Junior doctors in the BMA (British Medical Association) have been out on strike again today (and yesterday) continuing their magnificent battle against imposed, worsened contracts. This time they are again providing emergency care, but on 26 and 27 April they will escalate their action to a full strike. In an interview on BBC Radio Leicester […]
The junior doctors and their union the BMA are in the front line of attacks on the NHS. After two one-day strikes in January and February, the latest stage of their campaign of industrial action was a 48-hour strike on 9-10 March. It will continue with two further 48-hour stoppages in April (see “Junior doctors’ […]
Picket lines took place at all three main hospitals in Leicester, as well as a ‘meet the doctors’ event in the city centre. Doctors were keen to explain their stand to the public. Picket lines on the main roads got constant beeps of support from passing vehicles. As one Doctor explained: “Its not about us […]
Comments made by doctors on the picket line to Socialist Party member Steve Score: “We are here because we want to stop the dismantling and privatisation of the NHS. Individually we would be better off if it was, but that’s against our principles.” “I never expected to have to go on strike, Jeremy Hunt should […]
The five board members in charge of Interserve, a private company which has taken charge of estates and facilities cleaning at three hospitals in Leicester, take home just under £3 million a year between them. The company took over the contract in January 2013, when 2,000 NHS staff transferred under a TUPE agreement – which […]
The £200,000-a-year chief executive of University Hospitals Leicester, John Adler, is planning to cut maternity services at Leicester General Hospital, so that care for “low-risk pregnancies only” may be delivered at the hospital. He says that a full maternity service is not viable in the future. Also, intensive care will be reduced from the three […]
My local hospital, University Hospitals Leicester, has had to apply for financial support from the government, after it has forecast going into the red this year by £40 million. Tragically, it is planning to cut £45 million in a “cost improvement plan” in 2014. This will only mean the loss of more staff, and further […]
Press release Leicester Socialist Party is hosting a public meeting on Wednesday 2nd October at 7.30pm in The Red Tent, Pocklingtons Walk to discuss the attacks being made to the NHS. Workers from local hospitals will give first-hand accounts of the threats posed to services. The number of ambulance stations in the East Midlands is being reduced from […]
Socialist Party public meeting Tuesday 13th September 7.30pm F-Bar, 95 WALNUT ST, LE2 7LA Further cuts to the NHS have been announced in addition to the UHL job losses and hike in car parking charges. The hospital is saying that this needs to be done because of a £8 million overspend. But where has this […]
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