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