have cladding that …