Prioritise patients, not privatisation

(09/04/08) UNISON is calling on NHS trusts across England to refocus on patients, after the government’s health watchdog revealed the findings of its latest staff survey.

The poll of 156,000 NHS staff shows that fewer than half think caring for patients is the top priority in their workplace.

Karen Jennings, UNISON head of health, said: “It seems obvious that patients must be the top priority for trusts, but the Healthcare Commission survey shows that less than half of NHS staff feel this is the case in their hospital.

“Trusts must refocus attention on their patients and away from competition and privatisation,” she warned, adding: “The growth of the private sector, marketing and financial targets are having a damaging impact on the way hospitals are run.”

Around three-quarters of staff said they were not valued by their trusts; this was the most common reason given for wanting to leave their jobs.

The survey also throws up disturbing levels of violence –urgent action is needed to stem the attacks, said Ms Jennings.

“Once again, the number of staff reporting physical violence and harassment remains depressingly high. The frankly shocking figures show that there has been no real decrease in those who have personally experienced being attacked by patients or their relatives.”

FROM UNISON....................IT TELLS IT AS IT IS.............NOT A POLITICAL SPIN WHICH IS RIFE

IN BOTH THE TWO MAIN PARTIES MANIFESTOS

OFT issues statement of objections against 112 construction companies

The OFT formally alleges that the construction companies named in the SO have engaged in bid rigging activities, and in particular cover pricing. Cover pricing describes a situation where one or more bidders collude with a competitor during a tender process to obtain a price or prices which are intended to be too high to win the contract. The tendering authority, for example a local council or other customer, is not made aware of the contacts between bidders, leaving it with a false impression of the level of competition and this may result in it paying inflated prices.

