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‘We need more health visitors and school nurses’

May 25, 2022By UNITElive

More health visitors and school nurses need to be employed to ensure a successful revamp in standards proposed by their regulatory body, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Unite the union said…Read more…

May 25, 2022UNITElive

Hampshire public health cuts

Jun 18, 2021By UNITElive

Proposed cuts to health visiting, school nursing and sexual health services in Hampshire are the latest example of the swingeing cuts to public health services in England that directly undermine…Read more…

Jun 18, 2021UNITElive

Thousands of Stoke families at risk

Jun 14, 2021By UNITElive

Thousands of families in Stoke-on-Trent, which has high levels of child poverty, could be badly hit by city council plans to slash £1 million from the children and young people services’ budget,…Read more…

Jun 14, 2021UNITElive

Heroes and zeroes of the year

Dec 31, 2020By UNITElive

Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, UniteLIVE has regularly highlighted the ‘heroes and zeroes’ of this crisis. Today we present you the top heroes of the year, alongside the worst zeroes, in no…Read more…

Dec 31, 2020UNITElive

‘Levelling up’ pay?

Dec 28, 2020By UNITElive

How do you get the public on board with policies that no one really supports? Easy – divide and rule, a signature and all-too predictable strategy right out of the Tory government’s playbook….Read more…

Dec 28, 2020UNITElive

Heroes and zeroes

Oct 16, 2020By UNITElive

Every Friday here on UniteLIVE, we bring you the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest: Labour MP Dan Carden As Unite assistant general secretary…Read more…

Oct 16, 2020UNITElive

‘Critically overstretched’

Oct 16, 2020By UNITElive

Last week there were upsetting reports in the media of new mums feeling abandoned by their health visitors – a claim that has left our Unite dedicated health visitor and community healthcare…Read more…

Oct 16, 2020UNITElive

‘Make your voice heard in the post-pandemic world’

Aug 10, 2020By UNITElive

We are living through unprecedented and dramatic times which has seen Covid-19 claim the lives of tens of thousands of our fellow citizens, and more than 500 NHS and social care colleagues. The…Read more…

Aug 10, 2020UNITElive

‘Why should we wait?’

Aug 7, 2020By UNITElive

In Part 1 of our two-part series on NHS pay justice, we heard from A&E nurse and Unite branch secretary Mark Boothroyd, as well as health visitor and Unite rep Victoria Thorpe – both at…Read more…

Aug 7, 2020UNITElive

‘It was a horrendous situation’

Aug 7, 2020By UNITElive

More than 500 UK health workers have died in the line of duty battling the coronavirus pandemic – this is among the highest health staff death rates from the pandemic in the world. And as the…Read more…

Aug 7, 2020UNITElive

‘Incomprehensible’ health visitor and school nurse job losses amid pandemic

Jul 24, 2020By UNITElive

The threat to cut health visitor and community nurse jobs in County Durham, while Covid-19 is still widespread, has been branded as ‘incomprehensible’ by Unite today (July 24). Harrogate and District…Read more…

Jul 24, 2020UNITElive

Forgotten healthcare heroes

Apr 1, 2020By UNITElive

When you think of our NHS it is the frontline doctors and nurses working tirelessly to save lives that first come to mind. But what about the thousands of community based healthcare workers like…Read more…

Apr 1, 2020UNITElive

‘Tremendous solidarity’

Dec 5, 2019By UNITElive

Despite the crisis in health visitor numbers showing no sign of abating — with the latest figures revealing a further massive drop compared to figures from as recently as earlier this year –…Read more…

Dec 5, 2019UNITElive

End health visitor crisis call

Nov 29, 2019By UNITElive

Unite teams up with children’s health organisations and charities to call for government action on health visitor crisis

The post End health visitor crisis call appeared first on UNITElive.org.Read more…

Nov 29, 2019UNITElive

Health visitors strike

Nov 18, 2019By UNITElive

Lincolnshire health visitors started a month-long strike today (18 November) as cracks appeared in the county council’s hardline ‘divide and rule’ policy over future job roles.

The post Health…Read more…

Nov 18, 2019UNITElive

‘Fed-up’ health visitors again vote to strike

Oct 25, 2019By UNITElive

More than 70 Lincolnshire health visitors have voted by a large majority to strike in the long running pay dispute over county council plans to ‘divide and rule’ over future job roles.   Unite…Read more…

Oct 25, 2019UNITElive

‘Sorely disappointed’

Oct 24, 2019By UNITElive

The vital role health visitors play at a time when their numbers are dangerously plummeting was highlighted at a Westminster Hall debate on Wednesday (October 24).   That a child’s first months…Read more…

Oct 24, 2019UNITElive

Health visiting ‘in crisis’

Oct 23, 2019By UNITElive

MPs will shine a spotlight on the massive drop in health visitor numbers in a Westminster Hall debate on Wednesday (October 24).   The Community Practitioners’ and Health Visitors’ Association…Read more…

Oct 23, 2019UNITElive

Two high profile CPHVA vice presidents appointed

Oct 17, 2019By UNITElive

Two high profile figures have been appointed as vice-presidents of the Community Practitioners’ and Health Visitors’ Association (CPHVA) which is holding its annual conference in Harrogate on…Read more…

Oct 17, 2019UNITElive

‘We will win’

Oct 16, 2019By UNITElive

Unite general secretary Len McCluskey made a blistering attack today (October 16) on hardline Lincolnshire council bosses attempting to impose a two-tier ‘divide and rule’ jobs role on their health…Read more…

Oct 16, 2019UNITElive
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