More than a million NHS staff and others working in the public sector are facing a pay cut in real terms after chancellor Gordon Brown decided to implement their pay review body recommendations in two stages.
Over 300 workers at Manchester’s mental health and social care trust have won a victory against their bosses following a campaign that included strike action.
The full scale of the impending NHS crisis was laid bare last week. It emerged that three out of four primary care trusts (PCTs), which run GP clinics and health centres, are restricting patients’ access to treatment.
I urge every reader to be part of the protests in defence of the NHS this Saturday. The marches, rallies and stunts taking place must mark the beginning of a tidal wave of action that can shake the government.
More than a million NHS staff and others working in the public sector are facing a real terms pay cut after Gordon Brown accepted pay review body recommendations that awards be kept within the government’s two percent inflation target.
