Swindon hospital to axe up to 200 jobs GMB, Britain’s general union, attacked plans by the management of the Great Western Hospital in Swindon to axe up to 200 jobs, 99 of which were likely to involve redundancy.
NHS: the deepening crisis Richard Griffin summarises some of the effects the NHS funding crisis is having around the country.
NHS cuts - mentally ill abandoned As cuts to the National Health Service deepen, the mentally ill are being left to fend for themselves in what could be a crisis much worse than Margaret Thatcher's botched Care in the Community scheme*.
NHS job losses grow - as does opposition According to health union Unison nearly 7,000 job losses have now been announced across the NHS - with more to come.
NHS: 'Blame the Workers.' Seriously? Longer waiting lists, delayed treatment, redundancies, staff training slashed, patients discharged from hospital too quickly, public health programmes at risk - the NHS is in crisis.
Abuse of power in the NHS - the Kerr Haslam Inquiry Ellen Kemp looks into the sexual abuse scandal involving vulnerable people that didn’t rock the nation.
PFI scheme reignites for NHS Two major victories for government supporters of Private Finance Initiative (PFI) funding for improvements to public services have been approved in the last two weeks.
Thousands protest against hospital closure Around 5000 people marched in Ayr yesterday to protest against the closure of a casualty unit.
NHS nurses could begin working-to-rule The Royal College of Nursing has stated that nurses could refuse to work one day a week per nurse if they are not given a 3% pay hike.
NHS: The cost of privatisation The government’s controversial private finance initiative is floundering. Patricia Hewitt’s review of the £1.28bn PFI plan for the Barts and The London hospitals trust, prompted by spiralling costs revealed last December, also raises questions about the whole policy.
NHS failing asylum seekers New research shows the the growing inequalities in healthcare in the UK that the NHS is unable to tackle.
NHS Pensions Agency staff vote for strike action Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) working for the NHS Pensions Agency (NHSPA) in Fleetwood have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action over the effects of plans to privatise the agency.
