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NHS could face bill for ambulance pay deal

NHS could face bill for ambulance pay deal

Thursday, June 18, 2009

NORTH Staffordshire's NHS may have to pick up the six-figure bill of an arbitration deal awarding wage rises and back pay to drivers with a private ambulance fleet.

Scores of staff with patient transport operator Parkwood should start to receive the extra cash from next...

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Ambulance drivers set to share £1m pay-out

Ambulance drivers set to share £1m pay-out

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

NINETY drivers with a private ambulance company are set to share in huge payouts after winning a marathon dispute with their bosses. Union leaders...

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Ambulance service back in NHS hands

Ambulance service back in NHS hands

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

AN NHS ambulance trust is set to win back the work to ferry 600 patients a day to hospital appointments in North Staffordshire. West Midlands...

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Ambulance row enters new chapter

Ambulance row enters new chapter

Friday, February 20, 2009

ATTEMPTS will re-start next week to settle a bitter row between a private ambulance operator and its workforce. The 20-month dispute flared soon after...

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GPs fear impact of non-NHS contracts

VISION: An artist's impression of the new doctors' surgery in Middleport.

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

A private company has been given the contract to run an innovative health centre in Hanley for people who don't have to register to see a doctor....

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Private firm's ambulance pay talks fail

Friday, August 29, 2008

A CRUNCH meeting between ambulance drivers and bosses of a private firm has failed to break the deadlock on a bitter row over a two-tier pay...

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Pay-row ambulance drivers in new talks

Friday, August 15, 2008

AMBULANCE drivers embroiled in a bitter pay row with their employer have been invited to talk with bosses. Two executives from Parkwood Healthcare...

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Parkwood is asking for £300,000 to solve ambulance driver pay row

Thursday, July 24, 2008

UNIONS today welcomed reports that a private ambulance firm has pleaded with the NHS for cash so it can pay all its staff the same. Parkwood...

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Ambulance row hots up as angry drivers gather

Ambulance row hots up as angry drivers gather

Thursday, August 21, 2008

PRIVATE ambulance firm Parkwood has been accused of twice breaking deadlines to settle a 14-month dispute with its staff, who take 500 North...

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