Health top brass and unions go head to head in crucial talks

UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentis, brokered top level talks, between

the entire health ministerial team, led by Health Secretary Andy Burnham,

and NHS Together unions, to derail plans to privatise parts of the NHS.

Dave Prentis had warned the Government that plans to introduce more

privatisation would undermine the NHS and fuel a crisis of confidence.

The unions were assured by the Health Secretary that the NHS was the

preferred provider and the Government was not