Tag: #HandsOffNHS
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Unite ballots healthcare members to secure pay equality, fair treatment for patients and waste on private medicine
Strike ballot opens tomorrow after union members’ request to join the industrial action signalled by other health unions Unite will ballot four thousand NHS members including psychologists, speech and language therapists, pathology laboratory staff, community nurses, pharmacists and support staff. Unite in Health’s four thousand members across the health service in Northern Ireland will tomorrow…
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Latest healthcare cuts mean it is a bad time to be sick in Northern Ireland
Unite the union strongly opposed to £70 million further cuts to healthcare Proposals seek to undermine the founding principles of the NHS – free at the point of delivery Unite members and representatives in the health service across Northern Ireland turned out at the exceptional Board meetings in the five Health Trusts today. Speaking after…
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HSCT Pre-Consultation document a cynical attempt to secure support to justify Stroke unit closures
Unite calls for stroke services to be delivered across all acute hospitals with specialist treatments at a few onward treatment centres Stroke services need investment with skilled staff deployed to meet local demand June 13th: Kevin McAdam, Unite Regional Officer with responsibility for the Health sector in Northern Ireland responded to the publication of the…
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Incoming DUP Health Minister must address concerns of healthcare staff
Unions waiting more than a month to see Minister Hamilton Northern Ireland now only part of UK where workers have not received a recommended one percent pay increase October 21st: Unite Regional Officer, Kevin McAdam, has called on Simon Hamilton to prioritise meeting unions representing healthcare staff and address their concerns: “Representatives of the Healthcare…