In March, the government announced it would be recommending a disgraceful 1 per cent pay rise for NHS staff – despite staff having sacrificed so much during the pandemic and having suffered a…Read more…
More than half NHS and social care staff in London considering quitting over pandemic impact
There’s a real danger many leave the NHS for somewhere they feel more appreciated
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A proper pay rise is crucial to keep the NHS running
Paying health staff is an investment, not a cost
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‘NHS staff have been waiting too long’ for proper pay rise
An expected six-week delay to the NHS Pay Review Body’s (NHSPRB) 2021 recommendations to the government will help ministers who are ‘desperate’ to avoid attention over their ‘unpopular’ one per cent…Read more…
Kebba Manneh, Chair of UNISON National Black members & NHS worker -Why he is having the Covid Vaccine…
Victory against NHS fragmentation
A victory against the increasing break-up of NHS services has been chalked up as bosses at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust have suspended plans to transfer workers to a wholly owned subsidiary…Read more…
‘Mark of shame’
Despite Black and Asian ethnic minority (BAEM) NHS staff playing a leading role in the battle against coronavirus, they have endured increasing levels of workplace discrimination and bullying,…Read more…
Slow clapping the Gov over #NHSPayRise – UNISON the Public Service Union
“A pay rise of just 1% is an insult to every nurse, healthcare assistant, porter, paramedic, administrator, domestic and other health worker who has kept the NHS running during the Covid pandemic.
We need the public to show their support for …Read more…
NHS Fair Pay Virtual Rally & 2021 Elections Phone Bank – 6:30PM Tuesday, March 23 (& support UNISON “Slow clap at 8pm” Thursday March 11)
This evening we had a well attended West Ham Labour virtual “election” meeting with guest speakers Karen Bucks MP and our Assembly member, Unmesh Desai and our MP, Lyn Brown. Karen gave her support for tomorrow’s “Slow Clap at 8pm” event organise…Read more…
It’s in all our interests that the chancellor invests in the NHS
The government needs to hit pause and think again on pay
The article It’s in all our interests that the chancellor invests in the NHS first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Trojan Horse’ for more NHS privatisation?
The government’s plans to jettison the ‘reforms’ of the 2012 Health and Social Care Act, which apply to England-only, must not become a Trojan Horse that sees the private sector set for growth,…Read more…
Unite slams govt plans for private sector bio-med labs
Unite, which represents over 100,000 health care workers, has today (February 24) added its voice to warnings that the government’s plans to create a mega laboratory in Leamington Spa in…Read more…
Undoing the NHS market a necessary step, but absence of a plan for social care disappointing
A well-funded national care service that mirrors the NHS is needed now
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‘Devil will be in the detail’
Health secretary Matt Hancock today (February 11) announced government plans to overhaul the NHS in England by reversing reforms of the health service first introduced by then-prime minister David…Read more…
Why I became a rep
Unite rep, Brian Eadon is a hospital pharmacist, working at Betsi Cadwaladr hospital in North Wales. Brian tells us what he loves about being in Unite, in 2021’s I Heart Unions Week.
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Questions over Reading hospital security guard contract
NHS bosses are being quizzed on the profit margins of the outsourced contract for the security guards at Reading hospital, who are currently locked in a ‘David and Goliath’ pay battle. Royal…Read more…
NHS mental health crisis
Data from NHS Digital has shown that more people are contacting mental health services than ever before – 10m people, including 1.5m children now need mental health support as a direct result of the…Read more…
Speed up NHS pay rise call
NHS workers who’ve risked their lives throughout the Covid-19 pandemic deserve a significant pay rise that should be brought forward as soon as possible, Unite and other health unions have said. The…Read more…
Prime Minister urged to speed up NHS pay rise as public backs the move
A pay rise is vital if the NHS is to be ‘fighting fit’
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‘We’re having nightmares’
As Covid-19 cases, hospitalisations and deaths surge across the UK, hospital staff are struggling to cope, with hospitals being overwhelmed by patients. Unite rep and ICU nurse Ameera Sheik told…Read more…