NHS staff have voted overwhelmingly to oppose the government’s 3% pay rise as Britain’s biggest health union warned thousands of workers are “fed up of being taken for granted”. Publishing the results of a consultation exercise that ran over the summer, Unison said the majority (80%) of health staff were not happy with the pay increase and want to challenge the government. Only one in five (20%)...
NHS protest: Thousands of demonstrators march on Downing Street as service marks 70th year
Thousands of protestors from Lancaster to the Isle of Wight converged on London on Saturday to celebrate the NHS in the week it turns 70 and to demand the government acts to ensure it is around in another 70 years’ time. Calls to reverse the cuts to the NHS and to “save the life savers” suggested those in attendance remained unconvinced by Theresa May’s recent pledge to increase the NHS budget by...