1. A. H. Willis & Sons Limited
2. ARG (Mansfield) Limited
3. Ackroyd & Abbott Limited together with its subsidiary Ackroyd & Abbott Construction Limited
4. Adam Eastwood & Sons Limited together with its controlling party the Sir John Eastwood Foundation
5. Admiral Construction Limited together with (for alleged infringements from 31 October 2003) its ultimate parent company A C Holdings Limited
6. Adonis Construction Limited
7. Allenbuild Limited and Bullock Construction Limited together with their ultimate parent company Renew Holdings plc
8. Apollo Property Services Group Limited formerly known as Apollo London Limited together with its former ultimate parent company Apollo Holdco Limited formerly known as Apollo Group Holdings Limited
9. Arthur M. Griffiths & Sons Limited
10. B & A Construction (Leicester) Limited
11. Baggaley & Jenkins Limited
12. Balfour Beatty Construction Limited, Balfour Beatty Refurbishment Limited, and Balfour Beatty Group Limited (for alleged infringements from 2000 onwards) and Mansell Construction Services Limited (for alleged infringements from 19 December 2003), together with their current ultimate parent company Balfour Beatty plc. For alleged infringements involving Mansell prior to 19 December 2003, Mansell and its former ultimate parent company Mansell plc
13.Ballast Nedam N.V. as the ultimate parent company of its dissolved subsidiary Ballast plc
14.Beaufort Construction (S-in-A) Limited together with its ultimate parent company Beaufort Holdings U.K. Limited
15.Bodill & Sons (Contractors) Limited
16.Bowmer & Kirkland Limited together with its subsidiaries B & K Building Services Limited and B & K Property Services Limited
17.Bramall Construction Limited and Frank Haslam Milan & Company Limited together with their current ultimate parent company Keepmoat Limited, formerly known as Keepmoat plc
18.C. J. Ellmore & Company Limited
19.Caddick Construction Limited together with its ultimate parent company Caddick Group plc
20.Carillion JM Limited
21.Chase Norton Construction Limited together with its ultimate parent company Chase Midland plc
22.Clegg Construction Limited together with its ultimate parent company Clegg Group Limited formerly known as D E Clegg Holdings Limited
23.Connaught Partnerships Limited together with its ultimate parent company Connaught plc
24.Crown Point Maintenance Group Limited as the ultimate parent company of its dissolved subsidiary Greenwood Building Contractors (Mansfield) Limited, for Greenwood's alleged infringements after 11 June 2002
25.Davlyn Construction Limited
26.Derwent Valley Construction Limited together with its ultimate parent company Chevin Holdings Limited
27.Dukeries Building Company Limited together with its ultimate parent company Gavco 159 Limited
28.Durkan Pudelek Limited together with its ultimate parent company Durkan Holdings Limited
29.E. G. Carter & Company Limited
30.E. Manton Limited
31.E. Taylor & Sons (Southwell) Limited, trading as Carmalor Construction
32.F. Parkinson Limited together with its ultimate parent company Mowbray Holdings Limited
33.Francis Construction Limited together with its ultimate parent company Barrett Estates Services Limited
34.Frank Galliers Limited together with its former ultimate parent company Frank Galliers Holdings Limited
35.Frudd Construction Limited
36.GAJ Construction Limited together with its current ultimate parent company GAJ (Holdings) Limited
37.G Carter Construction Limited
38.G. F. Tomlinson Building Limited together with its ultimate parent company G. F. Tomlinson Group Limited
39.G G Middleton and Sons Limited
40.G. & J. Seddon Limited together with its ultimate parent company Seddon Group Limited
41.GMI Construction Group plc together with (for alleged infringements after 6 February 2005) its current ultimate parent company GMI Construction Holdings plc
42.Geo Houlton & Sons Limited together with its ultimate parent company Geo Houlton & Sons (Holdings) Limited
43.George Law Limited together with its ultimate parent company Bosworth & Wakeford Limited
44.Greswolde Construction Limited together with its ultimate parent company Mantisson Limited
45.Hall Construction Group Limited
46.Harlow & Milner Limited
47.Harold Adkin & Sons (Sutton-In-Ashfield) Limited
48.Harper Group Construction Limited and J. Harper & Sons (Leominster) Limited together with their ultimate parent company Harper Group plc
49.Haymills (Contractors) Limited together with (for alleged infringements prior to 26 May 2004) its former ultimate parent company Corringway Conclusions plc and (for alleged infringements after 26 May 2004) its current ultimate parent company Haymills Group Limited
50.Henry Boot Construction (UK) Limited together with its ultimate parent company Henry Boot plc
