Hundreds of key NHS workers, employed by the giant outsourcing company Serco, began a two week strike across Barts Health NHS Trust today (January 31). Meanwhile, a rally coinciding with the…Read more…
Fixing the NHS staffing crisis should be the government’s priority, says UNISON
Another top-down reorganisation is not the start to the new year that NHS staff in England were expecting.
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It’s time to vote for your Health Heroes of 2022
Help to celebrate the wider healthcare workers that support our NHS and help raise awareness of their vital contributions
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Health and care bill latest
Unite the union is calling on members of the House of Lords to back amendments to the Health and Care Bill that would remove some of the worst aspects of legislation that will destabilise and…Read more…
NHS staff-shortage crisis needs more than a quick Omicron fix, says UNISON
Employers are using desperate measures to cope with desperate times. But stretching dwindling numbers every thinner cannot solve this staffing crisis.
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NHS ‘running on empty’ because government refuses to address staffing crisis, says UNISON
A properly-funded staffing plan is the single most important step ministers can take to relieve pressures over the next few years.
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Videos of the year – NHS staff are there for us all
Every day over the festive season, we’re featuring a range of our top videos of the year that show Unite doing what it does best – advancing the jobs, pay and conditions of its members and fighting…Read more…
UniteLive’s stories of the year – critical care staff shortage crisis
Every day for the ‘twelve days of Christmas’ this year, UniteLive is running a different story from our top stories of 2021. Today, we look back at an interview with Unite rep and ICU nurse Dave…Read more…
Health staff ‘wrung dry’ by pandemic pressures, says UNISON survey
Findings show more than two thirds have experience burn out and three in five overwhelmed by long shifts
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Unite: Covid jabs should not be mandatory
As a health trade union representing over 100,000 workers in the NHS, Unite has strongly encouraged our members to be vaccinated through our “Get a jab campaign”. Despite this, Unite, believe…Read more…
‘Landmark case’ in fight against NHS hiving-off
The takeover of GP practices in London by US health insurance giant Centene Corporation will be subject of a judicial review in early 2022 after more than £70,000 has been raised by the public to…Read more…
Two weeks to save the NHS
Celebrities and health workers will band together on November 22 to demand that members of parliament oppose the Health and Care Bill, which the government is trying to push through despite numerous…Read more…
Persuasion, not coercion
Unite has this week reinforced its long-held view that Covid vaccinations for NHS and social care staff should not be mandatory. Unite, which has 100,000 members in the health service, said that…Read more…
Forced jab rule in the NHS risks doing more harm than good
This sledgehammer approach risks doing more harm than good.
The article Forced jab rule in the NHS risks doing more harm than good first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Just booked my Covid booster jab
I have just booked my booster jab on line. It took me about 5 minutes and all your need is to be registered with a GP, your NHS number (but if don’t have it you can still register but takes slightly longer), your date of birth and post code.
The…Read more…
UNISON responds to Public Accounts Committee report on test and trace
Handing huge sums to contractors was a mistake
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UNISON GS nails Radio 4’s Any Questions
‘This dispute needs to be resolved sensibly’
NHS drivers who make nationwide hospital deliveries are being balloted for strike action over low pay, Unite said today (October 18).
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Wrong prescription for the NHS
Labour must oppose Health and Care Bill
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Pushed over the brink
Our Party built the NHS – now it’s our task to help save it
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