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Designed to give millions of people "freedom from fear", the NHS today … Filmed in Britain and the United States, this timely, compelling documentary touches us all and reveals what may be the last battle to preserve the most fundamental human right.Screening as part of this year's Global Health Film Festival programme; followed by an extended interview with John Pilger, led by Dr Rachel Clarke.A limited number of single tickets (£12.00 plus booking fee) Film festival passes, giving access to all screenings, workshops, VR plus light catering and a Drinks Reception (£55 one-day, £85 two-day) We gather anonymised analytics data on website usage unless you opt out.
Hancock's association with the tech company, Babylon Health, is dealt with in The Dirty War.The following review by Jean Shaoul appeared on the World Socialist Website -The John Pilger archive is held at the British LibraryJohn Pilger addresses 'Media and War' conference at Goldsmith's College, University of London, 17 November 2012The incredible account of the break-up of the US military in Vietnam The Dirty War on the NHS was first broadcast in Britain on the ITV Network on 17 December, 2019. It was shown following the general election that saw Boris Johnson become prime minister - even though the future of the NHS was a major issue in the campaign.The remarkable prescience of the film became clear when the COVID pandemic struck, and the NHS, crippled by bed shortages, the starvation of resources and accelerating privatisation, could not cope. This was the film's warning - a warning also delivered in 2016 when a full 'drill' for a pandemic showed the NHS would barely survive such an emergency.
Britain's National Health Service, the NHS, was the world's first universal public health service. The politicians and managers did nothing; the report of the results of the drill was suppressed.The ideological assault on the world's first public health service continued at the height of the COVID crisis with inept private firms given lucrative contracts for PPE and mass testing. EP.827: John Pilger- The Dirty War on the NHS: Privatisation ... - … Registered address: 10 Queen Street Place, London, EC4R 1BE John Pilger - The Dirty War on the National Health Service (2019) - … It was shown following the general election that saw Boris Johnson become prime minister - even though the future of the NHS was a major issue in the campaign. The NHS, the last bastion of a truly people’s institution without which so many of us would stumble and fall and perhaps not survive. Screening: Saturday 07 December, 09:40. Under our noses, often secretly and deceptively, our National Health Service is being undermined and sold off: piece by precious piece to the likes of Richard Branson and the giant American health insurance … The Dirty War on the NHS was first broadcast in Britain on the ITV Network on 17 December, 2019. The remarkable prescience of the film became clear when the COVID pandemic struck, and the NHS, crippled by bed shortages, the starvation of … The Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, an arch privatiser, announced in August 2020 that in future most GP consultations would be be online. Global Health Film is registered in England and Wales under charity number 1179829 and company number 10436509. The Dirty War on the NHS (2019) Directed by John Pilger, 110 mins.
John Pilger's new documentary, The Dirty War on the NHS, "goes to the heart of the struggle for democracy today", he says. The film is certainly a tribute to the NHS; but, above all, it’s a warning.