The Good News

Hi,

Many, many apologies for the length of time between my 'weekly' blogs, (maybe that should read 'weakly' blogs) but it has been totally hectic at NUHT!!

The Treatment Centre contract has been awarded to Circle for another 5 years and this means that 100's of NHS staff will now be transferred out of the NHS to work for a private company, whether they want to or not!!

The Trust is continuing with it's plan to invite private companies to tender to run it's Estates & Facilities services and this could also mean 100's of staff being transfered to numerous private companies, again against their will!!

If that is not enough ,Medilink bus drivers now face being transfered to Nottingham Community Transport, as they will be running the service within the next few weeks!!

The Trust will reduce it's payment for this service from £1.115m to £600,000 per year. The Trust already makes £150,000 profit from car parking so this will immediately rise to a profit of £665,000.

Despite this the Trust Board has taken the decision to raise car parking fees for it's staff.

We aren't sheep so why are we being fleeced?

The Government tries to tell us that private companies running NHS services will benefit patients but how can healthcare be adequately by provided by companies who's sole interest is to make money?

So now for the good news....erm...sorry i haven't got any!!

LHS,

Bennie