Talks are going to be held in the New Year to resolve the crisis in theatre staffing at the Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham, Unite said today (December 21). “Because of the draconian…Read more…
‘Try your best to enjoy Christmas Day’
In part 3 of our series on working over Christmas, we speak to Paul McQuade, a dedicated ambulance worker who’s worked for the ambulance service for nearly three decades, and as a paramedic for the…Read more…
‘Accidents don’t stop for Christmas’
More than a million workers in the UK each year must forgo time with their families over the holiday season because of work. In our series on working over Christmas, UNITElive pays tribute to…Read more…
Living on a knife-edge – survey reveals what a pay rise would mean to NHS employees
Being able to feed their families, afford dental treatment, repair their cars or pay off debts are some of the things that health workers could afford if the government gave them a decent pay rise,…Read more…
Health unions react to NHS workforce strategy draft plans
Health unions are today (Wednesday) renewing their call for a coherent strategy to improve recruitment and retention, equality and diversity, workloads, well-being and career prospects as the…Read more…
‘Fundamental rethink’
The head of one of the largest trusts in the NHS has quit in protest over Tory funding cuts that are crippling the health service. King’s College hospital chair Bob Kerslake, who lead the…Read more…
Health unions welcome moves on pay but warn against making staff foot the bill
Talks about the much-needed review of the NHS pay structure and the decent wage rise can now begin.
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UNISON comments on NHS Providers report on winter pressures
Alarming report shows the amount of strain the NHS is under even before winter pressures have kicked in
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Parliament debates UNISON’s public sector pay cap petition
UNISON’s petition calling on the government to scrap the public sector pay cap and give NHS, council, police and schools staff a decent pay rise will be debated today (Monday) in Parliament. Ahead of…Read more…
Drop in nursing applications is disappointing
Government’s decision to scrap the bursary has clearly deterred people from pursuing a career in nursing
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‘Scandalous’ waste of NHS funds
Privateer Virgin Care has successfully sued the NHS because it was not awarded a contract to provide children’s health services in Surrey. Unite said the news was further evidence of the…Read more…
Trust leads the way on high quality apprenticeships
Southport & Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust will today (Friday) become the first organisation in the country to sign up to UNISON’s apprenticeship charter. The charter ensures that apprenticeships…Read more…
Government has shifted on NHS pay, but there could still be a sting in the tail
NHS not out of the woods yet
The article Government has shifted on NHS pay, but there could still be a sting in the tail first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Budget leaves public services “gasping for air”
There’s no actual money on the table
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‘On the side of justice’
Unite’s general secretary Len McCluskey described this week’s industrial sector conferences (November 13) as “a cornerstone of our union and our democracy” in his speech welcoming delegates to the…Read more…
UNISON comments on RCN story on NHS pay
NHS employees as a whole are struggling to survive on just their basic pay.
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NHS Providers’ report “hits the nail on the head”, says UNISON
Commenting on the NHS Providers’ report, There For You: A Better Future for the NHS Workforce, published today (Tuesday), UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “This report hits the nail on the…Read more…
Make the NHS a living wage employer says UNISON
Poverty pay should have no place in the NHS.
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Nursing number fall will have a huge impact on the NHS
If more nurses continue to leave than join, staff-patient ratios will become even more dangerous
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NHS Airbnbs?
Unite has slammed the Tories for continuing to tout the idea of renting spare rooms from the public to temporarily house recovering NHS patients, even after widespread condemnation from health groups…Read more…