Doctors in UniteJohn 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 […]
“These are the sickest, the ones where over 40% will die……It’s the Uber driver, bus drivers, restaurant workers, delivery people, security guards. People think its old people dying. Everyone I’m looking after (in ICU) is in their 50’s and 60’s.” These are the words of Dr Helen Simpson, Consultant Endocrinologist, who is volunteering in UCH […]
GP magazine reported yesterday: A subsidiary of a giant US healthcare company is set to hold nearly 1% of GP contracts in England – making it the country’s largest provider of NHS primary care with around half a million patients. The article quotes Jackie Applebee, Chair of Doctors in Unite, “‘The public are constantly told […]
It is with the deepest disappointment and gravest foreboding that we received the news today that AT Medics is to be taken over by Operose Health, a subsidiary of US Health Care company Centene AT Medics is the largest provider of primary care services to the National Health Service and operates General Practices across London mainly through […]
NHSE/I recently published a consultation document on the “Next steps to building strong and effective integrated care systems across England”. This response exposes the fundamental problems of a market based health care system in trying to deliver integrated care. 1. Overview Publication of the next steps document during the covid-19 pandemic comes at a remarkable […]
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