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Thousands more NHS workers across London, Merseyside and Manchester have begun balloting for strike action, Unite, which represents some 100,000 NHS workers, said on Friday (November 25). Unite said its healthcare members are warning the NHS is on ‘life support’ and that without serious investment to stem the recruitment and retention crisis and save failing […]
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Ahead of tomorrow’s (November 17) Autumn Statement, the leader of Unite has warned that a failure by the Chancellor to fund the NHS properly will leave the UK’s proudest achievement “on its knees”. With inflation at a 41 year high, the rising costs of living measured by the RPI this week is 7 times higher […]
The post Last chance to save the NHS appeared first on Unite Live.
Unite members are fighting to save the NHS as they call for more funding for a health service on its knees and better pay for staff who are struggling to make ends meet. On Monday (November 14) Unite members in health will gather for a demonstration to send a loud and clear message to prime […]
The post ‘This is now a fight to save the NHS itself’ appeared first on Unite Live.
“This government let frontline workers take responsibility when times were at their toughest, but now it refuses to take responsibility for the things that are in its control”
The article Blog: It is within their power to give NHS workers the pay they deserve first appeared on the UNISON National site.
“The guilt you feel, the anger, the frustration. I can’t put it into words, it’s heartbreaking”
The article UNISON ambulance workers share heartbreaking stories of wait times first appeared on the UNISON National site.
“The arrogance of @RishiSunak, thinking he can pose for a nice video clip at Croydon Hospital, whilst simultaneously cutting NHS workers pay in real terms!! Well done to this patient for calling him out!” #NHSPay #CROYDON (hat tip Joel Bodmer…Read more…
It’s time to take a stand for your pay, your colleagues and the NHS – every vote is needed.Voting to take industrial action is a big step. But it’s time to take it. The public supports you – and so do your colleagues and your union.Your pay matte…Read more…
The outsourced workers have won a pay rise of over 14%, an extra week’s leave and the same sick pay as their directly-employed NHS colleagues
The article OCS workers secure major victory after 26 days of strike action first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The current health secretary says nurses can like it or lump it on the below-inflation pay offer, but that’s not good enough. NHS staff – and the service itself – need much better
The article Blog: Vote ‘yes’ for your futures and the future of our NHS first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Some health employees are now so hard up, they can’t survive without help from their employers.
The article Ministers should be ashamed that NHS staff are having to use food banks, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Unite delegate and acute hospital rep Lesley Mansell demanded urgent support for NHS workers and public services as she spoke in favour of a motion on the health service at the last day of Labour Party conference on Wednesday (September 28). She began by thanking all the support given by conference to the NHS, saying […]
The post ‘We need pay justice for public sector workers’ appeared first on UNITElive.org.
Compulsory annual registration fee could rise from £98.12 to £117.74.
The article Fee rise for stretched NHS workers is unfair and misjudged, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
For too long, the government has ignored pay and staffing.
The article UNISON comments on NHS Confederation’s call for better funding for social care first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Unite’s consultative ballot on industrial action over NHS pay in England closes on September 30. Each day this week, we’ll hear from a different member from our Unite health sector who explains why it’s so important to have your say on pay. Unite rep and paramedic Debbie Wilkinson will soon go on her first holiday in over […]
The post ‘It’s the only way we can make this government listen’ appeared first on UNITElive.org.
Unite’s consultative ballot on industrial action over NHS pay in England closes on September 30. Each day this week, we’ll hear from a different member from our Unite health sector who explains why it’s so important to have your say on pay. When Doctors in Unite (DiU) chair and London GP Jackie Applebee learned that […]
The post ‘Patients deserve better’ appeared first on UNITElive.org.
Hat tip Daily Mirror on this awful story of NHS Cleaner Judith Thorpe, who cancelled her pension due to rising bills and then later died from Covid last month. She was a widow supporting her 16 and 13 year old children.Since she cancelled her pens…Read more…
Government needs long-term solution to staff crisis
The article Boosting funding and pay are the best ways to fix NHS staffing first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The government won’t move on NHS pay, from Thursday, tell your NHS staff in England to pledge yes and show them we’re serious. www.NHSpay.orgRead more…
Scottish health members, together with those working for the Environment Agency, both provide vital services, which need to be properly funded
The article Blog: I urge members to make sure they have their say on pay first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The government’s had years to improve the workforce situation but has done little.
The article Government must take responsibility for the NHS and social care workforce crisis, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.