Proposals to create a new super NHS laboratory in the North West by closing local sites, which could have led to delays in analysing patient samples, have been halted after a three-year campaign…Read more…
Biomedical scientists strike latest
Bosses at East Lancashire NHS Trust must shoulder the blame for a new 12 week strike which started on Wednesday (December 15). Blackburn and Burnley biomedical scientists restarted strike action on…Read more…
‘Fantastic wave of support’
Five thousand people have signed a petition in support of the 21 Lancashire biomedical scientists currently on strike in a back pay dispute, which sees some of them owed up to £8,000. Unite the union…Read more…
Unite GS joins Blackburn biomedical scientists on picket line
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham joined Blackburn biomedical scientists striking over pay grades on Tuesday (September 28). Unite represents 21 biomedical scientists at East Lancashire Hospitals…Read more…
Lancashire biomedical scientists strike latest
Biomedical scientists at a Lancashire NHS trust will strike until the middle of November in an upgrading pay row, as the bosses drag their feet over holding constructive talks, Unite the union said…Read more…
Lancashire biomedical scientists strike latest
Biomedical scientists at a Lancashire NHS trust are being re-balloted for strike action in an upgrading pay row, after bosses failed to ‘meaningfully engage’ in talks with Acas, the conciliation…Read more…
Lancashire biomedical scientists strike
NHS patients in Blackburn and Burnley are being warned that test results may be delayed and other services affected, as biomedical scientists employed by East Lancashire NHS Trust began three weeks…Read more…
‘Flagrant and wasteful use of taxpayers’ money’
Wasteful bosses could spend three times as much undermining a strike by biomedical scientists at a Lancashire NHS trust in an upgrading pay row than it would cost to settle, Unite the union said….Read more…
Lancashire biomedical scientists to strike
Biomedical scientists in the frontline of Covid-19 testing at a Lancashire NHS trust are ramping up their industrial action with a further three weeks of strikes in June, after bosses reneged on an…Read more…
Failed pay promises
Biomedical scientists have been on the frontline of Covid-19 testing during the past year.
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Unite slams govt plans for private sector bio-med labs
Unite, which represents over 100,000 health care workers, has today (February 24) added its voice to warnings that the government’s plans to create a mega laboratory in Leamington Spa in…Read more…
Biomedical scientists being ‘ripped off’
Biomedical scientists in the frontline of Covid-19 testing at a Lancashire NHS trust are losing about £7,000-a-year because hardline bosses refuse to pay ‘the going rate for the job’. Unite said that…Read more…
‘Test and trace’ failure – another nail in NHS’ coffin?
As the UK population faces Covid-19 restrictions until next spring, the mistakes in the government’s ‘test and trace’ policy have been cruelly exposed and there now needs to be a complete revaluation…Read more…
‘Corruption on a cosmic scale’
As a robust and efficient Covid-19 test and trace system struggles to get off the ground in the UK, biomedical scientists – experts in laboratory testing – have condemned the overuse of the private…Read more…