NHS deal to “end two-tier workforce”
A deal that will cost NHS trusts contracting out cleaning, catering, laundry and similar services £75m a year has been hailed as “the beginning of the end of two-tier workforces” by unions.
Under the deal between employers, unions and the government, contracted-out staff in England will, from next October, be paid the same rates as those under Agenda for Change, the health service’s restructuring deal.
Source:- Financial Times Friday 7 October 2005 page 4
Call for NHS to embrace complementary medicine
The wider use of complementary therapies on the NHS would lead to a healthier, happier population and possibly yield huge savings, an inquiry commissioned by the Prince of Wales has found.
Source:- The Independent Friday 7 October 2005 page 19
Prisoners must be able to vote, European court says
The government will investigate which prisoners should be given the right to vote after judges in Strasbourg decided the ban was a breach of their human rights.
Source:- The Independent Friday 7 October 2005 page 20
Insolence drives new teachers to consider quitting
Classroom insolence and backchat are forcing many newly qualified teachers to reconsider their careers just a few months into the job, according to a survey by teaching union NASUWT.
Four in 10 have to deal with bad behaviour on an hourly basis and 80 per cent say it is a daily occurrence, the report finds.
Source:- The Guardian Friday 7 October 2005 page 4
Inmates riot at young offender institution
Hindley young offender institution near Wigan suffered substantial damage in a six-hour riot on Wednesday night, the Prison Service has confirmed. The disturbance began when 26 inmates refused to return to their cells.
Source:- The Guardian Friday 7 October 2005 page 14
Repay tax credit, ministers tell a million families
More than one million families are to be ordered to repay child tax credit overpayments, it emerged last night. The families will shortly receive letters demanding payment for sums that could run into thousands of pounds. Last year some families were overpaid by more than £4,000.
Source:- Daily Mail, Friday, October 7, page 36