51.Herbert Baggaley Construction Limited together with its ultimate parent company Baggaley Group Limited
52.Hill Bros. (Nottingham) Limited
53.Hobson & Porter Limited
54.Holroyd Construction Limited together with (for alleged infringements prior to 30 March 2005) its former ultimate parent company Holderness Investments Limited and (for alleged infringements after 30 March 2005) its current ultimate parent company Holroyd Construction Group Limited
55.Interclass Public Limited Company together with its ultimate parent company Interclass Holdings Limited
56.Interserve Project Services Limited together with its ultimate parent company Interserve plc
57.Irwins Limited and Jack Lunn (Construction) Limited together with their ultimate parent company Jack Lunn (Holdings) Limited
58.J. Guest Limited
59.J H Hallam (Contracts) Limited together with its ultimate parent company J H Hallam (R & J) Limited
60.J. J. & A. R. Jackson Limited
61.J. J. McGinley Limited, together with its former ultimate parent company McGinley Holdings Limited
62.John Cawley Limited
63.John Sisk & Son Limited together with its ultimate parent company Sicon Limited
64.K. J. Bryan (Builders) Limited
65.Kier Regional Limited together with its ultimate parent company Kier Group plc
66.Lemmeleg Limited together with its ultimate parent company Rok plc
67.Lindum Construction Co. Limited and Lindum Homes Limited together with their ultimate parent company Lindum Group Limited
68.Linford Group Limited together with its ultimate parent company F. & E. V. Linford Limited
69.Loach Construction & Development Limited
70.Lotus Construction Limited
71.Milward Construction (Belper) Limited
72.Morgan Ashurt plc formerly known as Bluestone Plc together with its ultimate parent company Morgan Sindall plc
73.North Midland Construction plc
74.P D H Developments Limited (formerly trading as G. Hurst & Sons (Contractors) Limited) together with its ultimate parent company G. Hurst & Sons Limited
75.P. Casey & Co. Limited together with its current ultimate parent company The Casey Group Limited
76.P. Waller Limited
77.Pearce Construction (Midlands) Limited together with its former ultimate parent company Crest Nicholson plc
78.Peter Baines Limited
79.Phoenix Contracts (Leicester) Limited
80.Piper Construction Midlands Limited together with its ultimate parent company Piper Securities Holdings Limited
81.Propencity Group Limited together with its wholly owned subsidiary companies, ISG Jackson Limited, ISG Regions Limited formerly known as ISG Totty Limited, ISG Totty Building Limited and Propencity Limited
82.Quarmby Construction Company Limited together with its ultimate parent company St James Securities Holdings Limited
83.Quarmby Construction (Special Projects) Limited together with its ultimate parent company Justgrade Limited
84.R Durtnell & Sons Limited together with its ultimate parent company R Durtnell & Sons (Holdings) Limited
85.R. G. Carter Limited, R. G. Carter Building Limited and R. G. Carter Construction Limited together with their current ultimate parent company R. G. Carter Holdings Limited
86.Richardson Projects Limited
87.Robert Bruce Construction Limited
88.Robert Woodhead Limited together with its ultimate parent company Robert Woodhead Holdings Limited
89.Robinson & Sawdon Limited
90.Shaylor Construction Limited
91.Simons Construction Limited and Wrights Construction (Lincoln) Limited together with their ultimate parent company Simons Group Limited
92.Sol Construction Limited together with its ultimate parent company Barkbury Limited
93.Speller-Metcalfe Limited
94.Spicers (Builders) Limited
95.Stainforth Construction Limited
96.Strata Construction Limited (formerly trading as Weaver)
97.T. & C. Williams (Builders) Limited
98.T. Denman & Sons (Melton Mowbray) Limited
99.Thomas Fish & Sons Limited together with its ultimate parent company Fish Holdings Limited
100.Thomas Long & Sons Limited together with its ultimate parent company Radford Holdings Limited
101.Thomas Vale Construction Plc together with its ultimate parent company Thomas Vale Holdings Limited
102.Thorndyke Limited
103.Try Accord Limited and Galliford Try Construction Limited together with their ultimate parent company Galliford Try plc
104.W. R. Bloodworth & Sons Limited
105.Wiggett Bros & Co Limited
106.Wildgoose Construction Limited
107.William Sapcote and Sons Limited together with its ultimate parent company Sapcote Holdings Limited
108.William Woodsend Limited
109.Willmott Dixon Construction Limited together with its ultimate parent company Willmott Dixon Limited
110.Wright (Hull) Limited together with its ultimate parent company T. Wright & Son (Holdings) Limited
111.Wygar Construction Co Limited together with its ultimate parent company Wygar (Holdings) Limited
112.York House Construction Limited

