Entries from November 2007

November 11, 2007

MEETING TO SUPPORT KAREN ON WEDNESDAY

Reinstate Karen Reissmann 
We have a right to fight NHS cuts.
All welcome
Wednesday 14th November
7pm, Mechanics Institute,
Princess St [entrance Major St], Manchester

November 11, 2007

REGIONAL NHS BACKS ‘SACKING AND GAGGING’

North West NHS bosses are backing the ‘gagging and sacking’ of whistleblowing nurse Karen Reissmann.
That’s the only conclusion that can be drawn from an official statement by the Manchester Trust.
They have declared: “NHS North West has made very senior  management support available to the trust if they require it.”
Which means that while chief executive Sheila Foley [...]

November 10, 2007

SACKED KAREN LEFT OUT IN THE COLD, WHILE NHS TRUST BOSS JETS OFF TO SUNNY DUBAI

The health boss who sacked Karen Reissman and started an all-out strike by 180 staff has jetted off on holiday to Dubai.
Sheila Foley, £100,000-a-year chief executive of the Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust, flew out as staff gathered around braziers on picket lines outside the Trust’s headquarters.
Before she left for the sun, Ms Foley had sacked [...]