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Most vulnerable face paying the price for political failure

Unite the union strongly opposed to £70 million further cuts to healthcare Western HSC Trust proposals posed to close residential care home in Derry and neo-natal unit in Enniskillen Unite Regional Officer with responsibility for Health in the Western HSCT … Continue reading

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Announced cuts to advanced nursing training will have drastic long-term impact

Training places for health visitor district nursing and advanced practitioners will be halved Cuts will impact school nurse numbers leaving vulnerable children at risk June 22nd: Kevin McAdam, Unite Regional Officer with responsibility for the Health sector in Northern Ireland … Continue reading

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Belfast City Council must intervene to defend services and staff at outsourced Leisure Centres

Unite has yet to receive management report over Health & Safety impact of corner-cutting policies Growing use of casual working is leaves increasing numbers of leisure centre staff in poverty-pay trap June 20th: Unite Regional Officer, Michael Keenan, has called … Continue reading

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Stormont Health Committee to hear of challenges facing NI Health & Social Care

Unite’s Kevin McAdam to present on behalf of Unite and NIC-ICTU health committee Northern Ireland health workers have seen a 16% drop in pay over the past five years and are now the lowest paid in the UK October 5th: … Continue reading

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Unite to defend Northern Ireland’s bus and rail services

Threat to local bus services will have huge impact on older people, disabled, families and working poor in regional towns December 5th: Davy McMurray, lead Regional Officer for public transport in Unite expressed Unite’s total opposition to proposals  which would see … Continue reading

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