Ministers still have time to stop disruption
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‘Criminal negligence’
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham is set to join NHS ambulance workers, Unite members, on the picket line in Coventry from 8am on Wednesday (December 21) at Coventry Ambulance Headquarters, Ibstock Road, Coventry, CV6 6JR. Addressing the ambulance workers, the union leader will say, “This government is guilty of criminal negligence in its hollowing out […]
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‘Don’t waste the weekend’ call
‘Don’t waste the weekend’, says Unite chief as ambulance workers set to join striking nurses on December 21. The general secretary of Unite the union, Sharon Graham, has today (December 16) called on the Conservative government not to ‘waste the weekend’ but to convene NHS pay talks or see the strikes spread. Unite’s members across […]
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Only direct talks will end NHS dispute, says UNISON
Reopening pay review body evidence is not the answer
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Government can stop strikes and strengthen NHS if it makes an effort with pay
Ministers would be best advised to concentrate on ending disputes
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Ambulance workers ‘in despair’
Around one in seven patients are still waiting over an hour to be handed over to A&E staff at hospitals, the latest figures show. According to NHS England, an additional third of patients waited longer than 30 minutes, with nearly 30,000 patients waiting a half hour or longer across all hospital trusts last week. The […]
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Government must resolve NHS pay dispute as waiting lists keep growing, says UNISON
These figures paint a bleak picture of the state of the NHS.
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NEC hears plans for industrial action, plus new ballots
Affected areas include the NHS, higher education and the Environment Agency
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NHS workers in Northern Ireland prepare for strike action
UNISON members, alongside those from Nipsa, have not received any pay award this year
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Start talking to avert health strikes later this month
Strike date announced for December 21 – but it’s not too late for ministers to talk
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Start pay talks to stop NHS strikes this winter, says UNISON
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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