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Unite and Govt clash over delays with GP appointments
Pic: Johnny Bugeja 14th May 2021
Unite the Union on Thursday accused the Ministry for Health of ‘manipulating’ information to explain delays faced by patients seeking appointments with GPs at the Primary Care Centre.
In a statement, Unite said frontline workers had been unfairly used as scapegoats to divert attention from “ministerial interference” in the Gibraltar Health Authority.
The statement drew a swift response from the Gibraltar Government, which said it was “appalled” by the union’s reaction.
No.6 Convent Place said it had simply set out the factual circumstances that led to the disruption at the PCC as the GHA resumed normal service after the Covid-19 pandemic, insisting it had no pre-judged the outcome of an investigation into how delays with appointments arose.
Notice of appeal filed in GHA bullying case 12th May 2021
Unite the Union has confirmed a notice of appeal has been filed in the long running bullying at work case filed by a Gibraltar Health Authority employee against their employer.
Last month the Supreme Court ruled the employment tribunal was wrong to find that Dr Daniel Cassaglia, the then GHA Medical Director, bullied a hospital pathologist in 2017.
On the same day the Union said it would appeal the court s decision.
“The legal advice that the union have received is that the judgment in respect of grounds one and two of the appeal by the former Medical Director to the Supreme Court is eminently appealable,” Stuart Davies, National Officer for Unite Gibraltar said.