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Positively Public Briefings
Monthly briefings providing the latest campaigning, privatisation and good practice news.
 Available hereNational news
UNISON welcomes assurances over NHS reform(09/05/08) Government pledges staff and patients will be the driving force for changeFor safety’s sake(08/05/08) Meat inspection to remain in public controlEveryday heroes(06/05/08) Say ‘thank you’ to the special people who care for the UK’s sick childrenFood for good(01/05/08) UNISON calls for school (and hospital) meals to be sourced locallyNews list > |
Shared SolutionsIf public services are to improve, the staff who provide them and the people who use them must have a voice in how they're developed. Shared Solutions is a way of doing just that.
Documents & Links
Developed jointly between UNISON and the National Consumer Council, Shared Solutions is a one-day collaborative workshop, bringing together public service users and frontline staff. It ensures that the voices of both users and frontline staff are heard, and that what they say is taken on board by policy-makers and service managers locally and nationally, and used to improve our public services. Building these relationships, based on trust and shared experiences, will help deliver quality services, empower staff and engage users. Uniting users and staff in public service improvement Shared Solutions was tested by bringing together social housing officers and tenants in Newcastle to discuss existing services, identify problems, build relationships and agree shared priorities. By the end of the one-day workshop they had identified common aspirations, diagnosed shared problems and come up with agreed suggestions for improvement. To find out more, download the Shared Solutions document above. To use Shared Solutions to improve public services in your local community, download the toolkit. |
CONTACT DETAILS
• The UNISON contact for the Positively Public campaign is Margie Jaffe. Positively Public 1 Mabledon Place London WC1H 9AJ Email: positivelypublic@unison.co.uk Recent documents
NHS @ 60
Document containing a mix of serious articles (including one by Dave Prentis), light-hearted features and potted histories to illustrate why it's essential that we continue to celebrate and defend the NHS as it turns 60  Acrobat PDF version
Machines, markets and morals This pamphlet from the think tank Compass calls on the government to end the marketisation of the NHS and instead allow staff and users to shape the service democratically. PFI cost to the NHS This study analyses the cost of using private finance to build the first 12 operational PFI hospitals by 2001-2002. It shows that PFI creates budget inflexibilities that increase pressures on the NHS to cut its largest cost: the jobs, working conditions and pay of staff, therefore impacting on the quality of healthcare services. Acrobat PDF (70277 bytes)
The UK Public Library Service - facing the challenges This factsheet highlights the challenges the public library service faces and UNISON's campaign to defend the service, which is very popular and valued by local communities.  Library factsheet (366592 bytes)
Private Finance Initiative (PFI) This fact sheet outlines the arguments against PFI. Word document (375296 bytes)
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