Organ donation week is now on and runs until Sunday 8 September and a change in the law will affect us all
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The tyranny of hospital car parking charges
UNISON believes that health workers should not be charged to park at the hospital they work at. That’s why we’re asking all NHS trusts in England to make parking free for all staff within two years….Read more…
Blackpool hospital staff begin two-day strike
Private company Compass claims it can’t afford an 82p pay rise despite generating £1.7bn in profit and paying their boss £4.6m
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Here comes summer!
June was another busy month for the union – more victories for our members, and conferences in Liverpool
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Long hours stroke risk threat
Working just one 10 hour day per week can increase the risk of stroke by a third, a new study has found. A French study investigating the impact of excessive working on cardiovascular health…Read more…
Win an overnight stay in London plus tickets to the Our Health Heroes awards
Nominate someone by 29 June and you could be going to the awards
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‘Service worth investing in’
As the latest Royal baby, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor is due to receive a first visit from his health visitor, now is a good time to highlight the continuing travails of the health visiting…Read more…
More hospital staff in Liverpool set to take action over unfair pay
Staff at Royal and Broad Green hospitals to take action following success at Liverpool’s Women’s Hospital and the Walton Centre
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Time to nominate your health hero
UNISON-sponsored awards for health and care support workers are being held for the fourth time
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Privatisation at Chesterfield Royal Hospital will drive out staff and is a worrying sign for the future
Responding to the transfer of more than 700 staff at Chesterfield Royal Hospital Trust to a new private arm’s-length company this week
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Tuberculosis – making sure you don’t have latent TB
UNISON is working with TB Alert to let members know that latent TB can be diagnosed and treated before it wakes up
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‘Staggering findings’
A shocking two-thirds of NHS workers have become ill from stress on the job in the last year, a new staff survey has found. The poll of nearly half a million workers at more than 200 NHS…Read more…
Austerity is killing us
Two reports published today show that the increase in life expectancy in Scotland has now stalled and that health inequalities have worsened.
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Wythenshawe Sodexo staff win NHS pay rates
Moves toward industrial action ballot see Manchester hospital’s facility staff welcome in the new year with a pay boost
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Mark Thomas gives the NHS a comedy check-up
Britain’s best-known political comedian considers the state of the NHS in its 70th year – and ponders its future
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NHS staffing challenges won’t be solved without money, says UNISON
Commenting today (Monday) on the government’s 10-year plan for the NHS in England, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “Finding the NHS more staff, and holding on to those it already has, is key…Read more…
NHS staff must be at the heart of the government’s NHS plan, says UNISON
Commenting today (Sunday) ahead of tomorrow’s publication of the government’s 10-year plan for the NHS, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “Encouraging people to take better care of themselves…Read more…
The government should lower retirement age for ambulance staff, says UNISON
Make ambulance retirement age the same as the other emergency services
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Margaret Canavan – a true health hero
Belfast ward housekeeper and UNISON member named ‘operational support worker of the year’ at prestigious awards ceremony
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UNISON comments on Ailsa hospital attack
Serious assault on health worker
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