Hundreds of low paid workers determined to secure a fair pay increase from their employer Serco have announced 25 more days of strike action at Barts Health NHS Trust. Talks are scheduled between Unite and Serco this Friday (11 August). Strike action can be avoided if Serco gets serious about resolving this dispute and brings…
Yet again, we are talking about the costs to the NHS of ‘health tourists’. It’s pretty clear to me that this argument is distracting from the larger debate about central funding. People who deliberately come to the UK to benefit from NHS care cost £100-300 million per year, 0.3 per cent of the annual health…
On Monday 26th June, the Parliamentary Labour Party will discuss the order of possible Labour private members bills If you have a Labour MP, please ask them to attend this Parliamentary Labour Party discussion and support Margaret Greenwood’s NHS Bill as the one to be allocated to the Labour MP who comes highest in the…
Speakers confirmed: Dr Kailash Chand OBE; Estephanie Dunn – Royal College of Nursing; Karen Reissman – Unison Health; Lisa Nandy MP. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fight-for-our-nhs-tickets-33306146581 Wigan Trades Council has invited local MP’s and Councillors to join them in a local campaign to challenge the Government’s plans to reform the NHS. In letters sent today to MP’s and Councillors…
Following on from the successful public meeting in March there will now be weekly protests. Suporters will meet weekly for up to an hour between 1.30 and 3.00 pm on a Wednesday to express support for staff at the hospital. We would like everyone who can to commit to gathering at the hospital every week…
Bolton NHS – What is the future? “£116million cuts and a smaller Bolton hospital” Come to our PUBLIC MEETING hear what is planned and how we can fight these cuts. Speaker – Dr Jackie Grunsell, GP 7.30pm on Thursday 23rd March at Friends Meeting House 50 Silverwell St Bolton BL1 1PP
