NHS laboratories being “sidelined” in Covid-19 testing regime, says Unite
Unite the Union has said that NHS laboratories are being “sidelined” in favour of underperforming private-sector facilities in…
Public Health
PMQs: Starmer sidesteps Brexit to attack Johnson on testing failures
Silence on Brexit. That was the accusation thrown by Boris Johnson at Keir Starmer in today’s Prime Minister’s…
Labour slams Public Health England decision as “desperate attempt to shift the blame”
Labour has condemned the government’s decision to scrap Public Health England as a “desperate attempt to shift the…
WATCH: Labour warns “people will feel they can’t trust the guidance” after Cummings
Lisa Nandy has said that “my big worry is that increasingly people will feel they can’t trust the…
Labour calls for clarity on self-isolation after “confused picture” of past 48 hours
Anneliese Dodds has said that the past 48 hours have “presented a confused picture” and called on the…
We must stand with the Brazilian people against Bolsonaro in the fight for public health
Official statistics showed that, as of last Tuesday, over 5,000 Brazilians had lost their lives to Covid-19. At…
Sharon Hodgson: We must do better on cancer
This month, the NHS70 celebrations are focussing on cancer. Many of us will have our lives touched by…
Sharon Hodgson: Hepatitis C is the silent killer we can and must eliminate
There is a public health threat affecting around 100,000 people in England, around 214,000 in the UK and…
Kerry McCarthy: We cannot bring back the young lives lost to meningitis but it is our duty to make sure more deaths are avoided
This week we have marked World Mental Health Day and quite rightly this has included a focus on…
Sharon Hodgson: Free school meals are a vital part of the fight for a fairer society
Earlier this month Jeremy Corbyn announced that, if elected, Labour would introduce free school meals for all primary…
