The Latest Breaking News from Christina McAnea

Paramedics 'don't want to strike' but patients 'will die' if crisis continues

Unison chief says government has let NHS drift into a dire state and striking is the only way to make sure things don't become 'more dangerous' on the frontline

Daily Mirror · Dec 11, 2022

Emergency Cobra meeting called over walkouts - full list of UK December strike dates

Cabinet Office Minister Oliver Dowden will convene the Government's emergencies committee to discuss contingency plans for walkouts by staff, including nurses, paramedics, rail workers and Border Force officials

Daily Mirror · Dec 11, 2022

Minister backs curbing right to strike of more public sector workers in UK

Education secretary Gillian Keegan suggests NHS staff could be put on same footing as police officers and military

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2022

Minister in charge of hospitals said healthcare is 'natural place to start' with cuts

Steve Barclay said just two months ago that he had instructed department heads within the health service to release information on how much their teams cost, telling a right-wing thinktank that the health service is a "natural place to start" looking for savings

Daily Mirror · Nov 15, 2022

Jeremy Hunt ‘accepts picture’ of NHS on brink of collapse, but efficiencies must be found

Chancellor warns health service has to help fix UK’s broken economy despite facing ‘massive pressures’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2022

Union boss accuses Tories of deliberately 'running down' NHS so someone can take it over

Christina McAnea, the leader of Britain's biggest trade union who is balloting NHS staff over strike action, made the suggestion saying 'excuse me for sounding like a conspiracy theorist, but I have heard so many people say it now'

Daily Mirror · Nov 13, 2022

Union leader accuses UK Government of ‘deliberately running down’ NHS amid pay row

Christina McAnea, general secretary of Unison, said she fears the path is being laid for an “organisation” to be appointed to take over the NHS

The National (Scotland) · Nov 13, 2022

Union leader accuses Government of ‘deliberately running down’ NHS

Christina McAnea said she fears an ‘organisation’ will take over the health service.

The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2022

NHS staff ‘are quitting to work in Tesco because it pays better’ union chief warns

Unison general secretary decries ‘dreadful situation’ for public sector workers

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2022

Biggest NHS union ballots staff over strike action

Unison will ballot 330,000 of its members in a dispute over pay

Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2022