‘On Saturday, I got through 26 calls in six hours. And I think only three were non-coronavirus. Now it feels like a relief to get a non-COVID call.’
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West Midlands Ambulance Service wins back contract
Bringing the 111 and 999 services together should lead to “real improvements” for both patients and staff
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Patient transport members vote on industrial action over two-tier workforce
Members recruited when Greater Manchester PTS was privately run are paid less with inferior terms and conditions
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Inside the NHS’s winter crisis
The nation is in panic over the so-called ‘winter crisis’ in the NHS. But according to paramedic and UNISON member Jason Anderson, such pressures have become “the norm” for health staff on the…Read more…
Ambulance staff are ‘breaking under the strain’
UNISON health delegates discuss the pressures on ambulance members whose stressful jobs are made even more difficult by cuts
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Paramedics’ skills and responsibilities recognised
Two years of joint union work with employers sees agreement on Agenda for Change Band 6 job profile for ambulance paramedics
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UNISON to ballot members at East of England Ambulance Trust over industrial action
UNISON has today (Monday) informed the East of England Ambulance Service that it is to ballot frontline ambulance staff over possible strike action concerning managers’ failure to tackle the problem…Read more…
UNISON says East of England ambulances changes are ‘unacceptable’
Proposals include changes to meal breaks and ‘late finishes’ leading to compulsory overtime
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South Central ambulance workers win holiday pay increase
UNISON has won an historic holiday pay victory for ambulance workers in Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS), which covers the four counties,…Read more…