NHS pay: 3% is much too little, too late
The government’s revised offer of a 3% pay increase for NHS workers is far too little, too late. After months of delay, the latest offer put forward by the government is only a slight improvement […]
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Struggle for pay justice is at the heart of saving our NHS
NHS staff, many of whom are worn out and overworked, deserve a substantial pay rise. Their pay has fallen in value by 10-15% – for some, even worse than that. They see sleaze, corrupt lobbying, […]
Pay Justice now for all NHS staff
Keep Our NHS Public endorses Heath Campaigns Together Statement on Pay justice for NHS workers The following statement was written by Chair of Health Campaigns Together (HCT) Mike Forster ___ HCT notes the government’s announcement […]
Why Keep Our NHS Public is launching a People’s Covid Inquiry
The covid pandemic is ongoing and has already been a disaster that will have major long lasting adverse consequences Across the political divide there are few people who would even attempt to argue that the […]
People’s Covid Inquiry
With more than 150,000 deaths from COVID-19 Keep Our NHS Public believes the public deserves to know how and why this has happened. That is why we launched the People’s Covid Inquiry, along with a […]
100,000 dead. How did we get here?
January 23rd 2021 marks the first anniversary of the Wuhan lockdown and is ten months from when the UK first introduced restrictions on people’s movement in order to decrease the spread of the virus. In […]
Badge of honour? More like a joke
On 30 November Nicola Sturgeon announced that all health and social care staff in Scotland will be receiving a £500 pound bonus. The bonus is a ‘thank you’ from the Scottish government and the people […]
Failure to consider maternity affects midwives too
This open letter was written by student midwife Daisy Owens. I feel completely let down by the current situation. This is an experience no one could prepare for and the handling will never be perfect. […]
Without sufficient staffing, Nightingale Hospitals are an expensive publicity stunt
It has been a long time since the NHS was properly staffed, since people went home on time, or had manageable workloads. It’s been several years since winters were workable. The months from October to […]
BMA council chair slams Government for its Covid failures
Chaand Nagpaul, BMA council chair slammed the Government’s response to Covid in his speech to the BMA Annual Representatives Meeting 2020. https://youtu.be/8VmPBdSX9Nc