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Cuts campaign: Keep Our NHS Public!
Brookfields still under threat: But members march on...
April 2008
ONE hundred demonstrators marched down Mill Road in Cambridge on April 5th to demand that NHS beds at Brookfields Hospital be kept open for rehabilitation and continuing care.
The demonstration was organised by Keep Our NHS Public, with the full backing of Cambridge Health UNISON, Cambridge and District Trade Union Council and Cambridge Older People’s Enterprise (COPE). Delegations from teachers and postal workers’ unions also joined the march.
It was called because Cambridgeshire Primary Care Trust is planning to close wards at the hospital’s Davison House and hand them over to a charity, Sue Ryder, to run a neuro-rehabilitation service. The supporters of the demonstration fear that this will lead to a lack of provision of rehabilitation and continuing care, especially for elderly people, despite assurances from the PCT that such people will be able to get this care in their own homes, or in private care facilities.
Martin Booth, chair of Cambridge KONP and Cambridge Health UNISON, pointed out that the PCT’s ‘Sue Ryder’ option was being chosen because it involved the least expenditure, and warned ‘Sue Ryder today means United Healthcare, Humana and the rest of the profit-seeking private health sector tomorrow.’ He urged everyone to sign up to KONP and build up future activities, including a planned screening of Michael Moore’s ‘Sicko’ and an event around the time of the NHS 60th anniversary in July 2008.
Cambridge Weighting (Campaign for a NHS Cambridge High Cost Area Supplement)
Three Year Pay Deal proposed, but no HCAS included
April 2008
Despite all of Carole's hard work, including liasing with Addenbrooke's Hospital Management over recruitment and retention issues the 2008 pay talks have concluded with another defeat for our claim.
We were told as last year that there wasn't enough evidence of recruitment issues, which is dissapointing to say the least.
Branch activists will now review all our submissions and evidence collated over several years, and will no doubt be arranging member meetings in the near future to decide what we should do next.
The Future of the Fulbourn Laundry (NHS)
March 2008 Unfortuntaly despite hard work from the members and UNISON Branch officers Addenbrooke's Hospital will be placing the laundry out to Tender. This was decided a a Trust Board of Governers where despite writing to the Cheif Executive UNISON was not allowed to present its case in person. However it is clear that directors had seen the submission, as they have decided that all staff currently employed in the Laundry would be guaranteed a job within the Hospital, and that any successfull tender would be very closely scrutensied and monitored throughout its life. UNISON will ensure that members get a good choice of jobs with no loss of monies, and any additional training they need - as for the laundry itself, the lead officer has been informed that he will shortly be invited to join the project board, again to ensure that any company securing the contract meets UNISONs minmum standards of reasonable employment behaviour. December 2007 Due to the succesfull conclusion of our campiagn against local outsourcing of medical secretary work, this campaign section will not be updated in the near future, for the back history and ideas of how to prevent this in your area you may continue to follow the link to the full storeyLaundry to be closed down
Medical Secretary: Outsourcing and Campaigning
Outsourcing Victory - Branch formally places Campaign on successfully closed list
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