A living wage for all health staff!Save our NHS! Doctors in Unite the Union support resident doctors fighting to restore their living standards and conditions after long-term government attacks.A doctor qualifying in 1985 after five years study had paid no tuition fees. A doctor qualifying this year has paid £46,250 fees, with average debt £50,000-£90,000.In […]
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Health professionals implore the Labour Party Leadership not to back down over ULEZ expansion. Sign our open letter here. Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London Sir Keir Starmer, Leader of the Labour Party. 23rd July 2023 Dear Sadiq Khan and Sir Keir Starmer, As health professionals who see the devastating health consequences of air pollution daily, […]
Doctors in Unite abhors the violation of civil liberties and fundamental human rights in all forms. The right to peaceful protest is no exception. There is no rational basis to arrest and detain Graham Smith, and other members of Republic, for peacefully gathering to protest the coronation of King Charles III. The Public Order Act […]
Sunday 9th January 2022. Ambassador Erlan Idrissov, 125, Pall Mall St James London SW1Y 5EA Dear Ambassador Idrissov Doctors in Unite branch of the UK and Ireland trade union Unite is writing to you to protest at the brutal repression of demonstrators throughout Kazakhstan and the state of emergency in Almaty and Mangistau. It is […]
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get centene out of the nhs!
Over 500 people attended an online rally about the takeover of GP practices by the American health insurance corporation, Centene, and the government’s privatisation agenda for the NHS. Watch the rally – link below
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A Letter from Gaza: “This Must End”
Dr. Yasser Abu Jamei is a psychiatrist living and working in Gaza, and is Director of the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme, a leading mental health provider in Palestine. He was the keynote speaker at our AGM on 7th February this year. He wrote this letter on 13 May 2021. “I am writing this letter […]
Open letter for anyone working in Health and Social care to sign and distribute. Sign here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfdk4q_YaJnNrMAGtaz9W32WCYLyWnE1rvLPFR3Y376tydRZg/viewform Dear Prime Minister, We are writing to ask you urgently clarify our Covid-19 strategy. Herd immunity was abandoned early on as it became clear hundreds of thousands would die. We entered lockdown in order to “flatten the curve” […]
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