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2 October 2008 DELEGATES TO the Amicus/Unite NHS National Industrial Committee have voted unanimously to ballot members for action over pay in October, writes a member of the Unite NHS committee. 24 September 2008 DESPITE HUGE concerns and demands for an open public debate, Swansea Community Health Council (CHC) has voted by five votes to two to deny a 12-week public consultation over plans to change Swansea's minor casualty unit at Singleton Hospital into a GP led service, writes Alec Thraves, Swansea Socialist Party. 3 September 2008 TWENTY SIX top cancer consultants wrote to the Sunday Times, attacking the government's health watchdog NICE for denying seriously ill patients with diseased kidneys, four life-extending cancer drugs on cost grounds... 3 September 2008 A "TOXIC" combination of bad policies, politics and economics is responsible for people dying "on a grand scale" around the world, says a new World Health Organisation (WHO) report, writes Roger Shrives. 16 July 2008 A previous NHS protest in Leicester, photo by Leicester Socialist Party 9 July 2008
SOUTHERN CROSS Healthcare shares lost around three-quarters of their value last week, diving down to 78p a share from 313p. The company is obviously in deep financial trouble and could face bankruptcy, writes Roger Shrives. 9 July 2008 LAST SATURDAY, 5 July marked the 60th anniversary of one of the greatest gains of the British working class, the introduction of the National Health Service, writes Wylie Hume, Devon Socialist Party. 9 July 2008 THIS AUTUMN, the Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine campaign is being rolled out. It is estimated this will save the lives of over 400 women a year in Britain. The government awarded the contract to GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for their vaccine Cervarix... 2 July 2008
End big business profiteering out of the NHS! Abandon the Private Finance Initiative (PFI). No to private polyclinics replacing local GP surgeries... 2 July 2008 Feature: IT WILL be 60 years since the NHS was set up on 5 July this year, the crowning glory of the welfare state in Britain, with its promise of an equal, high quality, universal health care... 1 - 10 of 94 | Next > | |||||||||||||||
