The government can easily prevent strikes across the NHS this winter.
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Put pay right to solve nurse and midwife exodus, says UNISON
UNISON says pay and staffing reason for more people leaving Nursing and Midwifery Council professional register this year than in 2021
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Boost NHS pay to prevent pre-Christmas strikes
Ambulance workers in England to strike
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‘The system is broken’
Ahead of a Unite strike ballot of ambulance workers closing on Wednesday (November 30), the Mirror spoke to several Unite paramedics who’re at the end of their tether. A perfect storm of huge and rising patient handover wait times, high levels of staff sickness mostly due to stress — with many leaving the service altogether […]
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NHS crisis deepens
Thousands more NHS workers across London, Merseyside and Manchester have begun balloting for strike action, Unite, which represents some 100,000 NHS workers, said on Friday (November 25). Unite said its healthcare members are warning the NHS is on ‘life support’ and that without serious investment to stem the recruitment and retention crisis and save failing […]
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NHS Scotland plans to make wealthy pay ‘sickening’
Discussions between NHS leaders in Scotland on abandoning the health service’s founding principles by having wealthy patients pay for treatment are ‘sickening’, Unite said on Monday (November 21). The discussions, revealed by the BBC, were recorded in draft minutes of a meeting held by NHS Scotland health board chief executives in September. Unite general secretary […]
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Government letter indicates 2% NHS pay offer ‘likely’
A recent letter from Steve Barclay, secretary of state for health and social care, to the NHS Pay Review Body (NHSPRB), gives the strongest indication yet that NHS staff will be offered a two per cent pay rise for 2023. The letter, dated 16 November, states that ‘in the current economic context, it is particularly […]
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Workforce plan and proper pay rise vital to secure NHS future, says UNISON
Government must stop talent and experience slipping away
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Government must focus on sorting NHS pay now, says UNISON
Staff can’t wait until next year for a wage boost
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Act on pay and help the NHS, staff and patients, say health unions
UNISON and other unions discuss workforce crisis with health secretary
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‘This is now a fight to save the NHS itself’
Unite members are fighting to save the NHS as they call for more funding for a health service on its knees and better pay for staff who are struggling to make ends meet. On Monday (November 14) Unite members in health will gather for a demonstration to send a loud and clear message to prime […]
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Government must act urgently on NHS pay to bring record waiting times down, says UNISON
The NHS is in danger of reaching the point of no return.
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Strike vote is loud wake-up call to the government, says UNISON
A strike across the NHS this winter isn’t inevitable.
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Vote yes for the NHS: UNISON urges backing for strike action
UNISON recommends members vote ‘yes’ for strike action in order to fight for a better pay deal and to help the NHS recruit and retain staff
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General secretary urges members to ‘vote, vote, VOTE’ in NHS ballot
Addressing UNISON’s disabled members’ conference, Christina McAnea says a strike would draw attention to the fact the NHS is already “on its knees”
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Strikes across the NHS edge closer as latest industrial action ballot begins
Not too late for government to budge on pay as month-long vote begins
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Ambulance workers in England in strike vote
Strike ballots for nearly 3,000 ambulance workers in England open today (October 26) and closes November 30. The workers, including paramedics and emergency call handlers, are angry over the four per cent NHS Agenda for Change pay award. The award falls well short of the real rate of inflation, RPI, which stands at 12.6 per […]
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New prime minister must improve pay if he wants a stronger NHS
Government must act soon to avoid winter disaster
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Government must act urgently on NHS pay to bring record waiting times down
Rethink on wage award is only way to stop staff leaving
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It’s now up to the government to avoid strikes in NHS by putting pay right, says UNISON
UNISON prepares to ballot NHS staff for strike over pay
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