GMB Warns On NHS Private Patient Cap Rise

GMB, the union for NHS workers, warned that Andrew Lansley’s confidence in Foundation Trusts’ ability to control the increase in income from private patient treatment is not shared by regulator ‘Monitor’. The raising of the private patient income cap from around 2% up to as much as 49% is one element of the Health and Social Care Act.

GMB Concerned On Gas Sell Off

On a day we believe the Government is going to get honest and say that gas has the major role to play in the UK energy mix, we see key parts of our gas infrastructure in Wales and the South West, including the gas emergency service being traded between financial institutions who have no long-term interest in the UK energy needs