Unions come together to defend the heath service

U.K.

The nhstogether campaign organised its first major public event on 1 November with a lobby of parliament. The campaign brings together all the health unions in the TUC confederation along with three of the main non-TUC unions representing nurses, midwives and doctors. It is the first time all these organisations have united in a campaign. The unions used the lobby to express their fears of cuts to health service budgets, further privatisation and top-down change without proper consulation.
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