Doctors in UniteWe held our AGM on 6th February 2022. Our Chair Jackie Applebee, referenced the amount of work that had taken place over the last year in weekly meetings responding to Covid issues. This had resulted in a number of position statements, campaigning, support and information sharing. Going forward meetings will be fortnightly: a Branch Meeting […]
The Health and Social Care Committee has launched an enquiry into the future of general practice, “examining the key challenges facing general practice over the next five years as well as the biggest current and ongoing barriers to access to general practice.” Further information can be found here. This is the submission Doctors in Unite […]
A model resolution for trade union branches Detailed information is here PDF copy for downloading and printing here:
Pioneering GP who helped transform primary health care in Britain My friend Brian Colston, who has died aged 99, was one of a generation of pioneering GPs who helped to transform primary health care in Britain. Over more than 40 years he developed a range of innovative services of national significance in Birmingham’s inner city. […]
Guidelines are fundamentally flawed and putting health care workers and patients at serious risk UK infection control guidelines are not fit for purpose. IPC authorities are increasingly isolated in their view that Covid-19 is spread by droplets and not through the air, a position which is directly contradicted now by official government policy. What follows […]
Resolution adopted by Doctors in Unite 12 Dec 2021 This branch believes that: Covid-19 is overwhelmingly transmitted by airborne spread – people breathe in the virus from the surrounding air. Airborne protections are therefore essential to stop transmission. Omicron, like all Covid-19 variants, is airborne. Airborne protection means providing clean air in the workplace and […]
Link for Unite Health and Safety policy is HERE Link for detailed background information is HERE PDF version here to download and print leaflet
Employers and government continue to fail in their duty to protect workers, especially against the primary route of transmission of Covid-19, airborne spread. Trade unions should therefore adopt specific policy and act to protect their members from airborne spread as a matter of urgency. A detailed look at the issues and the evidence. CONTENTS Summary […]
after reading Tim Senior http://bjgp.org/content/66/652/579 We cannot meet in one room. Yours or mine. Telephone or video today. This is too important for text or e-mail. There may be talking. There may be listening. There will be silence. What will we see with our ears? Is there enough relationship? Understanding? Knowledge? Wisdom? or Skills, Competencies, […]
Doctors in Unite