Dr Tony O’Sullivan

Universal access to a GP is the cornerstone of the NHS. But govt intends to contract with private sector to build neighbourhood centres & provide primary care - and to shift funds from hospitals to community, when both are essential for safe healthcare.
www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/camp...

‘NHS Jobs’ official online recruitment service for the NHS in England & Wales advertises PRIVATE healthcare jobs!!
HCA, The London, CHEC etc
PROTEST - get your MP challenging Wes Streeting use of private ‘spare capacity’ taking NHS staff & funds to build new private capacity to compete with the NHS

‘NHS Jobs’ official online recruitment service for the NHS in England & Wales advertises PRIVATE healthcare jobs!!
HCA, The London, CHEC etc
PROTEST - get your MP challenging Wes Streeting use of private ‘spare capacity’ taking NHS staff & funds to build new private capacity to compete with the NHS

Jan Savage of Keep Our NHS Public writes here for @publicsectorfocus.bsky.social about the worrying re-emergence of SubCos (Subsidiary Companies) and the serious concerns around workforce protections, asset sales and creeping privatisation.

Read it here: flickread.com/edition/html...

Our joint statement from six members of the SOS NHS coalition on 'Fit For The Future - 10 Year Health Plan for England' released today.

YouTube video by Keep Our NHS Public Genome sequencing for new-borns? | Dr Tony O'Sullivan on LBC News

Our Co-Chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social spoke to @matthew-wright.bsky.social on LBC re govts plan for DNA testing for babies:

"If you make a diagnosis, will services be there to support them? It's unethical to make a diagnosis if you have nothing to offer that family."
youtu.be/yYEL_ui3VJQ?...

Spending review 2025 – not yet a turning point for NHS Dr John Puntis, Keep Our NHS Public, explains why the spending review announcements for the NHS lack the investment needed to reverse the damage of austerity.

Still not the investment needed to reverse the damage done by years of austerity.

@keepournhspublic.bsky.social looks at what the Government's Spending Review means for the NHS.
labouroutlook.org/20...

Government whip Vicky Foxcroft quits over disability benefit cuts The Labour MP says she could not vote for the welfare bill published by the government earlier this week.

UK Govt whip quits over disability benefit cuts.

Why pursue this cruel cut? Govt backtracked on Winter Fuel Payment.

Rebellion will grow, people will be alienated.

Govt finds money for wars, corporate welfare/bailouts; tax concessions to non-doms and private equity. But not for poor, disabled.

* Portugal’s amazing success decriminalisation of drug use
* Uruguay’s inspiring transition to green energy
Much talk of the NHS (I was one interviewee for Ch.1) healthcare in the USA. Good too to meet Amanda @thkonp.bsky.social there

A great evening with @natashakimiz.bsky.social with her really hopeful book ‘Another World Is Possible’
* UK’s universal healthcare
* Finland’s universal public education
* Singapore’s affordable housing for all
* Norway’s equalising childcare responsibilities and parental leave

Our Co-Chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social told The Morning Star:

"Government must move faster towards fair pay restoration and away from outsourcing and investment in the private sector and slashing NHS jobs."

dev.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/juni...

Our Co-Chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social told the Morning Star:

"Private firms are taking as much as 30 - 40% profit from their NHS contracts, every penny of which detracts from the rebuilding of the NHS after Tory austerity and 25+ years of outsourcing."

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morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gmb-...

Book event | Another World is Possible
Tonight at Libreria, 65 Hanbury St, London, E1 5JP 7pm with author Natasha Hakimi Zapata discussing her book including a chapter on the NHS, with interviews with @johnrlister.bsky.social Prof Allyson Pollock & @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social

One of our valued patrons, former doctor, now comedian and best-selling author @amateuradam.bsky.social has kindly lent us his full support.

Please donate to our Crowdfunder here so we can keep going for another 20 years:
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The view from the @peoplesassembly.bsky.social demo stage now - it's big!

Thousands out on the streets to protest against this government's renewed austerity.

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Doctor @andrewmeyerson.uk , @socialisthb.bsky.social nurse Holly Turner and @jordanrivera.bsky.social ready to move on a short while ago on @peoplesassembly.bsky.social demo today! 💙👊

Good on Mark Serwotka on @bbcquestiontime
youtube.com/shorts/zYRHPw2…
See you tmrw 12md on the NHS Bloc in support of the national demonstration from the BBC

Dear Community
Please watch this video and help @keepournhspublic.bsky.social
campaigning 20 yrs this year!
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Starmer is wrong: the NHS and social care need immigrants to survive On Monday morning, Keir Starmer doubled down on the scapegoating of immigrants, who he claims have caused ‘incalculable’ damage to the UK. Starmer’s desperate pandering to the racist politics of Refor...

