WWL NHS Trust trolls workers striking to stay in the NHS
NHS staff in the north-west are striking against a decision by Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust to transfer their employment out of the NHS to a new limited company […]
Tag Archives: safety
Excl: residents claim water connection “failed” during today’s fire at Grenfell neighbour tower
Today, as the public inquiry continued into the Grenfell Tower disaster that claimed so many lives just over a year ago, a fire broke out on the 16th floor of […]
Important: Keep our St Helier Hospital/NHS70 march this Saturday
The ‘Keep our St Helier Hospital’ (KOSHH) campaign has been fighting hard to prevent the planned closure and/or downgrading of one or both of Sutton’s hospitals. In recent months the […]
Govt will NOT ban flammable cladding after Grenfell
In a move that ought to be astonishing, even unbelievable – but is anything but – the government will not ban the use of flammable cladding or untested cladding systems […]
Virgin Care ‘asked staff not to report safety concerns’
Local newspaper the Bristol Post has alleged that VirginCare in the region asked staff not to report their safety concerns to health watchdog the Care Quality Commission (the CQC): According […]
3yo boy has seizure on train – guard there to help. For now
Last Friday on Merseyside – on the 16.36hrs service from West Kirby to Liverpool, to be precise – a young boy became seriously ill after suffering a seizure. If Merseyrail’s […]
Who is ‘LabourToo’ – would YOU send them YOUR abuse info?
A strange – and for some, troubling – website has appeared since the Westminster ‘sex pest’ scandal began to break: “LabourToo“. The website claims that: This project seeks to enable women […]
Train comps’ huge lengths to cover for striking guards they say don’t need
The latest in a series of strikes around the country are set to hit rail operators who are pushing for DOO (driver-only operation) in a drive to eliminate guards on […]
Labour MP Carden to protest with RMT at Dutch embassy to keep train guards
On Thursday, from 11am, rail union RMT will be protesting outside the Netherlands embassy in London over the involvement of state-owned Dutch operator Abellio in plans to remove guards […]
Rail body admits #DOO safety concerns in deleted report
As many SKWAWKBOX readers will know, the rail union RMT is in dispute with train operators in various parts of the country over their plans to remove guards from their […]