UK loses WHO status as measles-free after rise in deaths and fall in jab uptake
UN health body says Britain is one of six countries in Europe and central Asia where disease has become re-established
Bitterly disappointing that the UK has lost its Measles elimination status again.
"UN health body says Britain is one of six countries in Europe and central Asia where disease has become re-established"
26.01.2026 21:54 — 👍 181 🔁 81 💬 6 📌 5
Buyout firms plot £1.5bn takeover of private hospitals giant Spire
Bridgepoint and Triton Partners are among the private equity groups interested in a take-private deal for Britain's biggest private hospitals operator, Sky News learns.
Private equity bids £1.5bn to buy Spire, which runs nearly 40 of the UK's biggest private hospitals.
Attraction - Govt handing more of the NHS to private sector, higher prices, higher profits. PE builds monopolistic control.
Public money will buy less.
24.01.2026 09:26 — 👍 279 🔁 178 💬 19 📌 10
Reform MP Andrew Rosindell tells the BBC that he "would not object" to scrapping the NHS and replacing it with private insurance
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Poverty is deepening.
🔎 Our #UKPoverty2026 report was launched this morning.
People in very deep poverty now make up the biggest group of people in poverty, at 6.8 million people.
This is unacceptable for the fifth richest country in the world, and it has consequences.
27.01.2026 07:53 — 👍 189 🔁 171 💬 6 📌 31
Division and racism harm our NHS, our profession, and patient care. That’s why the BMA stands with the
Together Alliance against the far right.
We'll see as many of you as possible at the anti-racism demonstration in London on 28 March. Find out more 👉 togetheralliance.org.uk
23.01.2026 14:48 — 👍 21 🔁 15 💬 1 📌 0
PFI keeps coming back for more - The Lowdown
In June the New Statesman magazine published a study of hospitals funded through Private Finance Initiative between 1997 and 2018, and headlined the fact that some have been spending more on PFI annua...
Things haven't worked out well for many #NHS hospitals either, faced with increasing PFI payments to private firms each year, taking up significant amounts of tax-payer funded NHS budgets:
lowdownnhs.info/topics/pfi/p...
Many thanks @thelowdownnhs.bsky.social
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An alarming cautionary tale from @thelowdownnhs.bsky.social about profit extraction from UK social care by private equity owned firms, a tale not heeded by ICBs (or DHSC) when outsourcing NHS community care to the private sector
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