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HEALTH PROBLEMS ON A NATIONAL SCALE

The too high level of taxes in the UK hasuncaring  taxation  of  it is a great threat.
laid its shadow upon the National Health
System as well. The too large amounts ofHealth services is obviously something any
spending for the public sector and exportssociety needs and recent phenomena affect the
have led to problems with jobs in theblood service dramatically, as Lillian
national corporations. Currently we areElliot, working at national level in this
living the effects of this policy that hasbranch, points out. She claimed that because
been going on for a few years now and causesof the job crisis, the nine blood processing
Britain to stand low in European standards inand testing centres may be reduced to three.
what regards the taxation. Recent events makeThe vital blood supplies may find themselves
us believe that a change is very necessary ifmore in movement than in centres where they
we don't want too see a massive effect on theare  needed.
economy  taking  place  in  the  future.
Protesters also went in support of the 250
One of the best signs that something doesn'tworkers in the mental health area who
function in the inside are the protests. Thiscriticised the slashes and lowering of jobs,
is just what happened, as about 400 of theas well as the threats to privatise some
employees in the NHS took to the streetshealth  agencies.
engaging in protests against the job cuts
inside their system. The crowd spoke againstA senior radiographer at the Hope Hospital in
reducing budgets in the health sector and allSalford, Angela Murphy spoke about the
too high taxes. This all was only part of atensions in her branch, where the working
plan issued by the NHS Together alliance oftime has increased by 2.5 hours a weak and
unions and other organisations, so it was asalaries are growing slower than the
case when people working in this field unitedinflation. This causes people there to be
to protest; this is a sign of a seriousnervous and agitated. The chance to have
problem. The protesters staged in Albertredundancies increases the already existing
Square, Manchester and shouted against thetension.
budget  drop.
The general of TUC, Brendan barber, wished a
The chair of the Manchester branch of Unisonwarm good luck to the protester in their
for community and mental health, Karenquest against the job reductions and hailed
Reissman, stated that the situation is athe improvements of health services quality
curfew. She warned that if people involved inin  the  last  years.
the health business don't act now this realm
will be threatened with disappearance in theThe crisis has reached the top, literary, as
coming years. According to her, the healtha giant banner of NHS together now greets
system is kind of under attack, because aanyone climbing to the peak of Skiddaw in
country like Great Britain can sustain aLake District.
system of this size. But lack of interest and



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