The role of a paramedic will be re-banded nationally, giving paramedics the opportunity to earn more as they progress. The Department of Health, NHS Employers and ambulance unions have agreed…Read more…
Positive talks result
Unite reps at Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) are pleased to be engaging in positive talks with management a year after the union was re-recognised following strike action over a 22-month period….Read more…
‘Catalogue of pain’
Overstretched ambulance crews are arriving late to pick up more than a third of critical emergency victims, while the number of ambulances waiting outside casualty departments for at least an hour…Read more…
Ambulance staff deserve better than this
Ambulance staff don’t take action over poor working conditions lightly. They work hard in difficult circumstances and they know the impact industrial action will have. Yet when many have are asked to…Read more…
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…
Special statement from UNISON Cymru Wales on ambulance tragedy
Fatal accident involving ambulance staff in North Wales has ‘devastated’ colleagues
The article Special statement from UNISON Cymru Wales on ambulance tragedy first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Junior doctors and ambulance workers are saying the same thing
Perhaps the health secretary doesn’t realise how important trust is for working people negotiating with their employers. But as Britain’s largest health union, we’re looking on with real concern at…Read more…
Health unions to consult ambulance staff over strike action on pay
Ambulance workers in England are to be asked if they would be prepared to take action over pay. Their three unions – GMB, Unite and UNISON – today (Monday) announced they will be consulting ambulance…Read more…
Ambulance workers to be balloted over pay
Ambulance staff, including paramedics, are to be balloted over whether they would be prepared to take industrial action over pay, UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis announced today (Monday)….Read more…
Transparency call
Serious questions should be asked about reports that two financially challenged ambulance trusts in the east and west Midlands could merge, with a possible adverse effect on patient care. …Read more…
UNISON says East of England ambulances changes are ‘unacceptable’
Proposals include changes to meal breaks and ‘late finishes’ leading to compulsory overtime
The article UNISON says East of England ambulances changes are ‘unacceptable’ first appeared…Read more…
Yorkshire ambulance paramedics win pay rise
Agreement reached on regrading to reflect paramedics’ skills as UNISON prepared for industrial action ballot
The article Yorkshire ambulance paramedics win pay rise first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Ambulance crisis looms
The number of paramedics and other ambulance staff leaving the NHS has nearly doubled in four years with thousands more planning to quit imminently. Poor working conditions and low pay are…Read more…
UNISON general secretary shows support for London Ambulance Service members
‘We need a package that works for everyone,’ general secretary tells staff
The article UNISON general secretary shows support for London Ambulance Service members first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
COHSE Ambulance Personnel
On the brink of crisis
Ambulance response times in England have reached record poor levels, with ambulances arriving late to more than 2,600 life-threatening emergencies every day, figures have revealed. In the last…Read more…
All through the night
Working nights has become a new norm, a recent TUC survey has found. More than 3m people now regularly work through the night, an arrangement that can have a devastating impact on not only…Read more…
Budget: Insult to NHS staff
Today George Osborne announced that I and my NHS colleagues will face another four years of restricted pay. It is an absolute insult to the passionate healthcare staff who work in the NHS….Read more…