Clinical waste piles up at Whipps Cross Hospital
Piles of clinical waste bags were left to mount up outside a hospital as vital workers went on strike against “slave-like” working conditions and zero-hours contracts. A porter revealed shocking […]
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Striking Dundee NHS porters leave piles of clinical waste
It’s not too often that we scan the pages of Socialist Worker, but this week they are reporting striking Dundee NHS porters who have called a protest at the Scottish […]
Cheltenham General Hospital’s cleaners traumatised by needlesticks
“More than a dozen cleaners at Cheltenham General Hospital say they have been left severely traumatised after they were stabbed by hypodermic needles in the last 12 months. “At least […]
Psychiatric consequences of needlestick injury
Some time has passed since this paper by Green and Griffiths was published. Unsurprisingly, the professional journals and magazines, and the trades union RCN are up in arms about the impact […]
Putting a smile on children’s faces
Most news these days would suggest that any thought of putting a smile on children’s faces would end with a visit from the local constabulary. But at the Children’s Hospital […]
Contract terms for healthcare ancillary staff
Hospital ancillary and support staff may be NHS employees, or increasingly employed by specialist support services companies. This latter, and now very common, arrangement creates many problems usually due to […]