National schools committee describes UK government’s announcement, made on the last day of term, that some secondaries will be expected to start next term online, as “jaw-dropping”
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Covid-19
Government failing on pledge to test staff every seven days
News, Press release on the UNISON National
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‘The surge in cases in our schools is extremely concerning … Enough is enough’
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Fifty trusts across England have been asked to host mass vaccination centres to roll out approved vaccines to the general population. Planning for the programme has been done at speed to facilitate the recruitment of staff and to ensure the NHS has the capacity to achieve rapid roll out. NHS England and Improvement have developed […]
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Despite the continuing pandemic, evidence mounts of hospitals starting to charge staff to park once more
Article on the UNISON National
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Chancellor’s pay freeze for most public service workers mocks the government’s commitment to ‘levelling up’ with old-style Thatcherism
General Secretary's blog on the UNISON National
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Private company abandons plan to make staff redundant and will now access the government furlough scheme
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Despite massive NHS staff shortages, healthcare workers have been forced to return to their home countries during the pandemic
Ministers must be held to account after spending billions of pounds of public money
News, Press release on the UNISON National
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Political pressure to approve substandard PPE does not bode well for HSE independence once the UK finally leaves the safety of the EU, says the union
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