THESE ARE WHY PFI CONTRACTS ARE SO EXPENSIVE AND OUTRAGEOUS AS WELL AS COSTING

THE TAX PAYER MILLIONS - NOTE THAT THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY WHO BUILT THE

HINCHINGBROOKE TREATMENT CENTRE -  KEIR - ARE ON THE LIST - THEY ARE THE

MAIN REASON FOR THE HINCHINGBROOKE DEBT - KEEP HINCHINGBROOKE IN THE NHS

SAY NO TO PRIVATE COMPANIES......

Unmissable Read -
The NHS & the Market - The TRUTH

The NHS after 60

For patients or profits?

Sixty years ago, in 1948, Aneurin Bevan’s bold nationalisation of private, voluntary and municipal hospitals swept away a failed market system, and created the most popular of all the public services, the NHS.
New Labour reforms are reversing this historic modernisation, and spending more money to create an artificial ‘market’ in health care which could never exist without government subsidy.

In The NHS After 60, John Lister takes a fresh look at the origins and evolution of the NHS, emphasising the ‘reforms’ which, in its sixth decade, have begun to transform the NHS into a European-style social health insurance fund, purchasing services from a variety of private- and public-sector providers.

Lister also examines the NHS in an international context and discusses recent tendencies of Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish governments to follow alternative lines of policy.
The conclusion looks at the alternatives for the future development of the NHS.

Will ministers roll the wheel of history further back towards a more radical market system?

Or will they move forward to a public service based on greater accountability and responsiveness to the needs and wishes of local people and those with greatest health needs?


AN ESSENTIAL READ TO THOSE WHO CARE ABOUT THEIR NHS AND HAVING IT
FREE AT THE POINT OF DELIVERY -  IT TELLS THE TRUTH FROM THE AUTHOR
OF HINCHINGBROOKE - CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE

Defend the NHS at 60



The first session of the Unison health conference has agreed to
organise activities to defend the NHS from privatisation throughout this,its 60th year. We have also agreed to campaign against marketisation in primary care, and to respond assertively to the Darzi Report.

Some very good speches from branch delegates with experience of fightingoutsourcing of admin and clerical jobs demonstrate that on the ground unionreps are having some significant success in this area.

Unsion Health Conference News


Call for cleaning staff guarantee

Minimum cleaning staff quotas should be imposed on hospitals to
help in the fight against infections, unions say.

Unison, which represents a range of staff including cleaners,
nurses and porters, said hospitals should have two cleaners
for every 30 patients.

Hospitals should be cleaned from 8am to 9pm every day to
tackle bugs such as MRSA,
Unison's annual Health conference in Manchester was also told.

But the government said cleaning was too complex to have specific quotas.
The union complained there were no minimum staffing levels for cleaners
or times for hospitals to be cleaned.

Officials also pressed for committees to be established in every single hospital
in the UK, made up of cleaners, domestic supervisors, nurses and managers.

Karen Jennings, Unison's head of health, said: "We need to use the whole
hospital team if we are going to fight off these superbugs.

"Cleaning staff are frustrated because they know which cleaning products
are effective, what equipment they need, how many staff it takes to really
clean a ward well, but they are rarely consulted or listened to.

"It should be a requirement that all NHS organisations have safe minimum
staffing levels for their cleaning services that are based on quality, not cost,
and with staff receiving proper, up to date training and equipment."

Ms Jennings said the recent deep clean exercise in hospitals was worthwhile
but was only a starting point because regular, targeted cleaning would
"significantly cut" the instances of MRSA.

Some delegates described situations where staffing was so short that if a
cleaner had a day off there was no-one to cover for them

Brian Smith - R.I.P

Who passed away 11 April 2008

When I first met Brian it seemed very odd, you see he stood out from the
other members of the congregation at that particular Church service as
a “scruffy individual”. I don't mean that it a discriminative way but it was
so obvious like a sheepdog in a field of sheep.

I could always approach Brian as we were always on a similar
wavelength and although we pushed and fought for many different
campaigns there were many in which we fought for or joined in with.

Brian supported me with my Save Hinchingbrooke Campaign
and likewise I did with his Save the Library one, however with
Christian Aid and the annual water campaigns we had the same ideals.

Brian was a tireless campaigner for many issues, Global as well as local
ones and had a passion for each and everyone of them, to the point when
he cared more for others through his campaigning than his own health,
I know how having a passion for a campaign subject takes you over.

Brian will be sadly missed by me and I am sure by many others too,
it is a pity that he never got recognised by one of the higher authorities
in the UK for his charity work and campaigns, although I am sure that
his work is being recognised now by the lord.

From Cambridge Evening News -

Rise in bullying by hospital workers

A QUARTER of hospital staff have been bullied, abused and harassed at work.

The figure from a staff survey is described as a "worrying increase"
on the previous year when 18 per cent of staff at Hinchingbrook Hospital
had complained of bullying behaviour by workmates.

