Significant changes needed to give proper support instead of ‘firefighting’
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Gray report makes sickening reading and shows betrayal of public trust, says UNISON
The Prime Minister and his mates partied while people put their lives on the line
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Put NHS pay right to stop NHS staff quitting amid cost-of-living ‘apocalypse’, says UNISON
This is a desperate situation with NHS staff already quitting in their droves.
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Government must show commitment to social worker reform, says UNISON
Career development and pay proposals must be properly funded
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Government should focus on cost-of-living crisis rather than attacking unions
Right to strike is fundamental for workers
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Government plan to provide early years education on the cheap will hit children and staff
The sector urgently needs long-term investment
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Ministers must do much more to support the hard-up as inflation hits another high, says UNISON
Boost to public sector wages and benefits are a must
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Rising NHS staff exits require urgent government action, says UNISON
Without an urgent retention package, including an above-inflation pay rise, the NHS will be unable to stem the tide of leavers and waiting lists will continue to grow.
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Threat of strike action at health sites across Lancashire, says UNISON
Staff including porters and cleaners employed by healthcare facilities firm OCS paid less than NHS colleagues
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Government has run out of ideas to tackle cost of living crisis, says UNISON
Ministers haven’t grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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Restore free testing in schools or risk SATs disruption, warns UNISON
National testing in English primary schools this year could be severely affected because of Covid absences, according to concerns raised in a UNISON survey released today (Friday). More than seven in…Read more…
Government must bring back Covid funding to safeguard ‘lives and livelihoods’, say UNISON and the Care Provider Alliance
Christina McAnea and Professor Martin Green warn more staff could quit unless infection control fund is reinstated
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Ministers must adopt Migration Advisory Committee recommendations to beef-up care staff numbers, says UNISON
Care employers are losing people in droves to warehouses, supermarkets and online retailers able to pay more for less stressful work
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High Court rules that government orders to discharge untested Covid patients into care homes was illegal, says UNISON
Covid spread like wildfire as untested but positive patients were discharged from hospitals.
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Staff with long Covid will feel forced out of the health service if managers don’t treat them fairly, warns UNISON
Workers with the condition are returning to work early because they’re afraid of losing their jobs
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Ambulance uniforms not fit for purpose and may put staff at risk, says UNISON
Ambulance employees work in all sorts of situations and weathers.
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Health staff risk being driven out by unfair mileage rates and new parking charges, says UNISON
This is not a good time to be an NHS worker struggling on a budget.
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The pandemic efforts of health staff are being undermined by political choices, says UNISON
Most worked extra hours and took on more intense workloads.
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Ambulance pressures taking a significant toll on staff, says UNISON
Ambulance staff, like so many in the NHS, can’t just leave their stress at the door when they get home.
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Conservative MP must apologise to health staff over Covid law break slur, says UNISON
Letter to Michael Fabricant says his comments are ‘insulting’ and have ’caused deep hurt’
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