Some sites already charging staff again – even as COVID-19 pandemic continues
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New health body must be ‘fit for purpose’, says UNISON
Sara Gorton says National Institute for Health Protection must deal with Covid-19 crisis and what lies beyond
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‘It was a horrendous situation’
More than 500 UK health workers have died in the line of duty battling the coronavirus pandemic – this is among the highest health staff death rates from the pandemic in the world. And as the…Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Every week here on UniteLIVE, we bring you the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. NHS workers continuing their fight for a pay rise Last week, we…Read more…
NHS pay justice call
When health secretary Matt Hancock said in May, at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, that he would do everything in his power to reward NHS staff for their sacrifices, many health workers gave…Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE, we bring you all the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. HEROES NHS staff – fighting for a pay rise NHS…Read more…
NHS pay ‘elephant in the room’
A deserved boost in pay for NHS staff, who have battled through the pandemic, is ‘the elephant in the room’ in the latest plan for the health service in England, Unite said today (July 30). Health…Read more…
A nurse is for life…
Last night, July 29, hundreds of London’s NHS workers started their march to Downing Street from St Thomas’ Hospital on the South Bank to protest about their pay.
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NHS heroes in fight back stand
As NHS workers from across London prepare to march to Downing Street this evening (July 29) to demand an early pay rise, a new poll has shown that an overwhelming majority of the British public backs…Read more…
Public want NHS staff to get early and significant pay rise
Pay award should be in place before the end of the year
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Catering staff at NHS trust ‘thrown on the scrapheap’
Bosses at Barts Health NHS Trust should step in, after outsourced caterer Elior told about 100 staff that they will be sacked, despite their hard work during the pandemic. Unite said today (July 28)…Read more…
Early NHS pay rise call
Unite members working for the NHS will be leading a protest on Downing Street tomorrow (July 29) to demand an early pay rise after having been excluded in the latest round of public sector pay…Read more…
‘Warm words and applause are not enough’
NHS staff and the wider public are still shocked that the majority of health workers – despite risking their lives working through the pandemic – have not received a pay rise, with no increase even…Read more…
NHS car parking charges may resume
The government confirmed that NHS car parking charges, waived in late March as the lockdown came into force, will resume as the coronavirus pandemic eases. Although no timeline has been announced,…Read more…
Recognise NHS staff’s effort with pay rise
The coronavirus pandemic reinforces – not diminishes – the strong case for the NHS workforce to receive a ‘beyond substantial’ pay rise for 2021-22, Unite said on Friday July 3, ahead of the NHS’…Read more…
In the line of duty
It’s rare for Unite Ireland senior regional organiser Davy Kettyles to watch breakfast TV – he normally listens to Today on Radio 4. But on one fine May morning, Belfast-based Davy, for no apparent…Read more…
NHS staff Covid-19 fears for A&E as pubs reopen
NHS ambulance and A&E staff are braced ‘with a great deal of trepidation’ for the fall-out from the mass opening of pubs in England on Saturday, Unite warned today (Wednesday July 1).
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Together, let’s thank all our carers
UNISON has become a partner in the /together coalition, which this weekend will unite the country to celebrate the NHS’ birthday and commemorate all those who have died from the coronavirus.
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Recovered from COVID-19? You could help the NHS
The NHS Blood and Transplant service is calling for plasma donations from people who have recovered from COVID-19
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Help celebrate the NHS’s birthday
Eastern Region is looking for members and branches to help celebrate the NHS’s 72nd birthday this July
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