07Oct 2023 by Helen Mercer No Comments

Who can we trust with our NHS?

Campaigns
October 18th 2023. Socialist Sunday is inviting you to our Zoom meeting. Guest speakers are: Dr Bob Gill: a Bexley GP and producer of “The Great NHS Heist” documentary.Helen Mercer, Reclaim the NHSAntonia Berelson: Royal College of Nurses Trades Unionist and activist Join Zoom Meeting:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86204865935?pwd=dDNpVDAvY09iK3Ayalc5WnY3Z2M2QT09Meeting ID: 862 0486 5935Passcode: 730295This will be a recorded event subsequently available on Socialist Sunday YouTube channel
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10Sep 2023 by Helen Mercer No Comments

Junior doctors and consultants to strike on same days in September and October

News, Strikes
Consultants have staged four days of industrial action so far and have planned at least five more in the coming weeks, on 19 and 20 September and 2, 3 and 4 October. The four joint days of action in September and October will see ‘Christmas Day’ levels of staffing from both groups. Junior doctors have so far staged 19 days of strike action since March of this year. Following the result of a reballot, they have announced six further days, on 20, 21, 22 September, and 2, 3, 4 October.  Therefore on 20th September and 2nd, 3rd and 4th October junior doctors and consultants will be striking on the same days. The prime minister has imposed a 6 per cent uplift for consultants and six per cent plus a lump-sum £1,250…
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24Mar 2023 by Michael Coulston No Comments

Four Day Junior Doctors Strike Set for April

News, Strikes
Junior doctors are to stage a four-day walkout in April in their fight to get a 35% pay rise in England. Members of the British Medical Association (BMA) will take strike action from 11 April to 15 April. It comes after BMA leaders met Health Secretary Steve Barclay on Wednesday. Mr Barclay has said the pay claim is "unaffordable". A deal offered to other NHS staff and backed by unions involves a 5% pay rise in April and a one-off payment of at least £1,655. This is on top of the 4.75% pay rise they received last year. Nurses, ambulance staff, physios and other workers are being asked to vote on whether to accept that deal. The three biggest health unions - the Royal College of Nursing, Unison and the GMB…
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24Mar 2023 by Michael Coulston No Comments

Support the Doctors to Save the NHS

Action and Events
PUBLIC MEETING In support of Junior Doctors and the NHS Facebook Event Monday 27 March 7.30 to 9.00 pm The New Haddo Hall, 29 Tarves Way, SE10 9JU Come to our public meeting and hear speakers from the BMA, junior doctors and other health professionals discuss the current pay claims, working conditions and the future of the NHS. Low wages in the NHS will encourage privatisation and end a publicly provided NHS. Speakers Professor Philip Banfield: Chairman of the British Medical Association (now unavailable, but replacement to be arranged) Dr Bob Gill: local GP, public health campaigner Helen O’Connor: GMB Organiser How to get there National Rail and DLRGreenwich Station; exit on the north side via the underpassBus 177Greenwich Station stop in Greenwich High RoadBuses 129, 199, 386Greenwich Station stop…
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