* Detailed response from Doctors in Unite. A summary response can be found here. With thanks to the TUC: Dying on the Job. A report into Racism and Risk at Work Doctors in Unite are disappointed with the recent consensus statement by Public Health England, the Health and Safety Executive and the Faculty of Occupational […]
Category: Uncategorized
Test and Trace is a disaster and doctors should voice outrage, not remain silent. We must stop being polite about the national Test and Trace service. Its privatised design by politicians is a lethal mistake. Yet the media is awash with statements implying that we should “allow” time for it to be improved. It cannot […]
Categories
Meetings
Our conference and Annual General Meeting took place on 18th January 2020. Our last branch meeting was held on 18th April. Because of social distancing in response to COVID-19, meetings will take place via teleconference until further notice.
5th July 2020 The 72nd birthday of the NHS takes place in the shadow of the COVID 19 pandemic. The progress of the virus underlines the absolute importance of having an NHS as Bevan intended when it was founded in 1948, a comprehensive health service, publicly funded from general taxation, publicly provided and free at […]
We believe that the failure of the UK government to properly coordinate testing for COVID-19 has contributed to the UK suffering the highest death toll in Europe. Countries that have had lower mortality adopted robust testing strategies early on. Testing centres are not local to where most people live. A common stipulation is that they […]
Doctors in Unite 