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Issue:- 13 June 2013

Learn more about patients' role in clinical research

HEALTH professionals are inviting the public to find out more about the clinical research that takes place at Southport and Ormskirk hospitals.

Patients who have participated in research will join local clinicians in presenting seven short lectures on Tuesday 18th June in the Clinical Education Centre at Southport hospital between 12.30pm and 2.30pm.

There will also be the opportunity to ask experts from across Merseyside and Cheshire about clinical research in the NHS.

"Hundreds of patients take part in research studies in our Trust every year, which contributes to better medical care not only here in the UK but across the world.  It demonstrates our commitment to improving the quality of care we offer and helps our staff stay abreast of the latest treatment options." said Dr Paul Mansour, Director of Research and Innovation at Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust.

In the year to 31 March, Trust staff and patients took part in 136 clinical research studies across 25 medical specialities.

Dr Mansour added:- "Our Trust takes clinical research seriously because it's good for patients, good for staff and good for the NHS."

Booking is not necessary; just come along on the day. Light refreshments will be provided.

City region lobbies government over European funding

LIVERPOOL City Region is lobbying the Government in a bid to prevent the loss of hundreds of millions of pounds in vital regeneration funding.  It follows the Government's decision to take £650 million of European Union funding which the European Commission had awarded to England for 2014 to 2020 and reallocate it to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It includes an estimated £350 million which the European Commission had ring-fenced for poorer areas (known as transition regions) such as Liverpool City Region.  It had been estimated the City region would receive around £400 million from 2014 to 2020, but following the Government's amendments there are fears this could be slashed by up to a half.  Mayor of Liverpool and Chair of Liverpool City Region Cabinet, Joe Anderson, said:- "European funding has been critical to the successful regeneration of the City region over the last couple of decades. Everywhere you look, from the Arena and Convention Centre to the School of Tropical Medicine, John Lennon Airport to the Cruise Liner Terminal, there are physical reminders of the difference that funding from the European Union has made. It has created helped create thousands of jobs and boosted the economy to the tune of many tens of millions of pounds. Our big fear is that we could lose a massive chunk of the share of funding we expected to receive as the extra money allocated for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will come specifically from cash allocated for more deprived areas including ours. In effect this means that we will lose out while wealthier and more prosperous areas of England, many of which have never previously received EU funds, will gain at the expense of poorer areas. I outlined my concerns to European Commissioners during a visit to Brussels earlier this year, and we are now taking our case to the UK Government."

From 2007 to 2013 Liverpool City Region received around £460 million from the European Social Fund and European Regional Development Fund.  Representatives from Liverpool City Region will join representatives from Sheffield City Region in meeting Business Minister Michael Fallon on Monday, 10 June 2013, to argue that a safety net should be applied to the funding allocations to limit the reduction.   This is the rationale the Government used to transfer the money to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Fury and strike action threat

THE University of Liverpool was accused of putting a gun to the head of 3,000 staff who face dismissal unless they accept inferior working terms and conditions, which would include weekend, evening and Bank Holiday working without recompense.

The University and College Union (UCU) said the university's proposals, which affect 2,803 staff in roles such as student recruitment, clerical posts, librarians and computer staff, had infuriated its members and it could not rule out strike action.

The controversial changes, which would increase staff working at weekends, evenings and Bank Holidays without overtime or the appropriate time off in lieu, had been subject to long-running talks between the union and the university. However, the university has broken off the talks and is now seeking to simply impose its plans.

The university has announced it is serving notice of a 45 day consultation period. In a letter to staff it warned that unless staff agree to the changes they face three months' notice of dismissal and then being rehired on the new unfavourable conditions.

UCU North West regional official, Martyn Moss, said:- "It's a very strange approach to negotiation that the university has adopted. It says it wants to negotiate with us, but if we refuse to accept what it wants then it's going to try and force it through anyway by dismissing staff and putting them on new contracts with inferior terms. It is essentially putting a gun to the head of almost 3,000 of its staff.  Staff are not keen on increasing their evening, bank holiday and weekend working, particularly without any guarantees of recompense, and are extremely angry. We'll be consulting them about what steps they wish to take and we cannot rule out industrial action."

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