New training will help further pioneering work on mental health in the workplace
The article UNISON Cymru/Wales celebrates mental health champions first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
This budget does nothing to make it easier to trust government on education
In a weakening global economy, people will rightly ask how the British government is providing opportunity for them. A high quality education system benefits everyone. But just because government…Read more…
The unequal impact of the mental health crisis
Mental health problems will affect one person in four: a statistic repeatedly quoted these days. There are other numbers. People disabled by mental ill health have only a 20% employment rate in contrast to an overall disability employment rate of just …Read more…
‘Fulfil broken promises’ plea
One in four people suffer with mental health issues but 75 per cent get no help at all. And if that’s not bad enough, mental health patients are dying 15 to 20 years earlier than others and…Read more…
Mental health services in dire state, says UNISON
Responding to the report of the NHS England Mental Health Taskforce, UNISON head of health Christina McAnea said: “The provision of mental health services in this country is in a dire state. “It is…Read more…
UNISON signs emergency services mental heath initiative
Union pledges support for initiative to reduce mental health discrimination and support blue-light workers in England
The article UNISON signs emergency services mental heath initiative first…Read more…
Time for a national ‘Dignity at Work’ policy- with teeth ! End workplace bullying.
As every caseworker will tell you, many of our colleagues are treated appallingly in their workplace. It is sad to note that there are bullying managers in many schools (often themselves…Read more…
Time for common sense, not spot-fines nonsense.
The requirement of parents to ensure that their children attend school “regularly” is nothing new: it isn’t a Blair-era piece of government control, it dates back to the 1944 Education Act. This was…Read more…
Who cares for the Caseworkers ?
Che Guevara said: “If you tremble with indignation at any injustice, then you are a comrade of mine.”
If you tremble with indignation at injustices on a regular basis, chances are you are an NUT…Read more…
The Trade Union Bill: John’s story
My name is John Brisbane and I work as a staff nurse in a child and adolescent mental health unit
The article The Trade Union Bill: John’s story first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Invisible suffering
Unite EC member Joyce Still spoke on behalf of Unite at the final day of the Labour party conference today (September 30) on the pressing need for mental health service provision. …Read more…
Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn addresses TUC Congress 2015
Despite being elected as Labour Leader only four days ago, Jeremy Corbyn, travelled down to address Congress. When he appeared there was a genuine standing ovation before he said a word. The former NUPE official (a founder union of UNISON) started his …Read more…
Disabled workers in Great Britain: What now?
The TUC released a comprehensive report today revealing just how little progress for disabled people in the workforce was achieved under the 2010-15 government. The headline employment and unemployment rate figures paint a picture of essential stagnati…Read more…
Mental Health – more honesty please
Last week was mental health awareness week and it is absolutely right that we need to take the time to think deeply about mental health and what we can do to better support people who are struggling,…Read more…
Some good news on mental health (at last)?
Trade unions are finding ways to prevent mental health problems or, if it’s already happened to get employers to enable them to continue in work.
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UNISON report says that ‘mental health staff are working under increasing stress’
More than 8 in 10 (84%) of
mental health staff say that their workload has increased, more than 7 in 10
(76%) say they have experienced cuts, with the quality of patient services in
decline, in the last three years.
Those are the findings of a
new report into working in Scotland’s Mental Health Services, by public
services union UNISON. The report See Us was compiled by the trade unionRead more…
100 claimants with mental health problems have their benefits stopped every day
Figures obtained by the Methodist Church from the Department of Work and Pensions have revealed that claimants thought to be unfit for work due to mental health problems are disproportionately and increasingly likely to have their benefits stopped under sanctions. The DWP’s own figures show that in…Read more…
‘Cuts cost lives’ says UNISON – campaigners lobby Glasgow City Council over savage cuts to mental health charity
Tue 11 Nov 2014
Staff, service users, community groups and members of the public will gather in George Square tomorrow (Wednesday 12 November) to lobby Glasgow City Council over its plans to cut a charity’s funding by 40%.
The scale of these savage cuts are likely to force Glasgow Association for Mental Health (GAMH) – which receives nearly all of its funding from the council – to close,Read more…