17 February 2021

Online workers' rally: Taking fight to the bosses

The National Shop Stewards Network held its 5th meeting during the pandemic

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27 January 2021

Low-paid hospital workers strike

Two disputes by low-paid hospital workers in Birmingham and Reading are taking place. Heartlands hospital workers in Birmingham work directly for the NHS, and those at the Royal Berkshire are contracted

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27 January 2021

Health worker cooperation in the face of the pandemic

It was with mixed feelings that I read my thank you letter from the hospital trust this week. Inside was a badge of honour, a lunch break voucher and a one-off extra day's leave.

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20 January 2021

On the NHS front line

It's so busy. There are so many patients. For weeks now there have been more Covid patients than there were in the first wave. Almost every ward has been given over to treating Covid now.

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20 January 2021

Obituary - Jeff Edwards

Jeff Edwards sadly passed away at Whipps Cross hospital on 3 January, having contracted Covid-19.

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6 January 2021

Hospital security staff on strike for £12 an hour

Security staff at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading are continuing strike action, the next action taking place over 20 days throughout January and February.

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16 December 2020

Maternity unit deaths - democratic, public ownership needed

The recently published Ockenden report into the deaths and serious injuries of mothers and babies at the maternity units in Shropshire and Telford Hospital NHS Trust exposes a very dark side of the lack of accountability in the NHS

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2 December 2020

Pay freeze protest Homerton Hospital

Around twelve NHS staff held a socially distanced protest at Homerton Hospital against Rishi Sunak's pay freeze, on Wednesday 25 November

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18 November 2020

Selling the Socialist

The Socialist Party has been out in Cardiff continuing the campaign for a 15% pay rise for NHS workers

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18 November 2020

Stop Leicester hospital closure

Leicester's NHS bosses seem scared about the 'Save Our NHS Leicestershire' campaign's attempts to put forward alternative views on their proposals to reorganise our hospitals, including the closure of the Leicester General Hospital.

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21 October 2020

Teignmouth hospital closure threat ... again!

Teignmouth Hospital was the first hospital to be rebuilt by the NHS, in 1954. Over the years, local residents have raised millions to buy equipment and beds, and refurbish large parts of it.

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7 October 2020

Leicester: Don't let them close our hospital

When Boris Johnson falsely announced his government would build "40 new hospitals" at Tory conference a year ago, it turned out that in fact only six trusts were to get much delayed routine investment.

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30 September 2020

Campaign for new King George Hospital wing gets boost

Labour-led Redbridge council now supports the call for a new wing for King George Hospital. A petition for the new wing, organised by campaigners, got the necessary 1,500 signatures to bring it before

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16 September 2020

Coventry: scrap 'profit before people' hospital parking charges

The Coventry Socialist Party campaign to scrap hospital parking charges continues

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2 September 2020

Scrap hospital parking charges

When Coventry Socialist Party was campaigning to scrap hospital parking charges, NHS workers told us how much they had to pay - £40 a month to park at their own workplace, with no guarantee of a space

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5 August 2020

Sick pay victory at Homerton hospital!

Workers and unions at Homerton hospital, east London are celebrating a major victory: winning NHS sick pay for all staff working for private contractor ISS.

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15 July 2020

Hillingdon Hospital corona outbreak: workforce not to blame

Government and management attacks and incompetence are the main cause of the spread

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8 July 2020

Homerton hospital workers deserve equal pay and conditions

Management at Homerton Hospital in Hackney, east London, has outraged staff by insisting that outsourcing and inferior pay and conditions for ancillary workers will go on

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24 June 2020

Victory for Royal Glamorgan A&E!

A 24-hour A&E department is to be retained at Royal Glamorgan Hospital

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10 June 2020

Homerton Hospital - withdraw private contract

Homerton Hospital in north London has awarded its contract for cleaning, catering, portering and security back to private contractor ISS for another five years

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