A victory against the increasing break-up of NHS services has been chalked up as bosses at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust have suspended plans to transfer workers to a wholly owned subsidiary…Read more…
Frimley NHS trust strike continues
Staff at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, who face being transferred to a wholly owned subsidiary (WOS) designed to avoid paying tax, will strike in protest for a further three days this month….Read more…
Health workers in Bradford win privatisation battle
Wholly owned subsidiary plans dropped
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Frimley strike postponed as trust agrees not to continue with privatisation plans, says UNISON
Eleventh hour agreement to discuss alternative options
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‘Human chain to save NHS’
A ‘human chain’ to save the NHS and a rally are key features of a two day strike by staff at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust who face being transferred to a wholly owned subsidiary (WOS) designed…Read more…
NHS privatisation by the “back door”
Unite delegate Suzanne Abachor addressed the TUC today (9 September) on the dangers of “backdoor” NHS privatisation through the setting up of wholly owned subsidiaries.
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Bradford hospital staff strike to stay in the NHS
Picket lines mark the start of seven days of action against plans to transfer members to a wholly owned subsidiary private company
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Bradford hospital workers balloted over strike action to fight ‘backdoor privatisation’
Staff at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust will vote on whether to take industrial action after the announcement of the privatisation of some of its services. The UNISON ballot opens today…Read more…
UNISON comments on new guidance for creation of NHS subsidiary companies
UNISON will be making full use of this guidance in our scrutiny of any future trust plans to set up subsidiaries
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A great October
UNISON members win in the courts and through industrial action
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‘Vigorous’ case
Unite will be making ‘a vigorous and well-argued response’ to the consultation on the future of wholly owned subsidiaries (WOSs) set up by NHS trusts and designed to avoid paying tax. Unite,…Read more…
Bolton hospital staff strike today and tomorrow for NHS pay
‘I’ve never had to go on strike before, but we’re all standing together and I’m not scared’ – hospital domestic Andrea Lea
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Patients before profit
The fight against NHS privatisation goes on as maintenance and estates staff at both York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust have gone on…Read more…
Wholly owned subsidiaries threat
Labour conference delegates were reminded of the clear and present dangers posed to the NHS through Tory privatisation by Unite today (September 26). First time speaker and Unite member Simon…Read more…
Bolton hospital staff to stage 48-hour strike for pay parity
Strike by ‘subco’ staff will start on 11 October
The article Bolton hospital staff to stage 48-hour strike for pay parity first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Get a grip’ call
Bosses of two separate NHS trusts, which are facing strike action next week, have defied guidance from NHS Improvement to pause the creation of new wholly owned subsidiaries. Unite yesterday…Read more…
Bolton members vote to strike over pay equality
Industrial action vote follows offer of 2% – well below Agenda for Change agreement – for workers transferred to NHS subco
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Union hails trust’s u-turn on private company plans a ‘fantastic victory’
Tees, Esk and Wear Valley trust becomes latest to abandon plans to transfer staff to private wholly owned subsidiary company
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‘Impressive mandate’
NHS staff in York will hold a 48-hour strike over a proposal to transfer them to a wholly owned subsidiary designed to avoid paying tax. Unite, with 100,000 members in the health service,…Read more…
The battle for York
York has become the latest battleground in the campaign to stop NHS trusts outsourcing staff to avoid paying tax. Unite is balloting its more than 200 estates and maintenance members employed…Read more…