Responding to the Carter Review on NHS operational productivity UNISON head of health Christina McAnea said: “Of course every effort should be made to cut waste and inefficiency in the NHS and to…Read more…
MPs warned of short-termist threat to NHS support roles
NHS needs top operate as one team in the interests of joined-up, high-quality patient care
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UNISON signs emergency services mental heath initiative
Union pledges support for initiative to reduce mental health discrimination and support blue-light workers in England
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Runaway pay
As NHS frontline workers barely eke out a living on meagre wages – a reality most recently reflected in the junior doctors dispute – NHS senior managers continue raking in increasingly larger…Read more…
EU offer on migrant benefits brake ignores workers’ problems
Today Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, published draft proposals on Cameron’s EU renegotiation agenda which will be discussed at the EU summit on 18 -19 February. If the other EU Member States at this summit approve these proposals, it is very likely the government will announce a…Read more…
Health minister praises UNISON listening campaign
Union wins praise from Welsh government minister for identifying concerns at Betsi Cadwaladr hospitals
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How safe is your staffing?
UNISON will run its fifth annual safe NHS staffing levels survey on 9 February and is asking all members in the nursing family to take part
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GPs call ‘time’ on overwork
Doctors in Unite have warned that large-scale GP resignations are on the cards as crunch time looms for a diminishing number of overworked GPs grappling with soaring patient demand in a cash-strapped…Read more…
How Osborne’s Fake ‘Living Wage’ Could Trap Many in Poverty
The government are introducing a ‘national living wage’, but beware – it won’t pay people what they need to earn to live on.
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UNISON set to present Betsi Cadwaladr findings to health board
UNISON Cymru/Wales is to present the findings of its thorough review of what it is like to work for Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board to the senior management team at a board meeting today….Read more…
A foolish, petty and self-defeating cut
Saving less than a million pounds a week whilst making it harder to recruit more nurses, plans to cut the NHS bursary must be one of the most foolish, petty and self-defeating cuts to come from this…Read more…
Intolerable pressure
A new survey shows that GPs are under ever increasing pressure as patients report waiting more than a week for appointments. Last year patients waited over a week to see their GP on more than…Read more…
UNISON slams redundancy plans at NHS Property Services
UNISON has today (Thursday) criticised plans by NHS Property Services to make more than 140 posts redundant in England. Roles at risk include those responsible for maintaining the safety and high…Read more…
Support the Junior Doctors and Student Nurses
For years the government has been slashing at the NHS, cutting and privatising to boost the profits of the private health vultures (many of whom have unsavoury links to MPs and other decision makers).
Now Cameron and Hunt have decided to take on both …Read more…
Junior doctors industrial action: advice for members
UNISON supports the action by junior doctors and has advice for members working in the NHS
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Carry on doctor
As the Tories and their tabloids ramped up attacks on junior hospital doctors, other health professionals rallied in support of the 24 hour strike action set to start tomorrow morning at 8am. NHS…Read more…
‘Bursary or Bust’ is the cry as NHS students rally across England
Rallies and marches back the NHS bursary in London, Manchester and Newcastle
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Don’t just give something up for new year – give blood
The NHS Blood and Transplant service needs new donors – particularly if they are young, Black or of South Asia origin
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NI minister imposes NHS pay award
UNISON refutes minister Simon Hamilton’s claim for trade union non-engagment on NHS pay
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Axing NHS bursaries will saddle nurses with debt until retirement, warns UNISON
Nurses and other healthcare workers will be paying off their student loans almost until the day they retire UNISON is warning today (Saturday), as student nurses prepare to take part in protests…Read more…