A doctor has successfully appealed a decision to strike her name off the medical register after being held responsible for the tragic death of six-year-old Jack Adcock, who died from heart failure…Read more…
‘Their fight is our fight’
The trade union movement affirmed its continued solidarity with junior doctors in their on-going dispute with the government, which has sought to impose a contract that the doctors say is unfair to…Read more…
NHS: staff slam Hunt plans
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s own staff are worried that his deeply unpopular plans for a “seven-day” NHS service bring dangerous “risks”, leaked department of health documents reveal. The…Read more…
Junior doctors and ambulance workers are saying the same thing
Perhaps the health secretary doesn’t realise how important trust is for working people negotiating with their employers. But as Britain’s largest health union, we’re looking on with real concern at…Read more…
‘We will support the junior doctors in this fight: and we will win’
Health delegates and Dave Prentis join junior doctors’ picket line and rally in Brighton
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UNISON Cymru/Wales extends solidarity to junior doctors
Cymru/Wales regional secretary notes Welsh doctors are not striking because the Welsh government values them
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Enough is enough
It was a huge pleasure to address our health conference this morning. It’s a special event that I return to each year, and which inspires me every time. Not just because it’s a great…Read more…
‘Sordid tactics’
The government is trying to demonise the junior doctors, in the same way that Margaret Thatcher bullied the miners, Unite said today (April 25). Unite, which has 100,000 members in the health…Read more…
Junior doctors: More strikes planned
Junior doctors have escalated their dispute, with the British Medical Association yesterday (February 23) announcing an additional three 48-hour strikes as their battle against health secretary…Read more…
UNISON condemns imposition of contract on junior doctors
Responding to the announcement today (Thursday) that the government is to impose a new contract on junior doctors, UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said: “This is a cynical move by Jeremy Hunt…Read more…
Patients will suffer most
Jeremy Hunt’s announcement today (February 11) that he intends to impose new contracts on junior doctors is the ‘nuclear option’ that will do nothing to improve patient safety. Unite said that…Read more…
‘Wholehearted support’
A strong majority of England’s 45,000 junior doctors went on a second 24-hour strike today (February 10) over a contentious contract that health secretary Jeremy Hunt has threatened to impose on…Read more…
UNISON stands behind the junior doctors
UNISON stands behind the junior doctors as they stand up for their rights at work and for patient safety, but unfortunately these attacks will come as no surprise to student nurses
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UNISON says junior doctors have its full support
Commenting on the second day of strike action by junior doctors over threatened cuts to the pay they get for working at weekends and at nights, UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said: “Jeremy…Read more…
This is a full-scale attack on the NHS, the junior doctor contract is just the start
Let’s be crystal clear (something the Secretary of State for Health has been consistent in failing to do), the junior doctors’ contract dispute is about much more than the terms and conditions…Read more…
Hunt’s quack remedy
“The NHS is struggling to cope with five day working,” says Dr Ron Singer, chair of Doctors in Unite. “How does Jeremy Hunt think it can cope with seven day a week working?” And, of course,…Read more…
Strong medicine
Junior doctors are not known for taking strike action. In fact it is over 40 years since they last did so. But today (November 19), junior doctors have delivered the biggest ever vote in…Read more…
UNISON supports industrial action by junior doctors
UNISON is backing strike action announced today (Thursday) by junior doctors who oppose changes to their contracts being proposed by the government. It follows a ballot of more than 37,000 junior…Read more…
Sun states Junior Doctors are on the “Gravy train”
The good news is Murdoch’s Sun readership has halved in just five years
11% pay rise on basic while cutting all allowances actually represents a pay cut
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Medical staff need our support
UNISON is urging members and the public to support junior doctors in their struggle against being forced to work 200 hours a week
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