Candlelight vigil for the NHS

UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentis, will join health workers, patients and the public, in a candlelight vigil outside parliament today (7 September).

The vigil is being held to draw attention to the damaging consequences of the Health and Social Care Bill, particularly the removal of the private patient income cap, and the threat of privatisation. The union is warning Lib Dem MPs, that by voting for the bill, they are running the risk of voting themselves out of office for a generation.

Dave Prentis, UNISON General Secretary, said: