Newcastle's Hospitals Need to Save '£9m a Month' as Boss Asks Staff for Ideas to 'Reduce Waste and Save Time'

Newcastle's hospitals need to save '£9m a month' as boss asks staff for ideas to 'reduce waste and save time'

Newcastle Hospitals acting chief executive Rob Harrison wrote to NHS staff last week laying out how bosses need to find savings of £9m a month this year

GMB demands end to NHS privatisation as £1.8bn trust spending revealed

NHS spends �1.8bn a year on private firms, says GMB in call to end outsourcing

The union said the figure could be even higher as half of trusts it approached did not reveal their spending. ...

Ontarians Want Provincial Government to Prioritize Spending on Public Hospitals Not Private Clinics: New Poll

TORONTO -- Nearly three in four Ontarians believe the government should prioritize spending on public hospitals rather than private clinics, in a poll conducted following the recent budget announcement of $280 million being shunted to private, for-profit clinics. Eighty-four per cent of Ontarians also said they believe public hospitals are understaffed.

NHS spends £1.8bn a year on private firms, says GMB in call to end outsourcing

The union said the figure could be even higher as half of trusts it approached did not reveal their spending.

East of England NHS Trusts fork out at least £127 million a year to private companies say union - Your Harlow

NHS trusts in the East of England pay at least £127 million a year to private companies, an investigation has revealed. GMB Union sent Freedom of Information requests to trusts across the region, with responses showing they spent £127,295,037 per year on outsourced contracts. Just 10 trusts in the East of England responded to the request – meaning the true figure could be far higher. The figures emerge as GMB’s annual congress in Brighton delive…