NHS staff are professionals, not supernatural entities, says Nathan O’Hagan. They have the right to strike. But we also have the right to ask if our health services could be run more efficiently As millions stepped out of their homes to applaud the efforts of healthcare workers at the height of the pandemic, few would […]
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I had not seen this informative video before – nine and a half minutes of background on how we got here. It is remarkable how the Tories have successfully remodelled the NHS on principles quite different from those at its its foundation – and just as remarkably how Labour has failed both to see the... Read more
A remarkable story has surfaced in yesterday’s Mail on line saying that Civil Servants have been getting shopping vouchers as part of an annual reward: Millions of pounds worth of Greggs, Nandos and Primark vouchers have been handed out to reward Civil Servants this year. The vouchers are , it seems, worth up to £100... Read more
The Independent has already suggested that two thirds of junior doctors are considering leaving the NHS, but the fact that this is also disclosed in the right wing Spectator (previously edited by Boris Johnson) means that personally I am convinced it is true. It provides even more evidence that we have a government that is... Read more
From the weekly Bienkov Briefing on Byline Supplement. The vast majority of those polled - 84% - back nurses' strike action for a bigger pay rise and trust striking rail workers over the Government