Forum Brief: Nurses' Pay
Policy Consultation 15 April 2002
Unison, the largest nursing union, has expressed concern that recent increases in their members wages do not match those of other public sector workers.
Forum Brief: CBI comments on NHS
Policy Consultation 15 April 2002
As Budget fever hots up, the CBI has today warned the chancellor to look to economic growth rather than higher taxes to boost public sector investment.
Forum Brief: Household finances
Policy Consultation 12 April 2002
A new report by the Fawcett Society examining household finances has found that inequality between the sexes is still rife.
Forum Brief: Liam Fox on the NHS
Policy Consultation 11 April 2002
The Tories have a "secret plot" to kill-off the NHS, it was claimed today.
Forum Brief: Victoria Climbie inquiry
Policy Consultation 11 April 2002
Unison, the union for social workers, has warned that it is only a matter of time before another child suffers the same fate as Victoria Climbie.
Forum Brief: PFI Hospital Schemes
Policy Consultation 27 March 2002
Unison today backed moves to ensure staff working under PFI schemes remain employed by the NHS.
Forum Brief: Tory plans for NHS
Policy Consultation 22 March 2002
Shadow health secretary, Dr Liam Fox is arguing that the NHS will never work in its present form.
Forum Brief: Care home figures
Policy Consultation 22 March 2002
The number of nursing homes has fallen for the third successive year, it has been revealed.
Forum Brief: Brown speech
Policy Consultation 20 March 2002
The chancellor has today warned that there will be no "blank cheques" in next month's budget.
Forum Brief: Residential care homes
Policy Consultation 19 March 2002
Over the last five years a net total of 50,000 care home places in all sectors across the UK have been lost due to care home closures.
Forum Brief: Employee safety
Policy Consultation 18 March 2002
Magistrates are facing calls from unions to spend a night in an accident and emergency ward after a woman who seriously assaulted a healthcare worker received a £50 fine from
Forum Brief: Sunderland health strike
Policy Consultation 12 March 2002
Medical secretaries employed by the City of Sunderland Hospitals NHS Trust are currently taking part in strike action.
Forum Brief: Two-tier workforce
Policy Consultation 8 March 2002
The government was yesterday hit by claims that it was set to dump plans to tackle "two-tier" workforces.
Forum Brief: Public sector reform
Policy Consultation 7 March 2002
The prime minister has published a 30-page pamphlet detailing the government's public service reform plans.
Forum Brief: PFI schools in Scotland
Policy Consultation 7 March 2002
Unison in Scotland has said that taxpayers will bear the burden of paying compensation if planned private finance initiative schools fail.
