Prime minister Andy Burnham has promised fair pay for care workers and a National Care Service. New figures reveal how much carers earn.
National Care Service: Here's how much carers actually earn
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If Andy Burnham wants some oven-ready reforms to social care, the campaign End Social Care Disgrace has some brilliant ideas. You can read more about their work here (with thanks to Dr Brian Fisher):
Labour must not shy away from radical social care reform
Fourteen years of neglect has left social care in a disgraceful state. There are 152,000 job vacancies (1). Exponential privatisation has lead to around 10% of its funding being lost to private pro…
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Climate change is (obviously) a public health emergency. We wrote to the Labour party in 2020 to make this case. The UK government should be working to prevent and mitigate the effects of climate change on all of us.
Doctors declare climate change a public health emergency
The UK’s oldest medical trade union has sent an open letter to the four Labour party leadership contenders, demanding they recognise climate change as a public health emergency. Doctors in Un…
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"Far too much strategic time and effort is wasted on NHS reorganisations. Whilst we believe that the NHS does need to be reshaped we think this can be done organically as particular needs are identified. Economies of scale can be achieved, where they exist, by organisations co-operating together."
OUTLINE FOR EVIDENCE BY DOCTORS IN UNITE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS PUBLIC BILL COMMITTEE ON THE HEALTH BILL
1.Abolition of NHS England Doctors in Unite were opposed to the creation of NHS England, believing that responsibility for the NHS should lie with the Secretary of State and not be outsourced to an…
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"Far too much strategic time and effort is wasted on NHS reorganisations. Whilst we believe that the NHS does need to be reshaped we think this can be done organically as particular needs are identified. Economies of scale can be achieved, where they exist, by organisations co-operating together."
OUTLINE FOR EVIDENCE BY DOCTORS IN UNITE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS PUBLIC BILL COMMITTEE ON THE HEALTH BILL
1.Abolition of NHS England Doctors in Unite were opposed to the creation of NHS England, believing that responsibility for the NHS should lie with the Secretary of State and not be outsourced to an…
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"In these circumstances it might be thought that a Labour government would prioritise public health. Instead spending on public health is falling in real terms, services for physical activity are being abandoned, and there are wide disparities in the availability of services".
The Public Health Crisis and the Case for Parity of Esteem
KEY POINTS FOR DECISION MAKERS The Public Health Crisis Britain faces a public health crisis. Life expectancy is in decline. The NHS is buckling under the weight of preventable illnesses. The welfa…
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I've got a plan to clean up British politics. 🚫No second jobs for MPs. 💷Cap political donations. ❌No contracts for party donors. Politics should work for you - not the highest bidder. Let's stop the sleaze for good!
Open letter to Andy Burnham from lots of excellent organisations including: @doctorsinunite.com , @thedauk.bsky.social , @keepournhspublic.bsky.social , @fbunational.bsky.social , @nasuwt-official.bsky.social , @medact.bsky.social , @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social , @strikemap.org Please share 👇
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Forty years on, Britain’s privatisation experiment has enriched shareholders and hollowed out public services — it’s time to try something different. @kbayliss.bsky.social's guest post on @graceblakeley.substack.com: substack.com/home/post/p-... Kate's book 'Privatising humanity' is out now #booksky
Time to call time on Thatcher’s privatisation model
Forty years on, Britain’s privatisation experiment has enriched shareholders and hollowed out public services — it’s time to try something different.
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Congratulations Andy. Change is coming - and with it there should be a recognition that AI is not the answer to the NHS' problems. Invest in healthcare staff, not tech bro fantasies.
PETITION: NHS Staff not Artificial Intelligence
The Government is planning to scale back NHS recruitment and replace vital healthcare roles with AI technology to cut costs. This could leave patients facing fewer trained staff, unsafe care, and long...
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The shift to a privatised 'Plan B' option for NHS General Practice "would undermine the foundation of the National Health Service in England and would exacerbate health inequalities", say MPs. An early day motion opposing any such move is gaining signatures👇
Future of GP services in England - Early Day Motions - UK Parliament
That this House notes the British Medical Association GP Committee for England's decision to ballot GPs on a Plan B, or an alternative strategy for general practice, allowing GPs greater freedom to pr...
