Half of all staff absences are Covid related
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‘Incredibly frightening’
As Covid-19 cases, hospitalisations and deaths now soar to record levels – exceeding even the height of the first wave of the pandemic — Unite senior shop steward and ICU nurse at St….Read more…
Thank NHS staff with proper pay rise, say health unions
Celebrities back call for wage increase
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Govt must ‘get a grip’ says Unite
Hard-pressed, heroic NHS staff continuing to battle the covid-19 crisis are being badly let down by a government which, 10 months into this crisis, is still failing to ensure that the workforce is…Read more…
NHS members can help green the service in England
UNISON is helping work toward making the NHS in England meet its net zero target – and wants to hear from members working in the service
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‘It doesn’t matter if you sweep floors or you’re a surgeon, the NHS is one team’
UNISON’s One Team campaign gives NHS support staff the recognition they deserve – and Caroline Corbin is one of them
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Think tank report touting public sector pay freeze ‘an insult’
Public sector employees, many of whom are essential Covid-19 workers, should not be subject to a continuing pay freeze from a government that has not learnt the lessons of austerity, Unite said today…Read more…
‘People are dying’ – how the Home Office is risking lives in the NHS
Even with massive NHS staff shortages, healthcare workers like Arun Kumar have been forced to return to their home countries during the pandemic instead of saving lives
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‘Test and trace’ failure – another nail in NHS’ coffin?
As the UK population faces Covid-19 restrictions until next spring, the mistakes in the government’s ‘test and trace’ policy have been cruelly exposed and there now needs to be a complete revaluation…Read more…
Keir Starmer visits Newham NHS Professionals
“Today we didn’t get the reassurance and hope we needed from the Prime Minister.”Read more…
Health workers will play a part in hitting climate targets for NHS, says UNISON
Report will help NHS move towards net zero
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‘We need a cohort of resources’
As previously reported on UNITElive Danny spent nine days in Kingston Hospital, Surrey, at the end of March this year. Danny had endured the full range of the virus’ symptoms at home for eight days….Read more…
Stakes too high and pressures too great to delay NHS pay rise
Staff need decisive government action now
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‘Never-ending gravy train’
An NHS trust boss has cashed in on nearly a quarter of a million pounds of taxpayer money after her departure, it has been revealed. Siobhan McArdle, who served as chief executive of South Tees NHS…Read more…
Boost wages and scrap tuition fees to turbo-charge nurse recruitment
Ministers must act to fill 40,000 nursing vacancies
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Only a Labour government can save the NHS, says UNISON
Every NHS worker must be rewarded with an early pay rise of at least £2,000
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NHS workers call on government to show its appreciation for them
An early pay rise of at least £2,000 to every NHS worker is needed
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Unite concerns for PHE demise
A total of 13 health unions and professional organisations, including Unite, have written to the health and social care secretary Matt Hancock protesting at Public Health England (PHE) being subsumed…Read more…
Early NHS pay rise call
NHS workers should receive an early pay rise of 15 per cent or £3,000, whichever is greater, Unite said today (September 11). Unite, which has 100,000 members in the health service, also demanded…Read more…
How the Home Office really treats our migrant NHS heroes
“The UK government is using the African and Black community to build their economy. I’ve worked so hard, full-time. Yet, when I renew my visa, I have to pay a £1,000 surcharge to use the NHS.”
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