Ambulance workplace culture needs to change

Review recognises need for change to improve services

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
Portrait of Christina McAnea

Blog: Ambulance workers will walk out on Wednesday – and I’ll be out on the picket with them

Our members’ livelihoods, and the future of our NHS, are always worth fighting for

General Secretary, General Secretary's blog, News on the UNISON National site.
Glenn Carrington, leaning against an ambulance, talking to ITV health editor Emily Morgan

UNISON ambulance workers share heartbreaking stories of wait times

“The guilt you feel, the anger, the frustration. I can’t put it into words, it’s heartbreaking”

Article, News on the UNISON National site.
Ambulances

Newly qualified paramedics enjoy UNISON-won pay boost

Newly qualified paramedics won a pay increase after submitting a collective grievance

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

London ambulance staff lead humanitarian convoy to Ukraine

Paramedics are driving 1,000 miles to deliver 10 ambulances to Ukraine health workers and relief goods to refugees

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Long ambulance delays causing distress for patients and staff

There are real fears that staff and services will be unable to cope as demand inevitably increases. 

Press release on the UNISON National site.
Paramedic in the back of an ambulance

Blog: Call 999 – the terrifying crisis in the ambulance service

We need them when things are at their worst, but demand on paramedics has been increasing, recently hidden by the pandemic. How can our first responders be helped?

Article, Blogs on the UNISON National site.

Welfare of ambulance staff at risk as services face ‘unsustainable’ demand     

Ambulance trusts must provide urgent support

Press release on the UNISON National site.

One Team 2k

UNISON’s London Ambulance Service staff on why everyone working in the NHS deserves a £2k pay rise

Ambulance staff in Northern Ireland to receive backdated pay boost, says UNISON

Hundreds of workers will see pay bands lifted

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.