We have been an island of migrants for ever and we can thank our lucky stars.
We must not become an island of racists.
Excellent @keepournhspublic.bsky.social statement

keepournhspublic.com/starmer-is-w...

Our Co-Chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social:

"It's not just a crisis in care – it’s a national disgrace. Emergency care needs urgent political attention & investment, not more excuses. Only a fully funded, publicly owned NHS can protect our most vulnerable”
www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/doct...

Richard Burgon MP on X: "In Parliament today, I called for the planned cuts to disability benefits to be scrapped. We should not be balancing the books on the backs of the poorest. Instead, we should be taxing the wealthiest. If the Government does not drop its plans, I'll be voting against the cuts. https://t.co/69L225X01u" / X In Parliament today, I called for the planned cuts to disability benefits to be scrapped. We should not be balancing the books on the backs of the poorest. Instead, we should be taxing the wealthiest. If the Government does not drop its plans, I'll be voting against the cuts. https://t.co/69L225X01u

Tax wealth not disabled people.
This is the stance we need MPs to take. Well done @richardburgon.bsky.social

x.com/richardburgo...

Starmer faces Labour revolt over plan to raid bank accounts of benefit claimants Welfare fraud bill would allow funds to be taken from bank accounts and driving licences to be cancelled

Is this hard to believe or getting easier by the day?

“Starmer faces Labour revolt over plan to raid bank accounts of benefit claimants”
The Labour Govt war on claimants and disabled people continues
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

YouTube video by Keep Our NHS Public Scrapping NHS hospital appointments? Dr Tony O'Sullivan on Talk TV

Our Co-Chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social on Talk TV today about the need to include all sections of the population in methods of communication with patients.

An over reliance on apps & electronic messaging may mean that some people will miss out on vital health information.

youtu.be/3VTzOSgW6Ow

‘Are the NHS and social care safe under this Labour government?’

Join the zoom meeting Monday 6pm
@DrTonyOSullivan speaking at @covidactionuk’s public meeting

Register at bit.ly/catosapr

YouTube video by Keep Our NHS Public NHS Public satisfaction lowest ever? Dr Tony O'Sullivan interview on Talk TV

This interview with David Bull on TalkTV Wednesday was unusually a good and quite long discussion around public satisfaction with the NHS and wider issues: the NHS model, funding, other countries’ systems, top up payments, doctor unemployment, PAs, bursaries etc.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=erf8...

YouTube video by Keep Our NHS Public NHS Public satisfaction lowest ever? Dr Tony O'Sullivan interview on Talk TV

This interview with David Bull on TalkTV Wednesday was unusually a good and quite long discussion around public satisfaction with the NHS and wider issues: the NHS model, funding, other countries’ systems, top up payments, doctor unemployment, PAs, bursaries etc.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=erf8...

Publicity on the British Social Attitudes Survey on #NHS emphasised low public satisfaction but most failed to note:
👍90% back the NHS model
✅69% call for more funding
✅72% call for more staff
49% would pay more tax if needed
Dissatisfaction is aimed at government

Reeves is right - the world has changed. So why won’t she change her strategy to reflect it? Obsession with arbitrary fiscal rules & ruling out wealth taxes is political choice that’s causing huge pain as well as laying out the welcome mat for populist Reform UK #SpringStatement

YouTube video by Keep Our NHS Public Welfare Not Warfare | Tony O'Sullivan Budget Day speech 2025

I spoke at an incredible protest at Downing St and Parliament today against the brutal welfare cuts - £6bn confirmed by Rachel Reeves #WelfarenotWarfare
@dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social @stopthewaruk.bsky.social

youtu.be/JSuxMBDlcoY?...

Image to show a vulnerable person (blue) in the middle of a circle. Close contacts are vaccinated to form a barrier around them (they are a different colour - pink). On the outside of the ring are other people (in purple), some of whom may be infected. Clinically Vulnerable Families logo

🚨 Ring Vaccination is BACK!

Close contacts household of immunosuppressed people will be offered Covid vaccines again.

- This strategy was controversially withdrawn before, but it’s back to protect those facing the highest risks!

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