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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Let’s get a few things straight. The NHS isn’t failing; it’s being failed, and being failed in a big way. The results of the latest annual British Social Attitudes survey of nearly 3000 people undertaken […]
This Saturday 16th March, on UN Anti-Racism Day, there will be a national march against racism, islamophobia and anti-semitism meeting at Park Lane, London, at 12:00. NHS staff, students and campaigners have organised an NHS […]