On Wednesday November 10th, UAPD met once again with the Department of Personnel Administration (DPA) and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) regarding the surplus notices issued to 93 CDCR dentists.At the previous meeting on September...
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)
UAPD Unsatisfied with Meet and Confer Regarding CDCR Dentists
On Wednesday, September 29th, UAPD met with representatives from the Department of Personnel Administration (DPA) and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) regarding the surplus notices issued to 93 CDCR dentists. At this first meeting,...
CDCR Needs More, Not Fewer, Dentists
On August 4th, the DPA gave UAPD notice of CDCR''s intention to lay off thirty-one dentists working in state prisons effective January 14, 2011, as part of a larger plan to reduce the dentist-to-patient ratio and shift work to newly hired dental hygienists. UAPD...
UAPD Continues to Fight UC Takeover of Corrections Healthcare
UC Davis Doctor Speaks Out Against NuPhysicia Plan In an op-ed in the California Progress Report, Dr. Richard Pan, Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of California, Davis, explains why the proposed deal is bad for UC, prison inmates, and...
LA Times Notes UAPD Position on Prison Health Care Deal
Doctors explain shortcomings of proposed deal to UC Regents during special public session on prison healthcare. Read LA Times Coverage Stuart Bussey, M.D., Editorial in Capitol Weekly
UAPD Continues to Raise Objections to NuPhysicia Plan for Corrections Health Care
Under the NuPhysicia Plan, the for-profit Texas corporation will make tens of millions before a cent of savings is realized for California. California's leaders must be made aware of the problems in NuPhysicia’s proposal, and should authorize an unbiased study to...