The research showed nearly half of hospital staff witnessed a potentially
harmful incident in the preceding month.

But the survey, conducted nationwide by the Healthcare Commission,
showed that Hinchingbrooke was also in the top 20 per cent of similar
NHS trusts for job satisfaction.

This figure was reported despite concerns over the hospital's future
and job losses caused by spiralling debts and a review of services.

AN NHS STAFF MEMBER WHO WAS ABUSED AND BULLIED
IN 2007, THEY GAVE INTO THE BULLIES FOR FEAR OF
REPRISALS, BROKE THE RULES TO STOP BEING HIT AS
THERE IS NO SECURITY AT HINCHINGBROOKE

THE STAFF MEMBER LOST THEIR JOB AS A
CONSEQUENCE - MANAGERS NEVER BACKED THE
STAFF MEMBER - SHAME ON YOU

WE SAID THIS WAS RIFE IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE BUT
THEY DENIED IT


Care cost changes 'not working'

Government attempts to end the postcode lottery in who gets
continuing NHS healthcare in England are having little impact,
a charity has claimed.

Age Concern said figures for the three months after new
guidelines came in showed the differences remain huge.

Tens of thousands of older people with serious
health problems were paying for care that should be free
, it added.

The government said the guidelines needed time to take
effect and that there would be a review in the autumn.

Continuing healthcare is given to people who have long-term
health needs but do not need to be in hospital - most live in
nursing homes.

However, a person's eligibility for NHS funding is determined
by the local primary care trust, and the way that funding is
allocated has long been criticised as unfair.

Age Concern said an analysis of Department of Health statistics
showed there were still "real disparities".

It warned tens of thousands of older people with chronic health
conditions were paying for care that should be free.


Gordon Lishman, director general of the charity, said:
"Frail older people should not be denied the care they
are entitled to because of where they happen to live.

"PCTs need to iron out these inconsistencies or face more claims
for compensation."

Hospital bosses to explain £40m debt - From Cambridge Evening News 10 April 08


BOARD members at Hinchingbrooke Hospital could be hauled before councillors to explain a scathing report into its finances.

Liberal Democrats are calling for an extraordinary general meeting of Cambridgeshire's health scrutiny committee after Hinchingbrooke's auditor, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, said it had
"serious concerns" over the hospital's near £40 million debt.

Lib Dems on the committee want to grill board members such as Mark Millar, the hospital's
chief executive, and insist the meeting must be held in public.

Councillor Lister Wilson, chairman of the health and adult social care scrutiny committee,
told the News that members will hold a "fact-finding meeting" with the Hinchingbrooke
board before deciding whether to hold a public session.

But Cllr Geoff Heathcock, Lib Dem spokesman for health on the council,
said there must be no closed-doors meetings "over a cup of coffee" with
senior management. He added: "We won't rest until we get this public meeting."

Auditors at PriceWaterhouseCoopers issued the public interest report on March 18,
highlighting their belief that the trust will need "significant" cash support on top of
£27.3 million of temporary Public Dividend Capital it was given in 2006/07.

They say the trust is unlikely to achieve its statutory break-even duty for the
five-year period ending in March next year and have sent their report to
Alan Johnson, the Secretary of State for Health.

WE WILL BE AT ANY PUBLIC MEETING, SHOULD ONE GO AHEAD
WE ARE OF THE THINKING THAT THE TRUST WILL BE IN FINANCIAL
BALANCE BY 1 APRIL 2009 AS THERE ARE PLANS AFOOT
TO PASS THE RUNNING OF THE TRUST TO ANOTHER BODY

ONE BEING MUTED JUST NOW IS A SO CALLED SOCIAL ENTERPRISE -
ON READING THEIR SPEIL IT SEEMS MORE LIKE AN EX-GP & NHS
MANAGERS RETIREMENT FUND..................
WE SAY NO TO A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE..................

Return out-of-hours care 'to GPs'

GPs should reclaim responsibility for out-of-hours care in England,
an influential group of NHS staff says.

