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
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Whistleblowing law is a danger to patient safety and NHS staff
This article was written by Dr Minh Alexander, NHS whistleblower and former consultant psychiatrist.Whistleblowing is a vital, everyday activity that is part of good governance in all sectors. It is invaluable in safety critical areas […]
Johnson’s Covid incompetence will cost NHS staff dear
As government incompetence becomes more obvious by the day, so does the importance of the NHS and its workers. In July, the government announced a 3.1% public sector pay rise. After months of hyper-focus on […]
Why NHS pay matters
Helen O’Connor is a regional organiser for GMB Union. Last Saturday 8 August, thousands of NHS health workers marched in towns and cities all over the country because they are angry. These staff worked to […]
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 […]
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 […]