Recruiting 5,000 extra GPs: Fact vs Fiction
FICTION: In September 2015 Jeremy Hunt as Health Secretary promised the NHS would recruit an extra 5,000 full time equivalent GPs (FTE) by 2021. This was also set out as an objective the following year […]
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Maternity Action launches Judicial Review
On Monday 14 October Maternity Action began a judicial review of the policy of charging vulnerable migrant women for NHS maternity care. They are challenging the practice of issuing bills of £7,000 or more to […]
August Newsletter 2019 – Boris Johnson, No-Deal, new NHS film coming soon and Mental Health Summit announcements
This August Newsletter, features news on the appointment of Boris Johnson as our new unelected Prime Minister, the danger of a no-deal Brexit for the NHS, NHS workers on strike in Bradford resisting ‘Subcos’, more on […]
Staff fight to stay 100% NHS: New round of battles against ‘Subcos’
Bradford staff dig in for another strike. They believe pay and pensions will suffer as part of a drive to cut costs if roles are transferred to a wholly owned subsidiary company (Subco), being set up […]
Bradford NHS workers strike against transfer into Wholly Owned Subsidiary
Setting an example for the rest of the NHS workforce, 200 UNISON members at Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust (BTHFT) voted for strike action (97% of those voting – securing a 70% turnout) after the plans were […]
Princess Alexandra Hospital domestics win battle against outsourcing
Domestics at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow have scored a dramatic victory against a threat to outsource their jobs. Management confirmed yesterday that they are committing to keeping the workers in-house, narrowly averting a strike […]
The crisis in General Practice is unsustainable for everyone
The headlines continue to tell the story of the precipitous decline in General Practice – increasing rates of practice closures, falling GP numbers and lengthening waits for appointments. And behind the figures is something less […]
The future of primary care and GPs – KONP’s charter for the future
General practice across the UK is in deep crisis Here we launch a discussion on general practice, the crisis it faces, NHS England’s proposals and we propose a campaign with a charter of demands to […]
Circle in court action against the NHS to protect their profits – Nottingham KONP fights on
Nottingham Keep Our NHS Public have been campaigning against Circle’s takeover of their hospital services for some time. Now though, there has been a significant development prompting the HSJ to write an article about how […]
Fining trusts for patient deaths robs others of better treatment
You would think that the prospect of losing a patient was motivation enough to encourage the most thorough diagnosis and treatment of a sick person. However, from April the government could now impose fines upon […]