“Were Not Mad, Were Angry”               Hundreds from around the Northwest turned out to show support for each other and in common support against cut backs to public services, the kind that have not been used in England before. Members of the public and Union representatives from nearly all of the public services unions gathered in Piccadilly Gardens to listen to speakers from a wide range of people who are involved in the delivery or Users of public services. Manche...

Royal College of Nursing at their annual Congress in Bournemouth. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg Supported Nurse Reissmann For Telling The Truth In his speech : The Deputy Prime Minister did not forget Manchester Nurse Karen Reissmann, who two and half years ago along with Manchester Users Network, spoke of the forthcoming nightmare of Cutbacks and closures of wards in Manchester . Read Mr Clegg’s speech which was made in the run up to the election , yet he remembered Manc...

Yesterday Manchester Parliamentary Candidates kindly answered the questions of Service Users. Yesterday the Manchester Press decided to ignore every family in Manchester, not one journalist from TV, Radio or the Manchester Evening News wished to report on six MP’s who’s story you can read below. Nick Clegg the Leader of the Lib Dems this week said he supported the Services Users and openly gave his support to The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Parliamentary candidate Nurse ...

By: Paul Reed. Yesterday, Wednesday 09th December, 2009 at a meeting held at Mainway. Occupational Therapy, Park House Jessica Williams Project Director for the  Foundation Trust addressed members of Manchester Users Network. She invited patients to become members of the proposed new Foundation Trust, and spoke of the benefits of Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust achieving the status of becoming a foundation Trust. However, many patients did not feel assured that becoming a Found...

  The Right Hon Nick Clegg MP, Who Many See As Possibly A Future Prime Minister ,Supports Reissmann’s Experience As A Senior NHS Nurse     Nurse training cut by degrees by Karen Reissmann The tabloids have greeted the news that all nurses will soon go to university by declaring we will become “too posh to wash”. But such backward comments ignore the real problems with the plan. While it sounds good to give nurses more education, the reality is that this is the latest step in ...

By: Simon Peter Day two 27th January ‘You can have freedom of speech, but you can be sacked for using it’ Sheila Foley who essentially had no other alternative, and was left to dismiss Karen from her position, Ms. Foley seems to express guilt after she declared ‘Karen was essential’. The trust was still adamant about its position on the dismissal after talks in the chambers with the claimant. The Dismissal came about after discussions between Unison side and staff side t...

 ”SUPPORT FOR DOCTOR ADAM OSBORNE FROM PATIENTS “    A Patient contacted the Manchester Users Network last evening (27 th November) after reading our story, first published on the M.U.N website on the 26th November, she asked that we be understanding of the young Doctor who she said had treated her in the past and of  whom she had found to be really understanding of her problems  “He really understood me and I knew he was really taking me for real, you know a really nice blok...

By: Paul Reed           For good mental health attend the INFORMATION MEETING!! Tomorrow Wednesday, 3rd December, 10:30am. BE THERE OR BE SQUARE! Important Information, rights & news for patients! Wednesday 03rd December, 2008, Time, 10.30am. Held in the, USER’S OFFICE (Next door the Therapy Centre.) Park House Hospital. ALL PATIENTS WELCOME. “We need to support and help each other”. For further details Tel (Alan) Tel 918 4343 ...

  “THE TUC COMES TO SUPPORT A BRAVE NURSE AS HER UNION SAID IT COULD NO-LONGER GIVE HER THEIR SUPPORT” Sacked For Talking To The Press   At today’s meeting ( 10:30am Wednesday 17th September, 2008) and also on the day that the Manchester Evening News reports that the TUC say’s it will pay the legal cost of Snr Nurse Karen Reissmann (here pictured) , after Unison withdrew its support for the NHS nurse who bravely spoke out to the press against harmful cut backs. Her old b...

Press release from Karen Reissmann Campaign -  On Friday 29th August, Karen Reissmann ex employer made an offer to her to settle her claim for unfair dismissal. The offer made no admission of liability for her sacking. The offer did not include reinstatement. “I am not accepting this offer. It’s not simply about the money. The principles are too important. We should continue to stand up and defend the right of NHS trade union reps to comment on government policy and its impact on se...