Will you march with nurses this weekend?
Ness Woodcock-Dennis, is one of the main organisers for the NHS Workers Say No! protests taking place this Saturday 8 August. She is a Registered Nurse and nursing lecturer and explains here why it is […]
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Nurses march for better pay
Thousands of nurses and health and care workers protesters in Central London yesterday to protest the lack of a meaningful pay rise for nurses. While the Government had announced pay rises for a number of […]
No worker is expendable
‘Exposed, silenced, attacked: failures to protect health and essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic’. This timely and shocking report compiled by Amnesty International opens with the stark figure of 3000 health workers losing their lives […]
Frontline nurses betrayed: No pay rise from Government
Today the government announced a pay rise for some public sector workers. It notably excludes nurses, one of the biggest health & social care workforces in the UK. Understandably, this has gone down like a […]
Our NHS Deserves Better: Read our ‘2020 Vision’
Sunday 5th July marks the NHS 72nd anniversary. We want to celebrate it, but also demand better care is taken of it, as the last ten years of Government policy have seen it woefully unprepared […]
NOT UNTIL IT’S SAFE: WE STAND WITH TEACHERS
Schools should not open until it is safe to do so On the 9th May KONP expressed its full support for the National Education Union’s five tests before schools could take in more children and […]
Migrant charges: When we stand together we win
The Government U-turn on migrant charging shows that campaigning works but that the ongoing systemic racism in Government policy still requires we pool our efforts and continue our work. JOIN THE PUBLIC MEETING What’s going […]
Cleaners walk out after contractor fails to pay wages despite Covid-19 outbreak
Private company ISS leaves staff with no money for food, no payments, delayed payments, under payments and crucially no protective clothing as first case of Covid-19 confirmed at Lewisham Hospital. Cleaning, portering and catering staff […]
Winter Crisis Day of Action Report
Kicking off a very succesful Winter Crisis National Day of Action on Saturday, members of the new, Keep Our NHS Public group, NHS Staff Voices carried out a banner drop from the side of Westminster bridge […]
GPs angry at true costs of Primary Care Networks
Last year GPs were stampeded into signing up to join Primary Care Networks (PCNs), with the offer of extra funding per patient, plus funding and extra staff to help deliver services. But now NHS England […]