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Fire and rescue service personnel must receive priority testing and vaccination for coronavirus, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has said after some brigades reported losing hundreds of staff to self-isolation. In a letter to ministers in Westminster and the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales...

Health Campaigns Together have joined together with the Peoples Assembly to call an emergency demonstration to Fix our NHS Now. The demonstration is demanding more Beds, Staff and Funds. A route of the march can be found here Transport may be available from your area check here

The FBU is extremely concerned about “major flaws” discovered in fire proofing materials used in the construction of the UK’s first private finance initiative (PFI) built hospital. First opened in 2000 Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle was the first hospital to be built in partnership with the...

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue have been accused of putting the lives of the public at risk by underhandedly sending their firefighters to medical emergency incidents that should be responded to by paramedics, the Fire Brigades Union has said. South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue currently have only...

Overstretched and under-resourced accident and emergency departments across the UK have led to fire engines being used as makeshift ambulances in a desperate attempt to stem the crisis. Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, said: “The A&E crisis is a direct result of the governments failed austerity...

Firefighters in Lincolnshire may take legal action over proposals that would see them driving patients to hospital in an ambulance, the Fire Brigades Union has announced. Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue and East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) have announced that ‘fire ambulances’ will be stationed...