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NHS unions are today (Friday) breaking with tradition and submitting a pay claim directly to the government on behalf of more than one million health workers across the UK. In a letter to the Chancellor, 14 health unions including UNISON, the Royal College of Nursing, the Royal College of Midwives, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, […]
Commenting on the news that the government has backtracked over the selling off of NHS Professionals, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “The government has at last seen sense. NHS Professionals is an organisation that saves the health service money and ensures there are enough staff on wards. “But despite many warnings, ministers have once again […]
The media is full of reports that we are in, or heading towards, a nursing crisis. That is to say, a huge shortage of them. But are we really? We dive into the data to find out.
UNISON will support branches with new guidance ‘to make it stick’ in the workplace
UNISON is today (Thursday) calling on the government to lift the restrictions and give the NHS Pay Review Body (PRB) an open remit so it can be truly independent after ‘shameful’ vote to keep the pay cap. Government MPs missed the opportunity to award a long overdue pay rise to public sector workers including paramedics, […]
New figures reveal nursing shortages hit further as Brexit vote sees numbers applying from the EU fall
UNISON is asking for members’ views on the plans to collate into a detailed response to consultation on planned changes
To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, UNISON members share their experiences of the UK’s struggling mental health services
To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, UNISON members share their experiences of the UK’s struggling mental health services
‘UNISON has never been anti-change, but will oppose things bad for services, bad for communities and bad for staff’
