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Public services 'weakened after a decade of budget pressures in which quality declined, staff became more stretched, buildings were poorly maintained, and vital equipment went unbought'.

NHS is 'turning a blind eye' to labour rights violations in the trade of masks and gloves.

More than a hundred front line NHS and care work staff have died treating UK victims of the coronavirus, an environmental catastrophe.

Chris Packham, the TV conservationist, is warning that the NHS could collapse during the coronavirus crisis after decades of underfunding.

'If you are vulnerable, like me, the information in this article may be terrifying. But this information is crucial if you and those you love are to stay safe.'

We're not just dealing with a pandemic, but with systemic breakdown. We need to see change that puts people before profits.

Hospital staff can pressure the government to solve supply problems and save lives. The rest of us can help. This article explains how.

The chancellor must consider all means to raise additional budget to help tackle the coronavirus. 

The US has banned any mention of climate change in US-UK trade talks.

US president Donald Trump’s climate change denial, plans for the NHS and food standards were all targets of a march in London this week.

Greens want 'Green New Deal' to set Britain on track to reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2030.

Thirty doctors from across UK join protest calling on government to take rapid action to create a carbon neutral health service.

Innovation in medicine must be geared towards public health and not private profit, according to a new report.

Urgent government action is needed to stop Big Pharma making mega profits from drugs developed with taxpayers' money. HEIDI CHOW from Global Justice Now reports on her charity's new ground breaking report.

Trying to quit, but can’t face puffing on e-cigarettes or chewing Nicorette? With National No Smoking Day coming up, we take a look at some of the natural, sustainable alternatives

Delny Britton investigates the hidden impacts of western mainstream medicine - including pollution from pharmaceutical products, high carbon emissions and adverse drug reactions - and asks whether the healthcare sector can ever be truly sustainable

Public body could save money and play leading role in creating a more sustainable society

Antibacteria-resistant superbugs are turning hospitals into killers

In 1993 Tory MP David Willetts wrote a pamphlet called The Opportunities for Private Funding in the NHS, which proposed using Private Finance Initiatives (PFIs) and other commercial mechanisms to provide health services in the UK. Conservative ministers thought Willetts’s proposals too radical. They were consigned to the shelf until 1997, when the New Labour Government put them into action.

Despite modern man’s failure to defeat cancer, the established medical approach continues to dismiss alternative therapies. Sufferer Tina Cooke knows why.