Healthcare assistants (HCAs) working in the NHS are doing the jobs of nurses without the equivalent pay or education, says a report from UNISON published today (Friday). Two in five (39%) say they…Read more…
Leavers ♥ NHS. Remainers ♥ NHS. Isn’t it about time to fund it properly?
The NHS funding crisis is well documented – descriptions of ambulances queuing to get into A&E, drastic cuts to budgets and the unprecedented numbers of NHS providers in the red (to name but a few) continue to dominate news headlines. The NHS – and how much money it gets – was a key issue…Read more…
End zero hours abuse
Cleaners, porters and workers serving food at Barts Health NHS Trust will stage a protest tomorrow (September 21) at the Trust’s annual public meeting to demand an end to the abuse of zero hours…Read more…
‘Their fight is our fight’
The trade union movement affirmed its continued solidarity with junior doctors in their on-going dispute with the government, which has sought to impose a contract that the doctors say is unfair to…Read more…
Culture of fear
Amid rising patient complaints in the NHS – the number now exceeds 4,000 a week – Congress highlighted concern over legal action being taken against health staff. While Congress recognised…Read more…
We can’t turn the clock back on Brexit, but let’s use the negotiations to build a better future, says UNISON’s Dave Prentis
Sunday 11 September 2016 For immediate release The government must use the Brexit negotiations to build a new, fairer Britain, and should start by throwing off the shackles of austerity, says UNISON…Read more…
Keep health visitor promises
Scotland’s leading health visitors’ union says the Scottish government has to keep its promises on fair funding and extra staff if it wants the named person scheme to be a success. The…Read more…
A matter of life and death
The NHS is continually criticised by its government regulator for being in the red – but it’s the beleaguered services that really matter
The article A matter of life and death first appeared on the…Read more…
N tice nything missing?
At UNISON we know how vital blood donation is, which is why we’ve been taking part in the #missingtype campaign
The article N tice nything missing? first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Action now to save General Practice
Doctors in Unite (DiU), formerly the Medical Practitioners Union (MPU) expressed dismay yesterday (August 31) over the General Practitioners Committee (GPC) decision not to hold a consultative ballot…Read more…
Portrait of disparity and despair
With her clouded eyes brimming with tears, Mary wails inconsolably. She reaches out her arms toward me, begging, “Please, please, take me home.” I anxiously glance around the living room where Mary…Read more…
NHS: staff slam Hunt plans
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s own staff are worried that his deeply unpopular plans for a “seven-day” NHS service bring dangerous “risks”, leaked department of health documents reveal. The…Read more…
NHS: Room at the top?
Race discrimination is alive and kicking in Britain’s workplaces two new reports have found, with black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAEM) workers suffering underemployment across the economy as well…Read more…
Profession under pressure
Overwhelming evidence proves that a child’s life chances are largely determined by what they experience between the ages of 0 and 5. If you’re a healthy, supported young child, you’ll be a healthy,…Read more…
A positive frame of mind
Mindfulness is a meditative technique that helps us cope with everyday stress
The article A positive frame of mind first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
An impossible job
After being pummelled by years of a twin crisis in funding and recruitment, access to NHS care is now dangerously out of reach for patients up and down the country. The Royal College of…Read more…
Health staff in Luton rally against attack on sickness leave
UNISON warns that move risks staff coming to work ill to avoid triggering process that could lead to dismissal – in a trust that has one of best sick-leave records in the region
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We need a properly funded NHS – make your voice heard
This week’s news that United Lincolnshire Hospital’s NHS Trust will be closing its A&E department in Grantham in the evenings due to staff shortages is, in the words of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, “disappointing, yet unsurprising”. The TUC and health unions, campaigners and think…Read more…
Victory in Wales after unanimous vote for strike action
Staff at a private contractor for the Welsh NHS managed to halt changes to their terms and conditions after 100% of members voted for strike action.
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Priti Patel: right this disparity
The new international development secretary Priti Patel is being asked what steps are being taken for the 200 NHS workers and academics, who risked their lives in combating the deadly Ebola virus…Read more…