NHS blood service strike threat
307353
Unions are warning NHS blood service workers may  strike over potential closures of blood centres.
484996
Patient safety is at risk because of delays in hearing misconduct cases against nurses, the BBC learns.
51510
Health workers are holding a series of rallies and marches across the UK in protest at cuts to jobs and services.
356527
Striking public sector workers in South Africa warned Monday that government threats to sack health workers would derail efforts to resolve an increasingly bitter pay dispute.
231903
The South African National Blood Service appealed for blood on Monday ahead of the holiday season but at the same time another meeting was taking place with the department of health to clarify issues surrounding its racial profiling policies.
457279
NHS workers react with "anger and dismay" at government plans to raise retirement ages and reform their pensions, unions say.
216083
Unions warn millions of civil servants could strike if their pension scheme is axed and they have to work longer.
79810
Concerns about safety and the care of dying patients dominate complaints to an NHS watchdog.
68885
A second 24-hour postal strike is underway as part of a continuing row over pay and job security.
90677
Thousands of people who received plasma or other blood products in Britain received letters from the government today warning that they may have been exposed to the deadly human form of mad cow disease.
743374
An expert warns vCJD could become endemic in the UK unless blood screening is introduced.
196169
The head of a NHS trust says patient 'frustration' with the out-of-hours GPs' service is adding to pressures on hospitals.
253757
Up to 130,000 postal staff will stage a 24-hour strike next Friday -- their first in more than a decade -- in a row over pay and conditions, union leaders said on Thursday.
135951
Experts say patients given blood contaminated with the human form of mad cow disease face substantial risk.
406713
Ambulance staff say they will hold a strike ballot if management do not agree to discuss their concerns.
685217
The health workers' union Unison is calling for more cleaning staff in hospitals to tackle infections like MRSA.
256051
FREDERICTON (CP) - Premier Bernard Lord will intervene personally to try and head off a looming strike in New Brunswick hospitals that could mushroom into a general strike.