UNISON Wins Insourcing of Serco Staff at University Hospital Wishaw

That the Parliament recognises the campaign led by UNISON to end outsourcing of hospital services to private contractors and bring them in-house to the NHS; notes that the campaign has led to NHS Lanarkshire announcing it will take over the contract for catering, cleaning, portering, patient laundry, switchboard and security staff at the University Hospital Wishaw from private contractor Serco; understands that the decision will lead to the transfer of 400 Serco staff to NHS Lanarkshire employment and that there will be no job losses; congratulates the Lanarkshire Health branch of UNISON, including Katrina Murray, Chair of UNISON's Lanarkshire health branch and UNISON Scotland Convener, Lilian Macer, on what it sees as the strength of the "PFI bleeds the NHS dry" campaign to end profit-motivated private contracts providing public services at NHS hospitals at public expense, and supports ongoing efforts to bring ISS jobs at the University Hospital Hairmyres in East Kilbride into NHS Lanarkshire employment, in the interests of patients, workers and public finances.