The TUHSSC health union has called on the government to re-open social dialogue in order to tackle the crisis facing the health service. Hospitals are facing in funding and plans to close thousands of beds while doctors have threatened mass resignations if nothing is done to improve the low levels of pay in the sector. The government is drawing up proposals that include a pay increase for doctors.
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