The NHS Alliance said patients had lost confidence in the care,
often provided by private firms since the GP contract
saw 90% of family doctors opt out.

It said GPs should club together to take charge of night and weekend care,
although this could mean buying in nurses, paramedics and doctors.
Under the terms of the 2004 GP contract, family doctors were allowed
to opt out of out-of-hours care.


The changes have led to a surge in complaints and have prompted the
Tories to call for GPs to take back responsibility in a similar way as the
NHS Alliance is suggesting.

The group, which represents NHS professionals working outside hospitals,
including some GPs, said there was confusion over the complex arrangements
now in place.

NHS Alliance chairman Dr Mike Dixon said patients were often presented
with several choices, including NHS Direct, walk-in centres, A&E and
out-of-hours providers, and did not know when to go where.

"We have a system whereby there is a void when GP services
close for the day.

"I think many doctors are concerned about this."

From Cambridge Evening News 9th April 2008

200 motorists caught on mobile phone

A SHOCK 12-day crackdown saw 200 motorists caught using a mobile phone while driving.

The alarming figure points to a huge increase in the number of drivers flouting the law -
which has already been toughened up.

If these figures were applied to a whole year, it would mean that an average of more
than 6,000 people could be putting lives in danger.

This would triple last year's shock figures of more than 2,000.

The action was part of work to crack down on those who continue to ignore
the laws in relation to mobile phones.

IT IS A PITY SOME NHS STAFF ARE AMONG THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO
IGNORE THE LAWS - THERE SHOULD BE ZERO TOLERANCE AND IT BE
TREATED AS GROSS MISCONDUCT WHILE IN OFFICE

Infection sees hospital ward shut

A ward at a Cambridgeshire hospital has been closed to new admissions after patients developed symptoms of the winter sickness bug.

An outbreak of diarrhoea hit six patients in ward 10 at Peterborough's Edith Cavell Hospital on Friday.

Two further patients have shown symptoms since the weekend and the ward is due to be specially cleaned later, a hospital spokesman said.

The hospital said no staff had been affected by the outbreak.

From Pulse................

March of the private sector

09 Apr 08

Pulse examines the threats and opportunities arising from private provision of primary care.

It’s little less than a revolution in primary care.

Private firms are bidding to run GP surgeries, open state-of-the-art polyclinics and walk-in centres, and even commission NHS services. Spending on private provision in primary care is set to triple, or even quadruple, over the next year.
But what do GPs think about it?

Our survey suggests few are enthusiastic, with only 18% saying they support the Government’s plans, while 57% do not believe private provision is capable of improving care.

But suspicion does not necessarily translate as opposition – and as ever, GPs are set to take a pragmatic approach. As many as a third would be prepared to work directly for a private company. And the offers are coming – 25% of GPs have already been approached.


GPs, it seems, are resigned to huge changes to the NHS – 71% believe major retailers will be running practices within five years.

Indeed, it is not clear whether doctors expect the NHS to exist at all in the medium-term future.

Only 16% of more than 500 GPs we surveyed said they expected ‘the NHS as we know it’ to be around in 10 years. Just 32% thought the NHS of the future, whatever it looks like, would be free at the point of use.

DEEP CLEAN

A Sky News investigation suggests the controversial 'deep clean' of hospitals up and down the country is proving less successful than the Government claims.
Deep cleans are over budget

The survey of 51 National Health Service trusts reveals a fifth have failed to meet deadlines.

The £57m programme was due to be completed by all hospitals by the end of March.

But only 37% of trusts that spoke to Sky News said they were "on track" with cleaning.

It comes as the Government announced that specialist inspection teams from the Healthcare Commission would be sent into hospitals to make sure their cleaning standards are stringent.

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HOW CAN YOU DEEP CLEAN WARDS IF THEY ARE FULL......................
OUR SCBU - YES SPECIAL CARE BABY UNIT- IS BEING HASSLED TO BECOME
PART OF THE DEEP CLEAN...............................SO WHERE ARE THE ILL BABIES GOING TO
BE SHOVED WHILE THIS DEEP CLEAN IS GOING ON...........THE CORIDOOR?

