The government’s refusal to engage in negotiations ultimately led to the largest strike in NHS history.
Health unions noted that Health Secretary Stephen Barclay claims the “door is wide open”. But this is pointless as long as politicians refuse to discuss compensation.
Pat Cullen and Sharon Graham challenged the PM, Rishi Sunak to get engagement in resolving this problem.
Graham’s confession that Unite is not in salary negotiations at any level is a striking indictment of the government’s carelessness.
This indifference needs to alert us all to the issues involved in such NHS strikes.
Politically, the recurrent strikes that affected vital services are bad news for the Conservatives. This administration will struggle to overcome the perception of haphazard ineptitude and poor management.
Keep Supporting The NHS’s Strike
Supporting the NHS is a political issue for the right. Health care is “the nearest thing the English possess to spirituality”. Thatcher’s chancellor Nigel Lawson observed, demonstrating both his knowledge of and inability to appreciate the institution’s devotion.
A&E departments need back up with urgent vehicles unable to carry over their patients to hospitals. Because the lack of capacity resulted in the horrible stories of today’s vulnerable people waiting for hours for medical assistance. And A&E departments block up with ambulances. So that they cannot carry over their patients since hospitals cannot take them in.
The stage gets prepare for statements like the one made late last year by Dr. Iain Kennedy, head of the British Medical Association Scotland that “the NHS in Scotland cannot continue in its existing form.”
We cannot “keep flowing cash into a 20th-century system of care,” according to Wes Streeting, the shadow health secretary.
Sajid Javid, a former health minister, speaks to the issue as a “grown-up discussion.” The former director of Deutsche Bank advocates charging for doctor’s visits, car accidents, and other urgent transportation.
In addition, the NHS fight mirrors the strikes on our postal and public transportation systems. Which portrays a poor value for money.
Solidarity for all the NHS employees who are on strike. However, their battle is also our own battle.
