I have been asked if I and the union believe that A&E Support Staff are ‘Front-line’.
This was after we complained about a trial being run with A&E Support Staff working with Paramedics. We were prepared to lodge a dispute if the trial was not stopped.
The trial has been stopped Continue Reading
Today is International Workers’ Day.
A day celebrated in over 80 countries all over the world. It is a public holiday in many other countries. Workers, their unions and their political parties, stand together to show that there is a better world, a better way and a better future.
Dream and imagine. Continue Reading
No one working within Public Services needs me to tell them that we are facing a difficult and uncertain future. The facts are all around, staring us in the face.
Vicious spending cuts. Pension reform. Creeping privatisation.Outsourcing. Health & Social Care Bill. Continue Reading
Question: Is there a link between an increase in the use of private ambulance companies within the London Ambulance Service and the jobs/ posts that are being left vacant or going all together?
Answer: Not half there is!
The Olympics are nearly upon us. Hundreds of thousands of visitors are due to come to the United Kingdom and most will flock to the Capital.
The newspapers are full of it. The media is full of it. The world-wide web is full of it.
The London Mayor is full of it. Parliament is full of it (I am still talking about the Olympics!).
For London it is the Olympics: for the staff of the London Ambulance Service it is the Notting Hill Carnival, New Years Eve, the World Cup, the Royal Wedding and Friday nights in the West End rolled into one, every day, all day, night and day, for two months or more!
Every member of staff, uniformed or not, will be under enormous pressure.
Business as usual? I don’t think so! Continue Reading
In October 2010 I wrote a posting on this blog entitled ‘Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire (Service)!’ If you can, you should go back and read it. Good morning: it’s Groundhog Day!
Tory London Fire Authority Chiefs must have ”if at first you don’t succeed, try try again” hot wired into their brains! This is usually a positive attribute to have, but not in this case. Ten out of ten for persistence – nought out of ten for originality! Continue Reading
I read today on the BBC News website that Michael Gove, the Tory Education Secretary, has put the idea forward that the nation should buy a new Royal Yacht as a gift to the Queen on her Diamond Jubilee! Continue Reading
The London Assembly’s Health and Public Services Committee published their report ‘The Future of the London Ambulance Service’ on the 15th December 2011. It is well worth a read, if only to get an insight into the way Boris Johnson (London Mayor) played with his toy cars as a child.
It is important for us all to understand that the present attack on our pensions, are not just about pensions!
Pensions are the Trojan Horse and Public Services the City of Troy.
Make no mistake though, a robbery is in progress. Under cover of red herrings, lies and misrepresentations, public sector workers are being mugged and our pensions are being stolen. Continue Reading
The Prime Minister, David Cameron, called the 30th November Day of Action by over two million public sector workers a ‘damp squib’!
I think we will soon see the first scientific evidence of a damp squib exploding in the face of a British premier!
