The NHS Blood and Transplant service needs new donors – particularly if they are young, Black or of South Asia origin
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Axing NHS bursaries will saddle nurses with debt until retirement, warns UNISON
Nurses and other healthcare workers will be paying off their student loans almost until the day they retire UNISON is warning today (Saturday), as student nurses prepare to take part in protests…Read more…
A life lost can mean another saved
Becoming an organ donor can be a gift – both for the lives you save, and the loved ones you leave behind
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‘Our members support our communities every day of the year’
Many UNISON members will be keeping the country going over Christmas and the new year
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Failure of hospitals to meet safe staffing targets is no great surprise, says UNISON
An analysis published today (Monday) by the Health Service Journal, which found that nine in ten hospitals in England are failing to meet their own safe staffing targets for the number of nurses on…Read more…
Christmas cheer and charity
UNISON members are helping workplaces, their families and communities to warm up for the festive season
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Health pay will be a 2016 Assembly election issue
UNISON warns of campaign in run up to elections
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Responsibility Deal – Gone but not mourned.
The Government has now admitted that the “Responsibility Deal” which they set up in 2010 to deal with health issues is to be quietly left to disappear. In the words of the Government spin doctors,…Read more…
Four Seasons homes closure
UNISON informed that company plans to close seven care homes across Northern Ireland
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UNISON general secretary shows support for London Ambulance Service members
‘We need a package that works for everyone,’ general secretary tells staff
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Put people first, Northern Ireland health minister urged
UNISON calls for minister to put the health of the people first in reorganisation
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UNISON launches #ChooseWellChampion campaign in ‘groundbreaking initiative’
Largest NHS union puts its weight behind Welsh government’s Choose Well call
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700,000 joiners shows our strength , Prentis tells health conference
General secretary tells West Midlands activists: unions are as relevant today as they ever were – ‘when times are tough, we show our strength’
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Health Inequality Commission – a transformative agenda for Scotland
Persistent health inequalities in Scotland is a scandal and our foremost national shame. We are experts at describing health inequality, but dismal at fixing it. A new report by the Health Inequality…Read more…
Community led public services can transform inequalities, says report
Thursday 22 October 2015
UNISON Labour Link Media Release – Launch of Commission on Health Inequalities report will take place at 22 October, 9.00am UNISON Scotland, 14 West Campbell St., Glasgow
The report of the Commission on Health Inequalities for the Scottish Labour Party calls for national leadership and community hubs to tackle health inequalities.The Commission for Health InequalitiesRead more…
UNISON takes One Team NHS campaign to Parliament
Union calls on MPs to sign up to Early Day Motion and back the campaign backing healthcare support workers in the NHS
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Count all staff and their roles, UNISON tells NHS
The NHS needs to value and recognise all its staff and the work they do
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What’s it like to be a healthcare student?
UNISON is asking students to take part in an online survey to gather evidence about their experience on placements and at university, and how it affects them and their family
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CODP issues advice on invasive procedures guidance
Guidance provides specific advice for developing local workforce standards and the professional responsibilities of Operating Department Practitioners (ODPs)
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The government is to blame for the situation at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, says UNISON
Commenting on the news today (Tuesday) that Addenbrooke’s Hospital has been placed into special measures, UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said: “This is a shocking indictment of the…Read more…