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• ‘Patient safety’ is key as Unite lobby on 7 March focuses on health bill
• Unite concern over delays caused by new review of NMC
• Unite mobilises to maintain children’s services at North Yorkshire hospital
• NHS trust faces possible legal challenge over plans to slash staff mileage rates
• ‘Damning’ MPs report could be ‘the final nail in the NHS reform coffin’, says Unite
• Independent inquiry into racism at Manchester NHS trust called for by Unite
• Health bill ‘first birthday party’ soured by united opposition, says Unite
• MPs’ critical report on NHS ‘reforms’ prompts Unite call for health bill to be scrapped
• Ex-NHS director receives £933,000 in ‘racial discrimination and unfair dismissal’ case
• Unite unanimously rejects NHS pensions offer

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‘Patient safety’ is key as Unite lobby on 7 March focuses on health bill

30 January 2012

Health professionals, patient groups and the public are being urged on Wednesday 7 March to lobby their MPs, as the controversial pro-privatisation Health and Social Care bill reaches a critical point in its parliamentary journey.

Unite concern over delays caused by new review of NMC

27 January 2012

Unite, the largest union in the country, has expressed concern about the continuing delay into how the Nursery and Midwifery Council (NMC) regulates the nursing professions and provides protection to the public.

Unite mobilises to maintain children’s services at North Yorkshire hospital

26 January 2012

Unite, the largest union in the country, is backing the campaign to keep the maternity and children’s services at ‘a sustainable level’ at the Friarage Hospital, Northallerton, North Yorkshire.

NHS trust faces possible legal challenge over plans to slash staff mileage rates

26 January 2012

Northumbria NHS Foundation Trust could face legal action over plans that could see staff being hundreds of pounds worse off when they use their own cars for work purposes.

‘Damning’ MPs report could be ‘the final nail in the NHS reform coffin’, says Unite

24 January 2012

The ‘damning indictment’ of the NHS reform process by the House of Commons health select committee today (Tuesday 24 January) should be ‘the final nail in the coffin’ of this massively flawed legislation.

Independent inquiry into racism at Manchester NHS trust called for by Unite

23 January 2012

An independent inquiry into the level of institutionalised racism at Central Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust has been called for by Unite, the largest union in the country

Health bill ‘first birthday party’ soured by united opposition, says Unite

19 January 2012

The first birthday of the controversial the Health and Social Care Bill has turned sour for Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, as health professionals are now united against its privatisation agenda.

MPs’ critical report on NHS ‘reforms’ prompts Unite call for health bill to be scrapped

18 January 2012

MPs’ critical report on NHS ‘reforms’ prompts Unite call for health bill to be scrapped

Ex-NHS director receives £933,000 in ‘racial discrimination and unfair dismissal’ case

09 January 2012

A former NHS divisional director has received £933,000 in compensation for the racial discrimination and unfair dismissal at the hands of Central Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.

Unite unanimously rejects NHS pensions offer

05 January 2012

5 January 2012 The government’s latest proposals on NHS pension ‘reform’ - the ‘Heads of Agreement’ document - were unanimously rejected by Unite, the largest union in the country, today.

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