A victory in UNISON’s campaign for nutritious and affordable food for hospital workers
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A victory in UNISON’s campaign for nutritious and affordable food for hospital workers
The article UNISON welcomes government promise to improve hospital food first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
‘Outstanding’ hospital catering at Hitchingbrooke Hospital is under threat from North West Anglia NHS Trust decision
The article UNISON fights to save award-winning hospital catering first appeared…Read more…
The government has failed to keep its many testing promises
The article Only weekly testing of NHS staff will stop the virus in its tracks first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
It’s perverse that ministers ignore the contribution of care and NHS support staff
The article Frontline care and health workers face thousands of pounds of government visa charges first appeared…Read more…
Government should remove the charge for all migrant workers
The article Scrapping of NHS surcharge for migrant health and care workers ‘long overdue’ first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
“When I graduated as a nurse, I took an oath to serve and uphold my vocation, even if there are hardships. It is my calling, and I can’t run from it.”
The article Three UNISON nurses stranded in the…Read more…
UNISON’s One Team campaign celebrates the almost half a million people that make up the support workforce of the NHS. During the current pandemic, the role these staff play in the health service is…Read more…
Never in recent years has International Workers’ Memorial Day – which takes place every year on April 28 – been so poignant, or so necessary. As the world is gripped by a global pandemic, far too…Read more…
‘We know it’s not business as usual. We’re doing the best that we can, because our members deserve our protection’
The article ‘I’m so proud’. Dave Prentis on the first weeks of the COVID-19 crisis…Read more…
Ministers need to get to grips with supply problems
The article Thousands of public service workers contact UNISON with ‘harrowing’ stories around protective kit as government asked to step up over…Read more…
Updated rules reflect changing threat
The article New PPE guidance for NHS teams first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
The agreements negotiated mean student nurses who are more experienced will be able to help where they can, be paid and have this work count towards their learning.
The article Unions announce…Read more…
NHS needs put before annual gathering
The article UNISON cancels annual health conference first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Chancellor side-steps social care crisis
The article Budget shows the government’s been listening to the NHS but not social care first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Employers, the government and individuals all need to work together to fight this global health threat
The article We all have a shared interest to combat coronavirus first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Life expectancy in the UK has stalled for the first time in a century, spurred on by yawning health inequalities under a decade of austerity. While women have historically seen steady…Read more…
For pregnant women, the “hostile environment for migrants” is degrading and forces health workers to act foremost as border control and debt collectors instead of healthcare providers
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Staff to benefit from improved, pay, pension and sickness allowances
The article UNISON deal ends outsourcing at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Staff to lead climate change response
The article Greener NHS Campaign to Tackle Climate ‘Health Emergency’ first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
I am in Stockholm this week talking about health and care systems. Sweden has a healthcare system which is generally free at the point of use. However, there is greater local autonomy at the regional…Read more…