- Conference
- 2006 Health Care Service Group Conference
- Date
- 21 April 2006
- Decision
- Carried
Following the announcement by Peter Garwood – Managing Director of the National Blood Service, on Monday 27th March 2006, Conference registers its opposition to the planned reconfiguration of blood centres in the South West and Bristol and the knock on affect to the Birmingham Centre.
Conference is concerned that this process was outside of any ‘partnership working’ and not subject to any form of public consultation.
The reconfiguration will directly result in job cuts and redundancies, and will see large blood ‘Supercentre’ that will affect the continuity of the blood supplies around the country.
Conference calls upon the Service Group Executive working with UNISON Blood Service Forum to:
1Call upon the National Blood Service to embark on a process of public consultation to fully assess the impact of any reconfiguration.
2Work closely with other staff side unions to oppose any compulsory redundancies.
3Work closely with other staff side unions to present alternative models that compliment the NBS Strategic Plan without the need for service cuts. ends