Dr Tony O’Sullivan

… by extracting from the one pool of nurses, doctors, consultants, theatre technicians both employed and trained by the NHS, depleting the skilled staff time available in the NHS itself

When the NHS has been funded to meet the needs of the population, private healthcare has been static. Its growth shows how successive govts failed to support this essential public service to provide universal healthcare for all. A growing private sector undermines resilience & strength of the NHS…

Doctor warns of deaths from A&E delays as campaigners to protest corridor care NHS 'horror stories' have sparked a protest over corridor care by NHS staff, patients and campaigners

Our protest last week drew national and international attention. Corridor care is dangerous and inhumane and must be urgently addressed by this govt.

16,600 people die AVOIDABLY every year - this is nothing short of a national disgrace.
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Our Co-Chair @drjohnpuntis.bsky.social writes for @publicsectorfocus.bsky.social this month about the growing racism and violence crisis in the NHS.

Read the full piece here:

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Keep Our NHS Public Statement: Warfare not welfare this Spring Budget More money for military spending but not for health and care The spring statement is an occasion for unveiling plans for the UK economy. Investment in the NHS and addressing the social determinants...

In yesterday's spring statement there was more money announced for military spending, but nothing for our NHS.

16,600 people are dying completely avoidably every year - this is an emergency.

Read out analysis here:
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Russia-Ukraine war led to 66 per cent rise in pneumonia admissions, figures suggest HOSPITAL admissions for pneumonia surged by 66 per cent following the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war, new figures revealed today.NHS trusts reported a sharp rise in cold weather-related admissions...

Our Co-Chair @drjohnpuntis.bsky.social said:

“A cross-departmental approach to reducing health inequalities should be a govt priority, rather than a narrow focus on dubious future benefits from such things as AI and gene testing.”

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Our co-chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social said in the Sunday Express:

"When the NHS has been funded to meet the needs of the population, access to private healthcare has been static. This is a sign of how govts have failed to provide essential healthcare for all."

IWD - Special Edition - Socialist Health Association International Women's Day 2026 Read in full or download: IWD SHA SpecialDownload

Please take a minute to view @socialisthealth.bsky.social ‘s International Women’s Day special edition newsletter celebrating women’s achievements in healthcare and highlighting the issues we still face.

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#InternationalWomensDay2026

NHS staff hold protest outside Parliament demanding end to corridor care HEALTH workers and MPs held a protest outside Parliament today demanding Wes Streeting put a stop to the “death sentence” that is corridor care and open 5,000 unused NHS beds.Unions, campaigners and c...

Our successful protest yesterday outside parliament drew the attention of several MPs who were presented with our briefing and the opportunity to follow up.

Corridor care is extremely dangerous for patients and traumatising for staff - it must end NOW.
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Join @roylilley1.bsky.social and say to Streeting: ‘STOP - or have more deaths on your conscience’ (hope it’s there).

If we halt decimation of #NHS workforce, that vital experience can solve the problems of years of underfunding & diversion of resources to the private sector
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IHPN calls for greater role for independent sector in cutting NHS community waiting times - Independent Healthcare Provider Network With NHS community health services facing years of under-investment and entrenched waiting times, a new report from the independent healthcare sector calls for providers to be brought in urgently to h...

Govt wants to shift care from hospital to community but refuses to fund NHS community services needed
Beware re-run of Streeting’s call to use private ‘spare capacity’ - there isn’t any
No to ‘turbocharging’ private expansion on NHS funds
Invest in NHS community & GP services

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Newcastle sexual health service needs 'a lot of work' to rebuild - BBC News A campaigner says the "real world harm" caused by the inadequate-rated service is not yet known.

Some excellent local press from one of our 50 local groups.

Dr Helen Murrell of KONP NE said:

"We were very, very unhappy from the beginning and we've been very aware that the service wasn't going well."

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Yesterday we joined @greenparty.org.uk leader @zackpolanski.bsky.social as he handed in a ‘termination of contract’ letter to Palantir.

We oppose Palantir NHS contracts because a secretive surveillance firm linked to the Gaza genocide has no place handling our public health data.

Hospital patients collapsing while out of sight on corridors, NHS watchdog says Health Services Safety Investigations Body says using corridors, stores and gyms as care areas poses serious risks

4th report in a yr highlights mortal danger for patients cared for in hospital corridors
£10bn for AI/data platforms wrong priority Wes Streeting
More important
❗️Sort social care now not 2028
❗️More GPs & funds
❗️Reopen & staff closed hospital beds
❗️Rebuild #NHS not private health cos

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Homerton phlebotomists, @unison.org.uk members draw blood!!
Winning fairer pay - Well done!
@jordanrivera.bsky.social @nhsworkerssayno.bsky.social

Wes Streeting puts more effort into insulting doctors than fixing the NHS Doctors move constantly between crises, putting out one fire only to be pulled towards the next.

