Tag: Stormont cuts
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Ulster University redundancy plans offers no assurance to workforce, Unite
Unite has responded to the Ulster University’s publication of its voluntary redundancy scheme. The union said the plan fails to provide any analysis of how cutting 450 (equivalent to 15 per cent of the workforce) would affect the quality of education, the sustainability of its four campuses or the impact on already hard-pressed workers. The…
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Stormont must set budget to avoid destructive cuts to NHS services.
Unite warns health trusts are considering cuts targeting low paid workers who are vital to keep the NHS working Unite, which represents more than 4,000 health and social care workers in Northern Ireland, has demanded the Stormont executive agree a budget to sustain the NHS. The absence of a budget has left regional health trusts…
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Alarm bells ring over Southern Trust move to end emergency surgery at Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry
Decision leaves some parts of Northern Ireland 70 minutes from emergency surgery provision – and that in blue light conditions Unite in the community will mobilise to defend access to basic emergency treatment and make it a major issue ahead of upcoming Assembly election The announcement by the Southern Health and Social Care Trust that…