Debate

What do we mean by ‘a new society’?

The subtitle of this magazine is ‘The struggle for a new society’

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Meetings

Report from the Vital Signs meeting, 27th of September 2024

A handful of us who work at Southmead hospital and the BRI met up to talk about things at work and beyond

International

Struggles of an independent workers’ group at a private hospital in Germany

It is interesting to read how the group started as part of the mainstream trade union and then had to organise itself independently

International

Nous serons plus patients – A rebellious health workers book from France

We translated the intro to a new book published by rebellious health workers in France

Meetings

Report from the Vital Signs meeting, 30th of August 2024

A handful of us from Southmead hospital and the BRI met and primarily talked about the various cuts due to the ‘financial crisis’ of the trust

Current Struggles

Conversation with a junior doctor about the recent strikes

The recent junior doctor strike was significant, not just for doctors, but for all NHS workers

Worker and Patient

Account of a working class patient who had cancer surgery and treatment in Bristol

We need to foster new relationships of solidarity between health workers and patients that doesn’t reduce patients to objects or clients

Debate

Book review: Critical – Why the NHS is being betrayed and how we can fight for it

‘Critical’ provides us with good material for discussion, which we can use to engage in a series of interviews with doctors and other health workers

Current Struggles

On the current pay offer for NHS workers – The Labour government is a more skilled opponent

Starmer himself knows how to use state power in more subtle ways than a lofty money-bag like Sunak

Interviews

CrowdStrike or Workers’ Strike? – Conversation with a NHS IT worker

The following conversation with a NHS IT worker took place before the CrowdStrike cock-up…