This is great news for staff in Southend
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Health service staffing is compromising patient health, says UNISON
Crisis level staffing has become normal across the NHS
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UNISON comments on new guidance for creation of NHS subsidiary companies
UNISON will be making full use of this guidance in our scrutiny of any future trust plans to set up subsidiaries
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UNISON comments on health think-tank joint briefing into staffing shortfall in the NHS
Instead of investing in staffing, ministers introduced restrictive immigration policies and cut training budgets, all of which end up costing the NHS more than necessary in the long term
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Extortionate parking charges and fines for health staff, patients and visitors must stop, says UNISON
Exorbitant hospital parking charges have increasingly become the norm in England because the NHS is so starved of funds.
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Body parts stockpiling shows why crucial NHS services should never be privatised
It is simply horrific. It’s unlikely that such a distressing situation would have happened had the service remained in-house.
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NHS pause of ‘subcos’ long overdue
This whole policy has been a damaging distraction. Valuable resources that could have gone on improving care have been wasted.
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NHS England right not to make flu jab compulsory
While it makes sense for staff to be encouraged to get the flu jab, no-one should feel that they have no option but to have it
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‘We want to stay in the NHS: for ourselves and future generations’
Members at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS trust started a five-day strike today – here’s why, their own words
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UNISON on changes at NHS England and NHS Improvement
Changes to regional structures should provide the opportunity for the various parts of the NHS to get back to closer working
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UNISON responds to IFS report on NHS funding
Any future financial settlement for the NHS must factor in the costs of having a fairly rewarded and growing workforce
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UNISON on Lord Carter’s report into productivity in the NHS
Understaffed teams with limited resources has had a terrible impact on staff well-being
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UNISON responds to NAO report on Capita and NHS England
UNISON highlighted the huge risks in these ambitious plans from the outset.
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Operating theatre staff celebrated with first national awareness day
An awareness day highlighting the contribution of operating department practitioners (ODPs) to patient care will take place on Monday (14 May), UNISON has announced. The first National ODP’s Day will…Read more…
UNISON comment on NHS staff handing patients’ data to the Home Office
Health staff will be relieved to know they no longer have to act as immigration officers on the wards.
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Nurse and midwife numbers dragged down by Brexit effect
Brexit has made many European nationals feel decidedly unwelcome
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Steep rise in reported assaults against NHS staff, says UNISON
Last year in England physical assaults on NHS staff rose by nearly 10% compared to 2015/16, according to new figures published today (Tuesday) by UNISON and HSJ. The figures were obtained following a…Read more…
Proposed NHS pay agreement to benefit more than a million staff across England
Over a million hospital porters, 999 call handlers, healthcare assistants, nurses, midwives and other NHS staff across England are being offered long overdue pay rises of between 6.5 and 29% over the…Read more…
Living on a knife-edge – survey reveals what a pay rise would mean to NHS employees
Being able to feed their families, afford dental treatment, repair their cars or pay off debts are some of the things that health workers could afford if the government gave them a decent pay rise,…Read more…
Health unions react to NHS workforce strategy draft plans
Health unions are today (Wednesday) renewing their call for a coherent strategy to improve recruitment and retention, equality and diversity, workloads, well-being and career prospects as the…Read more…