12.10.10
Government to be ‘put in court’ by Unison
Public sector union, Unison, has announced that that the government is facing a real fight when the union takes it to court over its proposed reforms for the NHS.Dave Prentis, General Secretary of UNISON, said: “The NHS does not belong to the Government it belongs to the British people who have a moral and legal right to have their say in how the NHS is run and delivered.
“With breathtaking arrogance the Government is riding roughshod over the public and trying to bulldoze through changes that will be the end of the NHS as we know it.
“This is crunch time for our NHS. The massive shake-up proposed in the White Paper, came out of the blue. It was nowhere to be seen in the Conservative or Liberal Democrats election manifestos.
“It represents a massive £80 billion gamble with taxpayers’ money and the views of those who pay for it and use it are considered unimportant and irrelevant by the Secretary of state.”
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