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Outsourced workers strike at hospital in Carlisle
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Outsourced workers strike at hospital in Carlisle

More than 150 porters, cleaners and catering workers at Carlisle’s Cumberland Infirmary are striking for long-promised unsocial hours payments
02 March 2021
Serco reveals huge profits despite test and trace failures
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Serco reveals huge profits despite test and trace failures

Serco, probably Britain’s most hated firm, has been coining it in during the pandemic. In fact, it’s made so much money that it now plans a handout to shareholders.
25 February 2021
NHS privatisation rocks hospitals, yet Tories hand out millions more in contracts
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Private firm puts patients and workers at virus risk

The scandal of private contracts in the NHS has focused this week on health secretary Matt Hancock’s dodgy dealings during the pandemic.
23 February 2021
1,000 ready to strike to stay fully in the NHS
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US private firm buys NHS GP services

Around 370,000 patients, and 900 staff, have suddenly found themselves in the grip of a US vulture firm
16 February 2021
NHS battles in Birmingham, Cumberland and Blackburn 
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NHS battles in Birmingham, Cumberland and Blackburn 

Porters, cleaners, switchboard and catering workers at Cumberland infirmary are poised to take action over unsocial hours payments.
15 February 2021
Now unions must step up fight for NHS pay rise
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Now unions must step up fight for NHS pay rise

How long will NHS ­workers have to wait for their long ­overdue pay rise?
15 February 2021
Tories’ lies mean thousands die of virus
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Hancock’s mate got a huge NHS contract for vital PPE

An associate of health secretary Matt Hancock owns a company that received a ­multimillion-pound ­government contract for the supply of PPE.
15 February 2021
Care home workers were forced to ‘make their own’ safety kit
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Care home workers were forced to ‘make their own’ safety kit

Care home workers were left without personal protective equipment (PPE) early in the pandemic, MPs have said.
12 February 2021
‘We held system together,’ says sacked Test and Trace worker
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‘We held system together,’ says sacked Test and Trace worker

A private firm has fired hundreds of NHS Test and Trace workers despite warnings that the system should remain a vital part of controlling Covid-19.
08 February 2021
Tories run aground on their own privatisation of the NHS
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Tories run aground on their own privatisation of the NHS

A leaked copy of the government’s plans to “reform” the health service in the wake of the pandemic led to some far-fetched headlines last weekend
08 February 2021
‘We won’t roll over and take it,’ say Sage care home strikers in north London
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‘We won’t roll over and take it,’ say Sage care home strikers in north London

Sage care home workers in Golders Green, north London, staged lively picket lines on Saturday. 
06 February 2021
Health workers’ lives put in danger by official PPE guidelines, study shows
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Health workers’ lives put in danger by official PPE guidelines, study shows

A new study backs health workers’ claims that they are still being put in danger by not having access to the best protective equipment.
04 February 2021