Category: Local Authority

Matt Hancock offered to auction his football shirt for the NHS – we need proper funding, not charity gimmicks

Post author By Dr Tom Riddington
Post date May 10, 2020

Doctors in Unite would like to remind the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care that the NHS is not a charity but a government funded health service, set up in 1948 with the specific intention to remove health care from the precarious state of reliance on income or beneficence. Matt Hancock has his […]

Tags charity, funding, nhs, Social Care, underfunding

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The government can’t hide behind grateful applause: they must now fund the NHS properly

Post author By Dr Tom Riddington
Post date April 15, 2020

The solidarity expressed through weekly applause for the NHS, carers and key workers has been truly inspiring, and a great source of support for all staff. But we need those in power to do more than just clap for us. The NHS and local authorities have been starved of resources for the last ten years. […]

Tags austerity, cuts, funding, nhs, Social Care