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.
One report compares life expectancy trends in Scotland to…Read more…
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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Free and based on need? Not for everyone
From December, people coming from outside Europe to work in public services and the wider economy will have to pay £400 a year for the duration of their work visa, per person and in advance, for…Read more…
Celebrating 20 years of ‘trade unionism and socialism in action’
Dave Prentis joins NHS Credit Union birthday celebration in Glasgow
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NHS Scotland faces huge challenges, but don’t forget the underlying causes
“The performance of the NHS continues to decline, while demands on the service from Scotland’s ageing population are growing. The scale of the challenges facing the NHS means that decisive action is…Read more…
NHS Earnings Max – get your resources on the UNISON Organising Space
Make sure your NHS employer is getting it right when it comes to our members’ take-home pay
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UNISON launches national staff and patient safety survey
Nurses, midwives, healthcare assistants, NHS students, ambulance workers, therapists, and administrative, facilities and technical staff across the UK are being asked to record how their shift goes…Read more…
Get ready for UNISON’s annual NHS staff survey
The survey aims to take a snapshot of life working in the NHS on a single day – and this year, it’s open to all health service staff
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