July 13th, 2014
Union seeks federal investigation of Kaiser Permanente
From the National Psychologist’s July–August 2014 edition: A union representing health care workers at Kaiser Permanente — California’s largest provider of health care, including mental health care — has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation into Kaiser’s treatment of mental health patients. The National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) contends […]
July 12th, 2014
Union seeks federal investigation of Kaiser Permanente
The National Psychologist published this front-page story about Kaiser’s mental health care crisis in its July-August 2014 edition. A union representing health care workers at Kaiser Permanente — California’s largest provider of health care, including mental health care — has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation into Kaiser’s treatment of […]
July 10th, 2014
Kindred Bay Area: News and Views — July 2014
Committee will take on staffing issues — representatives needed! As everyone knows, we’ve got some staffing issues in San Leandro, especially CNAs. After an initial meeting with management in May, we tried repeatedly to get a follow-up session so that CNAs could come and tell their own stories about how the current staffing ratios are […]
July 7th, 2014
Caregivers, patients, community call on county to save Doctors Medical Center
Caregivers, patients, and community members rallied in front of Doctors Medical Center in San Pablo July 1 to call on the county to preserved the facility as a full-service hospital. West Contra Costa County residents need more than a stand-alone emergency room.
June 20th, 2014
Sonoma County Supervisor Shirlee Zane’s letter to Kaiser officials
Sonoma County Supervisor Shirlee Zane sent the following letter to Kaiser Permanente officials following the publication of three stories about Kaiser’s failures in mental health care in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. Dr. Mordecai, Mr. Nelson and Dr. Turner: I cannot begin to tell you how upsetting and offensive it was to read your remarks […]