A lot has been written about the NHS pay deal in England and what it will mean to individuals’ pay packets. But how does it affect staff at different stages of their career?
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NHS England right not to make flu jab compulsory
While it makes sense for staff to be encouraged to get the flu jab, no-one should feel that they have no option but to have it
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‘Think again’ UNISON tells North East health trust over subco plans
Packed Teesside meeting highlights health staff’s anger and worry of plans to hand them over to a private company
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Getting hot, hot, hot – July at UNISON
Whilst UNISON enjoyed the sun and the World Cup as much as the next union, we also didn’t let them stop us working as hard as ever on behalf of our members. Here are just some of our highlights from…Read more…
HPV vaccine for boys welcomed
Unite has welcomed moves to provide boys as well as girls with the HPV vaccine. The HPV vaccine is offered to girls aged 12 to 13 at school and is free for all girls until they turn 18,…Read more…
The fight to save Chesterfield hospital
UNISON members are campaigning to stop their jobs being outsourced from Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation
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Hollywood star Michael Sheen surprises first person born in the NHS
At one minute past midnight on 5th July 1948, Aneira Thomas was born. She wasn’t just any new baby, she was the first baby to be born in the new NHS
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New strike dates announced in Wigan ‘subco‘ dispute
WWL strikers with general secretary Dave Prentis on the 30 June NHS march in London Hospital workers in Wigan will strike for another seven days in two weeks time, as their dispute over being…Read more…
Happy Birthday to our National Health Service
Happy Birthday to our National Health Service, one of Labour’s finest achievements in government. A brilliant socialist concept that shows the benefits of collective action to tackle the challenges…Read more…
‘We want to stay in the NHS: for ourselves and future generations’
Members at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS trust started a five-day strike today – here’s why, their own words
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Reckless decision prompts third round of strike action at NHS Trust
The decision taken today (Wednesday) by the board of Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust to push ahead with the outsourcing of hundreds of staff is reckless and foolhardly, says UNISON….Read more…
UNISON escalates its campaign against NHS outsourcing
‘We are one team and we want to stay as a team’, Wigan strikers tell conference delegates
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Hospital parking: staff at some trusts paying 200 times more than others
A UNISON investigation has found that parking outside work is becoming more and more of a problem for NHS staff in England. “I have been nursing for 38 years and I am getting stressed and angry as I…Read more…
The alarming crisis in health and social care
UNISON’s national delegate conference votes to enact a detailed ten-point plan to fight for social care and the NHS
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The last gift: what it’s like to work with organ donors
UNISON members Michelle and Rachel are hoping a new law will help the thousands of people in desperate need of an organ transplant
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Data: why NHS workers quit
Analysing the government data on why NHS staff quit their jobs
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North west hospital workers set for second strike over outsourcing
‘I was a bit nervous about coming out on strike, but we’ve all stood together and supported each other,’ says Carol, a domestic at Wrightington, Wigan and Leight NHS Trust
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An NHS under pressure, underfunded and understaffed
Responding to the NHS Improvement report on the performance of the NHS in England in 2017-18 published today (Thursday), UNISON deputy head of health Helga Pile said: “Under pressure, underfunded and…Read more…
Care Quality Commission give umpteenth NHS pressures warning, says UNISON
Inadequate funding means services and staff are stretched to the limit
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I love working for the NHS – so I’m striking against being outsourced
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh hospital staff strike for 48 hours over plans to outsource their jobs to wholly owned private company
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