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Ian Higginson from @rcem.ac.uk again telling it like it is: "We continue to see a lack of solutions designed to tackle the root causes...Instead, we are fobbed off with recycled ideas that haven’t ever worked.." 300 AVOIDABLE deaths. Every. Single. Week. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
More than 1,300 deaths a month in England due to long A&E waits, figures suggest
Senior medical staff call for solutions to tackle root causes of excess deaths amid tenfold increase in a decade
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Giver and taker firms have donated £47m to political parties over 25 years. 💰 These same companies went on to score £60 BILLION in public contracts since 2015. This is everything people hate about politics. Ban firms from getting contracts with Governments they pay to elect.
The Autonomy Institute@autonomy-institute.bsky.social · 2mo agoMPs from different parties joined us on Tuesday as part of our drop-in session for the amendment to the 'Representation of the People Bill' proposed by @neilduncanjordan.bsky.social around 'breaking the link' between donors and contractors. Party donors should not receive government contracts.
Oil firms are raking in billions from Trump’s war in Iran. A crisis for the world is a payday for them. Some politicians are calling to take money off pensioners or disabled people. Tax these profiteers instead.
Great to get some press today on this important survey - which will predictably and disappointingly get very little airtime. Streeting hasn't mentioned it once today... But we will.
Frontline19@frontline19.bsky.social · 4mo agoOur founder & CEO, Psychotherapist, @clairegoodwinfee.bsky.social was on Talk TV earlier about @unison.org.uk new survey which finds that 85% of healthcare staff have experienced stress at work over the past year. Confidential self-referral: www.frontline19.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMFz...
Too many Poole families face the worst of both worlds. Low wages and sky-high housing costs. Local Housing Allowance is meant to bridge the gap. But it’s been frozen while rents keep rising. We need higher wages and a safety net that works - so no one is left behind.
Recognising unpaid care as work is one long overdue part of tackling the UK's care crisis. Doctors in Unite have been involved with End Social Care Disgrace, who have a local election campaign pack here: endsocialcaredisgrace.org/local-electi...
Britain's shadow workforce is paid as little as 65p an hour. Who cares for the carers? | Frances Ryan
Carer’s allowance turns 50 this year, but it’s no reflection of the labour of the millions who cook, clean and nurse behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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"You cannot run a healthcare system on goodwill alone. You cannot retain a workforce by devaluing it. And you cannot fix a crisis by blaming those who are holding it together." Excellent piece from @jatinderhayre.bsky.social metro.co.uk/2026/04/07/s...
Striking resident doctors like me are sick of being scapegoated
You cannot run a healthcare system on goodwill alone. You cannot retain a workforce by devaluing it.
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We could have made a deal to avoid this strike action, but the government moved the goalposts on pay at the last minute and then removed the offer of 1000s of much needed training posts. Dr Emma Runswick on BBC Breakfast today talking about how we need a deal that is good for doctors and patients.
Medicine can't be done on the cheap, cutting corners that risk patient safety. Invest in the future of the NHS - back your resident doctors.
Do you ever start writing a post, realise you can't sufficiently put into words the level of hurt, anger and injustice you feel, and then abandon it? That's how I feel about the government's attitude towards our Residents. 2020 anyone?? I am so done. share.google/SEsg1BoHyvz1...
Resident doctors lose jobs package and will strike next week
The medics will strike for six days from 7 April, just after the Easter bank holiday weekend. It will be their 15th walkout since 2023.
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I’m campaigning to stop political donors getting Government contracts. 14 million people went hungry last year, we owe it to them to ensure decisions are made in the public interest. Cosy relationships with vested interests undermine trust in politics. Time to break the link.
"Over 55% of GP members have voted and rejected the 2026/27 GP contract, to the tune of 99%. We will now take that message and exert even more pressure on the Government to do the right thing for general practice cross England." Watch the video from @drkatie.bsky.social here 👇
Dr Katie Bramall GP Contract Update | British Medical Association
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All power to their collective elbows. All NHS staff have been treated appallingly for over a decade - including being shamefully abandoned after 2020. Nothing will change for staff OR patients without them taking a stand. I will ALWAYS be proud to stand beside them. @bma.org.uk
Have you voted yet? Polls close at NOON TODAY in the GP Referendum. Do you want things to change for the better in your practice, with a better GP contract? You need to vote! You were sent a text by the BMA yesterday: 📱 Open the text 👉 Click vote on your *unique link* ⏰ It takes *5 seconds*