Health weekend school success

by John Gallacher

A very successful weekend school for Health Branches was held at the Apex Hotel Dundee 12-14 February.

Topics discussed included managing the 2010/11 budget process, Shared Services, Elected Health Boards, terms and conditions of service, as well as new approaches to recruitment and organising.

All the delegates found the school informative and took many good ideas (and some terms and conditions claims!) back to their branches.

Particular matters to take forward are engaging in the direct election campaigns in Fife and Dumfries & Galloway Health Boards.

Health branches are also keen to pursue further training in ‘relational organising’ and there are plans to set up a campaign to rival ‘Camp Obama’.

Tom Waterson said, “This is the third annual workshop the Health Committee has run for branches and they go from strength to strength. Many thanks to full time staff (Suzanne Craig (Legal Officer), Jennifer McCarey (Area Organiser) and Kay Sillars (Information Development Officer) and fellow Lay Tutors Sandra Dee Masson and Lil Macer for making the weekend such a success.

“And Gallacher and Duffy were there too!”

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