UNISON has today (Thursday) welcomed the decision by NHS England to shut the Strategic Projects Team (SPT) consultancy. The union has called on the government to learn from mistakes made by the…Read more…
NHS funding ‘reset’ – Austerity comes first
In a stark comments given in an interview to the Health Service Journal this week, Jim Mackey, head of NHS Improvement made clear the new policy priority for the NHS – austerity comes first. Ahead of a set of announcements for further belt tightening expected soon – what’s been termed the NHS…Read more…
Unite Policy Conference 2016 – Tuesday’s business
The biggest debate of the day was around local government cuts. An Executive Statement strengthened Unite’s policy, but didn’t go as far as the motions which fell as a result of it passing.
Composite 1 (Motions 1 & 2): Campaigning Against Privatis…Read more…
Members mark NHS’s 68th birthday in Newcastle
Public get birthday cake and sign birthday card – and petition to protect the NHS bursary
The article Members mark NHS’s 68th birthday in Newcastle first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Government must do more to reassure EU health workers post-Brexit, says UNISON
Government must do more to reassure EU health workers post-Brexit, says UNISON EU health staff employed in the UK need guarantees from the government that their jobs and futures are not under threat,…Read more…
Happy birthday to our NHS
Today marks the 68th birthday of our NHS. “Unite is proud of the NHS and the work our members do within in. We will continue to fight to protect our NHS, to ensure it can continue to care for…Read more…
Study shows the public wants the government to pay for the training of student nurses, says UNISON
The government should continue to pay for the training of student nurses and midwives, and not force NHS trainees to fund their degrees with loans, according to a new survey published today (Friday)…Read more…
Don’t forget to vote today
I believe that we can have that better Britain inside Europe, but however you vote today, remember to exercise your democratic right and vote. Because you can be sure that those who work to undermine…Read more…
‘Refugee lives do matter’
National delegate conference agrees to continue working to combat myths around migration
The article ‘Refugee lives do matter’ first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
The Leave campaign’s 4 biggest euro-fibs
Leaders of the Leave campaigns have turned being economical with the truth into an art-form over the course of the EU referendum. To paraphrase legendary foreign correspondent Louis Heren, whenever…Read more…
We are just two days from a generation-defining vote, says UNISON
Speaking at UNISON’s annual conference in Brighton today (Tuesday) UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “We are just two days away from a generation-defining vote, and the tragic events of…Read more…
Save Chorley A&E
Unite members are leading the battle to reopen the Chorley District Hospital A&E. The A&E was closed on April 18, when Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust, which runs Chorley and…Read more…
Health workers and charities unite to urge rethink on NHS bursaries
More than 20 health unions, charities and professional colleges sign open letter to prime minister
The article Health workers and charities unite to urge rethink on NHS bursaries first appeared on…Read more…
Our NHS is safer in Europe: #NHSsaferIN
Today I’m proud to be joining NHS staff and supporters at a rally at Congress House. We’re coming together to say don’t risk a leave vote – Don’t risk our NHS. And there’s a lot to concern us, whether we work in the NHS or rely on it for our families’ health care. To start…
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Brexiteers Michael Gove and Boris Johnson guilty of ‘nauseating cynicism’ over the NHS, says UNISON
Brexiteers Michael Gove and Boris Johnson are guilty of ‘nauseating cynicism’ in pretending to care about the NHS when they belong to a government that is to blame for ‘eye-watering’ public service…Read more…
Brexit could cost us 1 in 9 doctors and 1 in 6 nurses – #NHSsaferIN
By the latest HSCIC statistics almost 10,000 doctors and over 18,000 nurses have been able to come from the EEA area to work in the NHS – that’s about 9% of all doctors and 6% of all nurses. 10,000 more EEA migrants are employed as support staff. While migrant workers should not be used…Read more…
Would you trust this bunch of Brexiteers with the NHS? #NHSsaferIN
One of the strangest sights in this referendum has been the line of Brexit leaders queueing up to piously claim they’re really in this to help save the NHS. From early on, they’ve touted that leaving the EU would free up £350m a week to spend on the NHS. It doesn’t take long to debunk…
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Unbelievable NHS claims are losing votes for the Brexit brigade
I’m glad that Sarah Wollaston has listened to the concerns of those workers and many others – led by UNISON – over the risk Brexit poses to our public services. And I hope that her comments give…Read more…
Health committee chair makes the right choice on EU vote, says UNISON
Responding to the defection of Sara Wollaston MP to the Remain camp over claims the NHS would benefit financially if the UK voted to leave Europe, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “When…Read more…
Care about the future of our NHS? Then voting Remain is the best choice
If the UK votes for Brexit on 23 June in the hope of a better NHS, what the country will really be voting for is a weaker, poorer, more overstretched service. One where patients can’t help but notice…Read more…