“Next time you can’t see your GP, you’re waiting double digit hours in A&E, or wait over a year to see a specialist, ask if secure employment for Drs sounds unreasonable. Our unemployment crisis is a public health crisis."

Vital piece by @jatinderhayre.bsky.social
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Patient survival ‘clearly linked’ to nursing numbers A LANDMARK study into excess patient deaths across NHS hospitals has found a “very clear and consistent” link between nurse staffing and patient mortality — and that replacing them with lower-paid wor...

Our co-chair @drjohnpuntis.bsky.social said:

"This study is a clarion call to those in power to look hard at the evidence and think again.”
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St Helier staff ready to walk out over years of unpaid back pay Workers at St George’s in Tooting and Epsom Hospital and St Helier in Carshalton voted 100% and 99% in favour of strike action Around 600 healthcare assistants working at three hospitals in s…

St Helier staff ready to walk out over years of unpaid back pay insidecroydon.com/2025/12/24/s... #Sutton #NHS #Strike @keepournhspublic.bsky.social

Doctors call for ‘less name-calling and more deal-making’ from Health Secretary Wes Streeting RESIDENT doctors are keen to resume talks with the government to avoid further strikes but “must see less name-calling and more deal-making” from Health Secretary Wes Streeting, said the British Medic...

Our co-chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social said:

“Streeting conjured up an NHS ‘Armageddon’ to scapegoat doctors while acting blind to the perpetual crisis happening the rest of the year."

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How will A&E function if 85% of hospital activity moves to 'the community'? Why the massive reorganisation & privatisation? @sectorsocial.bsky.social

Why we're fighting back | Interview with striking Resident Doctor YouTube video by Keep Our NHS Public

We spoke to Resident Dr @andrewmeyerson.uk about why he's out on strike this week:

"It's shocking; we have the longest waiting list in history at the same time that we have historic levels of Dr unemployment. That's unacceptable; and it's why we're fighting back."

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Our member, Dr Martin Blanchard, writes for the December issue of @publicsectorfocus.bsky.social magazine about the risk to patient data and the NHS from big tech.

Read the full piece here 👇
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Our Co-Chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social spoke to @lbc.co.uk about the latest Resident Doctor strikes and the winter crisis:

"There's no guarantee for Drs stuck in that training bottleneck that they won't lose their jobs..."

Keep Our NHS Public stands with Resident Drs, for a safer NHS.

The NHS is struggling – Is private finance the answer or the problem? | West Bridgford Wire Mike Scott, Chair of Nottingham and Notts branch of the NHS campaign group Keep Our NHS Public writes in response to this recent article Budget 2025 legal

Mike Scott of Notts Keep Our NHS Public said:

"Over £40bn of debt is still to be repaid years later. To make a profit, private companies overcharge the NHS, whereas the public sector can build at cost so there's no possibility that private could be cheaper."
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Why doctors are uniquely vulnerable to domestic abuse Domestic abuse in NHS workers is a “silent pandemic,” with some research finding that they are three times as likely to experience it. Adele Waters finds that the NHS needs to do more to end a “double...

Today, with the @medicalwomenuk.bsky.social, we launch the first NHS Domestic Abuse Awareness Day @nhsdaawareday.bsky.social
This must-read article by Adele Waters in @bmj.com explains why it is needed #NHSDAAD
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Our Co-Chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social said:

“Thou­sands are being treated in spaces never designed for care, while staff do the impossible under intol­er­able pres­sure. National guid­ance says cor­ridor care is unac­cept­able. So does basic decency."
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🚨BREAKING: #NHS patients are outside Wes Streeting's office after waiting 392 days for a meeting.

Meanwhile, Wes has found time to accept £220k+ from private healthcare linked donors.

So today they came to his office and only then did he FINALLY agree to meet with them.

Sign the digital Christmas card for NHS staff 💙 This winter, NHS staff across the country will be battling horrific conditions whilst trying to save lives and provide care for patients. To show our support and gratitude for health workers, we have...

This winter, #NHS staff across the country will be battling horrific conditions whilst trying to save lives & provide care for patients.

Sign our digital Christmas card to show your support and gratitude 💙⬇️

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Baron John Hutton, always a close Tony Blair supporter, unsurprisingly gives private finance initiative (PFI/PPP/LIFT) a thumbs-up. He’s disingenuous at best, compromised as Association of Infrastructure Investors in Public Private Partnerships (AIIP) Chair. PFI stinks
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