Doctors in UniteIn 1978 the WHO adopted the Alma Ata declaration, a seminal document which stated that economic and political policy are the major determinants of global health and wellbeing. It argued that inequality is unacceptable, and that people have the right and duty to participate in the planning and implementation of their health care. At the […]
Written evidence opposing the Health and Care Bill, submitted by John Puntis co-chair of Keep Our NHS Public, a national campaigning organisation seeking to maintain a publicly funded and provided universal healthcare system across the UK. Executive Summary This Bill will be highly damaging to the NHS as a national health service based on social […]
At our meeting last weekend, Doctors in Unite passed the following resolution in solidarity with the staff at Florence House Medical Centre, and general practices across the country: “This branch is horrified at the brutal attack on staff at the Florence House Medical Practice in Openshaw on Friday 17th September 2021 Health workers across […]
John Launer This article is reproduced from the Postgraduate Medical Journal 25 August 2021. Please click on link for references. Medicine and politics are inseparable. This applies from the very beginning of medical training and throughout doctors’ careers. In most countries, the young people selected to go to medical school are predominantly drawn from a […]
Martin Blanchard July 2021 This briefing is not a detailed report of recent privatisation of healthcare in London, but rather examples of the type of privatisation that is occurring with links to details about the companies involved. If these examples are occurring in all five incipient ICSs (North West London -NWL, North Central London-NCL, North […]
For too long training to be a doctor has been the preserve of those from more affluent backgrounds with a more privileged schooling, more likely to achieve the A level grades required, write a good personal statement, have access to relevant work experience or internships, to perform well at interview and to receive financial support […]
Doctors in Unite members receive legal support in the same way as all other Unite the Union members do for employment related matters (this includes members employed by GP practices). A DiU member should inform their Unite District or Regional Office via their workplace representative, where they have one, to follow the process of applying […]
Incisive and trenchant criticism of the government’s ongoing privatisation of the NHS, by Joan Bakewell in the House of Lords on 12th Mary. See here: https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/79a74b62-cfa7-440c-bed8-0426f32d99fa?in=16:16:00&out=16:22:00
Doctors in Unite have grave concerns about the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021. We believe that the measures proposed in the bill will erode civil liberties and severely undermine the right to protest, a cornerstone of UK democracy. The Bill will give the Home Secretary: “the power, through secondary legislation, to define and […]
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