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29 December 2019
Privatisation of NHS contracts worth £15bn since 2015…
The scale of the privatisation of NHS service contracts has been revealed in new research published…
20 December 2019
Black Eye Friday: Paramedics near breaking point as…
Black Eye Friday tonight will see ambulance services up and down the country close to breaking…
14 November 2019
GMB, the union for NHS workers, has described today’s…
GMB, the union for NHS workers, has described today’s figures on NHS A&E waiting times - the…
10 November 2019
NHS bosses are trying to gag staff from speaking out…
NHS bosses are trying to ‘gag’ staff during the general election.
11 September 2019
Three quarters of paramedics burn out before sixty,…
Lifesaving ambulance workers retire with ill health or even die in service before receiving pension.
29 March 2019
200,000 nurses quit NHS since 2010
Nurses have had an average of £5,000 swiped from their pay packets by real terms wage cuts and…
28 February 2019
GMB backs move to scrap NHS privatisation law
Union has long campaigned to repeal controversial Section 75 and reverse tide of health service…