Whether this is through patient involvement groups via the new Healthwatch or through local councillors on Health and Wellbeing Boards, we need to ensure our members are equipped with the […]
Conference calls on the SGE to: 1)Challenge the Tory government’s insistence on a 1% percent cap year on year on pay for the next four years. 2)To adopt a […]
Conference refutes the claims of the Westminster government to have protected the NHS from spending cuts. Conference asserts that since 2010 NHS spending […]
Conference sees the removal of local services as a risk to the NHS and the people who rely on this service to maintain their quality of […]
There appears to have been little challenge to the government which claims to show concern for mental health services and service users while actually making […]
General secretary uses health conference to deliver personal message of thanks to NHS
At the same time, the Government are intent on merging the emergency services as outlined in the consultation paper “Enabling […]
b)Supported campaigning on health and safety matters (example being Needlestick Injuries). c)Local support mechanisms responsive to the personal and workplace needs of safety reps. (Example – […]
Instead of the obsession with localised market-making that the Lansley overhaul aimed to foster, Conference believes that the time has […]
2)Gather evidence of integration and share best practice. 3)Approach the Local Government Service Group Executive with the aim of working together to ensure that there is a consistent […]
The way that the Westminster Government has handled recent national negotiations provides a useful ‘how not to’ guide. Detailed […]
The fundamental principle to consent for treatment is under threat; the government have asked Dame Carol Black to undertake a review on whether people suffering long term conditions should be deprived of benefits if they don’t accept treatment. The implied threat to mental health patients, is the withdrawing of benefits if they refuse treatment. The […]
Conference demands that the Government not only keeps its promise but that it pays the extra £ 8bn now. This payment needs to be […]
However, the Tory government shows no signs of diverting from its ideological task of privatising health services. Increasing […]
Conference notes that the various governments of the UK, and particularly at Westminster, have tended to focus heavily on attempts to protect […]
