Lambeth Oxford DESPITE last Jay locally), EEC (£29,000), McLachlan in group has within the Labour chairperson of the AHA.
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demonstration year's cuts, the Oxfordshire Area Health Authority has again been unable to keep within its underfunded budget. For this they blame the VAT increases (£42,000), awards (£247,000 to be found directives nurse and inflation running at three times the anticipated We could add the 749 unpaid private patients' bills (at an average cost of nearly 1300 per Datient per suppliers. week); the £2,200 spent each week on agency staff (which does not include nurses as there is a nurse "bank'); the renewed six month contract for the firm of management consultants, costing £10,700; and the 190 per cent increase in salary for the Here there is genuine room for savings — though the ories are noi quick to make cuts in these quarters. printing a Nor was there any public query when the building contract for the new John Radcliffe No 2 hospital soared from turned up looking in the direction of private profit, the health authority prefers to cut staff. A three month initial freeze in vacancies intended to "lose", the equivalent of 200 full-time jobs. A foretaste of the effects came in September when the new hospital closed its doors for 48 hours — through nurse shortages.
Those they thought might survive the ordeal were sent to a hospital 20 but. then that is not BATHS have been occupied for the last three weeks by trade unionists and users, who are through trying to prevent its closure by the Paul Kenny, a nember of the G&MWU active in the Our biggest problem has been baying oil 1o keep the baths running. Centre, The problems isa't money, it's that the PAUL KENNY counci warned oft their usual are asking trade unionists to lend us their skills. have got a chemist advising us, as well as a structural engineer report on the building.
"They tried intimidation to stop us, | got a bill for £750 which they said was for oil we used, but we laughed it loff. Other campaigners have received bills for £1400 and more.
'We built up to the occupation by newspaper which went throughout the area, and holding a big public meeting to which we invited the Tory councillors. Over 300 people — we couldn't get them all and the councillors got a shock. 'They got up and tried to arguments like "surely you could buy a washing machine"?. The Tory leader had to resign shortly after.'