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The pay of bankers has risen three times as fast as NHS workers
The pay of bankers has risen three times as fast as NHS workers
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Ambulance workers continue strike action today, as union leaders urge the government to make an offer ahead of unprecedented NHS strike date in February.
‘Just a former health secretary openly calling for £20 charges per GP visit & £66 per trip to A&E.’
Lianne Hyslop joined her colleagues on the picket line in response to the chronic underfunding she has witnessed as a nurse.
“So for one week, will he stop blaming others, take some responsibility and just admit under his watch, the NHS is in crisis, isn’t it?”
Thousands of nurses are striking today and tomorrow in a fight, not just about pay, but about addressing devastating cuts to NHS services.
The right-wing media’s multi-facetted attacks on the NHS, which range from pinning the crisis on ‘woke non-jobs’ to sickening trashing of GPs, would be enough to fill a library.
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Union representatives label Grant Shapps claim that ambulance minimum safety levels were not being met on strike days as ‘seriously misleading’.
“The simple truth is you can’t legislate your way out of 13 years of failure.”