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Pathological service cuts?
Whenever ministers think a public service needs an overhaul, they bring in ‘the experts’. Ironically in many cases ‘the experts’ have limited expertise. ... Read More
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Bring our NHS back to health plea
Policy conference delegates reaffirmed Unite’s commitment to saving the NHS from funding cuts and privatisation on the service’s 70th birthday. First time speaker Moira... Read More
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Happy Birthday NHS from Unite
To the tune of Stevie Wonder's Happy Birthday and lit by a sparkling laser display, Unite delegates gave greetings and thanks to the... Read More
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Health care like no other
The National Health Service was born on July 5 1948, delivered by visionary Labour health minister Aneurin “Nye” Bevan at a ceremony at Park Hospital... Read More
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Proper investment call for key NHS service
Tucked away out of public view at most hospitals is a nuclear medicine laboratory where radioactive materials are kept safely in thick lead containers. Dressed... Read More
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Health of the nation
1948 did not only usher in free universal access to primary health care; it also brought with it an idea radical for its time –... Read More
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Happy Birthday our NHS!
Here are some delegates' selfies fresh from our Unite communications digital zone. We love you NHS! ... Read More
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Squeezing the life from our NHS
Keep Our NHS Public has been one of the most used slogans for years as unions, patient groups and politicians campaign to end the privatisation... Read More
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Scrap outsourcing plans call
In the latest intervention in a Unite dispute against NHS outsourcing, Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham today (July 4) responded to Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust's... Read More
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Defend our NHS call
Hospitals in England need 74,000 more beds if the NHS is to catch up with healthcare systems in other wealthy European countries, new research shows.... Read More
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Beware the ‘Trojan Horses’
With the NHS celebrating its 70th birthday, the debate continues to rage over the future funding and structure of the health service as NHS campaigners... Read More
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‘Undemocratic decision’
Strikes against a decision by an NHS trust to outsource workers are “only the beginning” of the fightback, Unite has warned. The warning came... Read More
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‘Our NHS’
More than 100,000 people are expected to take to the streets in London on June 30 to celebrate the NHS’ achievements and founding principles as... Read More
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‘Bare minimum’
The extra £20bn for the NHS announced today by the Prime Minister (June 18) is the bare minimum the service needs, Unite has warned. ... Read More
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‘Up in arms’
Unite has called on private companies and the Department of Health to give workers indirectly employed by the NHS the same pay increase as NHS... Read More
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Pay justice fight
Thousands of low-paid health staff are not eligible for wages rises under an impending NHS pay deal because their work has been outsourced. About... Read More
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Capita failure
“Way below standard” NHS services provided by outsourcing firm Capita to 39,000 GPs, dentists, opticians and pharmacists “potentially put patients at risk of serious harm”,... Read More
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Keep jobs public call
NHS staff employed by Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are set to take strike action over plans to move their jobs to a... Read More
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‘Wolf in sheep’s clothing’
Unite warned that a plan by East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust to outsource 250 direct employees and transfer 850 Serco staff into a new... Read More
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‘Pay justice’
Low paid NHS workers employed by Serco at Barts NHS Trust staged a protest at the Trust’s board meeting today (May 9) to demand that Barts... Read More