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A series of demos by striking Guys’ and St Thomas’ theatre nurses in London this week culminated at the gates of No 10 Downing Street on Thursday (September 5). Around 100 theatre nurses have been in dispute since June over unsustainable increases in shift times. On Thursday they sent a loud and clear message that […]
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How does pay affect staffing levels? How does staffing affect patient care? A look at what the stats tell us about NHS pay
The article The numbers behind NHS pay first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Thousands of ambulance workers, Unite members, carried on their fight for fair pay and for the future of the NHS this week, as they took their third day of strike action on Monday (February 6). Unite general secretary Sharon Graham joined ambulance members on the picket line in Cardiff, where she urged both the UK […]
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… as UNISON head of health Sara Gorton knows, but there is also always time for a laugh
The article Strikes are serious in Yorkshire first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Want to support our NHS strikers? Below are five ways you can show your solidarity with UNISON members on picket lines next week
The article Five ways that you can support Monday’s NHS strikers first appeared on the UNISON National site.
“We went on strike because the NHS will only last as long as there are folk with the faith to fight for it. NICE staff and our NHS colleagues are those folk”
The article Blog: NICE and NHS staff are for life, not just for COVID first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Government must move on wages
The article Staff with expert view of NHS crisis to strike over pay and staffing first appeared on the UNISON National site.
On Wednesday’s day of industrial action in the ambulance service, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton toured pickets throughout the capital
The article The streets of London – pictures from the picket lines first appeared on the UNISON National site.
A chance to look back at a day on the picket lines in the South West
The article Through sun and rain – on the picket lines in Bristol first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Check back throughout the day to see what’s happening around the regions as strikes begin across the ambulance service in England
The article #PutNHSpayright – all the news with our rolling report first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Without a well-paid, valued and supported workforce, the NHS cannot deliver the quality of care that patients need. Our members’ livelihoods, and the future of our NHS, are always worth fighting for
The article Ambulance workers will walk out on Wednesday – and I’ll be out on the picket with them first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Christina McAnea’s says public support is on the union’s side
The article General secretary thanks strikers first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Our photographer was in the city to catch a flavour of the day
The article In my Liverpool home – on the picket lines in Merseyside first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Picture from yesterday in Wanstead flats, East London, after the heaviest snowfall for many years alongside a potential picket, who will be supporting the UNISON NHS strike next week (Wednesday 21 December) against massive real term pay cuts for …Read more…
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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Ambulance workers are among the many thousands of NHS staff who are now in a fight to save the health service – and protect their livelihoods – amid an unprecedented cost of living and NHS funding crisis. The ambulance workers, which include call handlers and paramedics, are furious over the 4 per cent Agenda for […]
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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 […]
The post ‘This is now a fight to save the NHS itself’ appeared first on Unite Live.
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 […]
The post Ambulance workers in England in strike vote appeared first on UNITElive.org.
Biomedical scientists have been on the frontline of Covid-19 testing during the past year.
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The fight against NHS privatisation goes on as maintenance and estates staff at both York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust have gone on…Read more…