Renewing Bevan’s Vision

If the NHS is to survive, we must set out an agenda that not only defends it but aims to expand its mandate to new arenas.

The NHS: Safe in Labour Hands?

As a Starmer government becomes increasingly likely, the Labour Party’s plans for the NHS leave much to be desired.

A Movement to End Outsourcing

The contracting-out of key NHS functions to private profiteers has eroded public healthcare — we need a movement to end it for good.

Consultants Are Striking Against a Broken NHS

With real pay falling by a third since 2009 and conditions continuing to deteriorate, consultants have escalated strike action. An anonymous senior doctor writes for Tribune about the reality of working in a healthcare system on the brink of collapse.

How a Historic Strike Wave Rocked the NHS

The last year has seen historic walkouts across the NHS. Workers are fighting not just for terms and conditions but for the future of public healthcare.

Michael Marmot: ‘The Social Contract Has Been Broken’

Michael Marmot – one of Britain’s leading healthcare voices – speaks to Tribune about how austerity and the epidemic of social inequality threaten the future of the NHS.

The Plan to Kill the NHS

The NHS has always had wealthy enemies, but now they have a clear plan to bring it down: starve public healthcare of funding and let private provision grow in its place.

A History of NHS Privatisation

75 years after its creation, the NHS is drifting from its original ideals – a result of both Tory and Labour policies that allowed private interests to carve up healthcare for profit.

Michael Rosen: ‘Caring Is the Greatest Thing We Can Do for Each Other’

Writer and poet Michael Rosen – one of Britain’s most beloved public figures – sits down with Tribune to talk about the Jewish socialist roots of his politics – and why we should adore the NHS.

Casualty vs Thatcher

In the 1980s, two young graduates set out to write a show about how Thatcherism had left Aneurin Bevan’s NHS dream ‘in tatters’. The creators of Casualty sat down with Tribune to discuss the politics that shaped its message.

The Occupation That Saved a Hospital

In the 1970s, the Labour government announced plans to close the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson hospital in North London. The backlash that followed provides an enduring example of how public healthcare can be defended by grassroots organising.

Life in Her Hands: When the Government Made Hospital Dramas

In 1951, the government released the groundbreaking hospital drama Life in Her Hands — a part of a national recruitment campaign to address the chronic shortage of qualified nurses in post-war Britain, and one of the most explicit examples of positive NHS propaganda.

A Fond Farewell to a Fran

Tribune and the Battle for the NHS

In the years leading up to the creation of the NHS, its founder Aneurin Bevan edited this magazine. He used its pages to advocate for a healthcare revolution.

The NHS Was Always Radical

Aneurin Bevan left this magazine for the Ministry of Health with a mission: to build an oasis of socialist principles within British capitalism.

Palestine Solidarity Is Not a Crime

Today, MPs will vote on a government bill to ban boycotts of Israel – authoritarian legislation that uses opposing anti-semitism as cover to attack Palestine solidarity and remove our political freedoms.

Jeremy Corbyn: LGBT Rights Are Refugee Rights – Let’s Stand Up for Both

The government’s latest attack on refugees would criminalise people fleeing persecution because of their sexuality or gender identity. Discrimination knows no borders – and neither should our solidarity.

Striking Against the Housing Crisis

Croydon Council plans huge cuts to its Housing Advice and Homelessness Department in the middle of a housing crisis. In response, staff have gone on strike to protect their jobs – and save a vital public service.

Labour’s Haringey Stitch-Up

Labour suspended its own rules to bar popular socialist candidates from standing in yesterday’s election in Haringey. Members of its Local Campaign Forum explain why they have resigned following this latest attack on democracy.

Tish Murtha’s Art of the Excluded

A new film celebrates photographer Tish Murtha, who intimately captured life on the margins during Thatcherism’s rise – and demonstrated art’s potential to undermine the powerful.