ALL FOR THE SAKE OF SPIN AND TARGETS.................IF THE CLEANING WAS IN-HOUSE
AND NOT PRIVATISED THEN IT COULD BE SHEDULED AND DONE PROPERLY
NEGATING A NEED FOR THE DEEP CLEAN

PATIENTS NOT PROFITS......................

Care not top priority - NHS staff



Less than half of NHS staff believe patient care is the top priority for trusts, an annual staff survey shows.


The rest either did not believe their NHS trust saw it as a priority or neither agreed nor disagreed, the poll of 156,000 staff in England showed.
The Healthcare Commission report also revealed wide variations in infection control standards and no reductions in the number of staff being attacked.

Unions said some results were worrying, but noted staff seemed to be happy.

Three quarters said they were satisfied with their jobs, although only one in four said they felt valued by bosses.
One in four workers said they had been harassed, bullied or abused by patients or their relatives, while 13% said they had suffered physical violence, rising to 29% for those who worked in ambulances.

Ambulance staff were also critical about the condition of the vehicles with half saying they were in a poor state of repair.

Karen Jennings, head of health at Unison, said the results about care being a priority were worrying.

"Trusts must refocus attention on their patients and away from competition and privatisation," she said.

And she added there were still "disturbing levels of violence".



ENOUGH SAID - PATIENTS NOT PROFITS & PRIVATISATION

AS FOR BULLYING & ABUSE - IT IS RIFE AND GOES UNRECOGNISED
OR IS CHOSEN TO BE IGNORED  BY MANAGERS

Workers Memorial Day 28th April 2008

More people are KILLED at WORK than in ANY wars around the world

Please take a minutes silence on the 28th April 2008 for those

Who have Died doing their JOBS............

Sadly another colleague was killed at work yesterday in Lancashire

Philip Ellison was KILLED just doing his JOB, maybe his employers

will learn from theirs and the Government's mistakes and the  never 

ending quests to make swinging CUTS

We send our condolences to Philip's Family and Friends as well as work colleagues

Join a UNION and Transform the Workplace

Patients "more ill"

We also said this would be the scenario when the consultation was being banded about as the next best thing.
We said at that time, on good authority - From a Ward Sister - that Patients were at that time being kept out in the Community by G.P's on the orders of the PCT to save money, and therefore when the finally were admitted to Hinchingbrooke their condition would be worse so they were more ill than they needed to be.
This was borne out in the "Black" alert figures for ALL of the local NHS trusts, not just Hinchingbrooke.
With these crackpot ideas then other parts of the service do indeed suffer, there needs to be better policies for the transfer of a patient from Primary Care to Secondary Care than the "leave them in Primary Care until they are on their death bed........then pass them on to Secondary Care (Hospital) and let them take the blame for the deaths............Shame on you PCT, Shame on you Alan Johnson, Shame on you Gordon Brown.

Maybe when thee Targets and Advice was sent from the Politicians and DOH  they did not expect the scally wags to interpret the policies in this way..............

But Nu Labour.............They Have and they are then Blameless...........

Care worker stabbed

Social worker Philip Ellison, 47, was stabbed and died in the attack during a home visit to a house in Fulwood, Preston, on Monday.

A 51-year-old man was arrested at the scene and is being held under the Mental Health Act.

So...........this is how we said it would be when the consultation was out.............When will one of the staff in Cambridgeshire suffer a similar fate?..............

BUT..............WHO is responsible.................bet it won't be the decision makers who are sending workers into the community to work and put themselves at risk!
It isn't cheaper to work this way..............there is NO price for a Life

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The Coming Week

In the coming week we will be pushing forward the Campaign to
STOP the Privatisation of Hinchingbrooke in April 2009
So watch this space over the next few weeks

Our intention is not to hinder the Sustainable Hospital Plan
but to keep the Hospital..........In House............