A successful campaign to get healthcare assistants in two Teesside hospital trusts re-banded, with back pay, is a textbook illustration of the value of the strategy
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Rebanding campaign has now won £80m in back pay for staff
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The victory marks the latest success in UNISON’s Pay Fair for Patient Care campaign, which has seen re-banding wins across the country
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Healthcare assistants are winning reward, recognition and respect in UNISON’s Pay Fair for Patient Care campaign, which has seen thousands of the lowest-paid NHS workers re-banded and paid significant back-pay for performing clinical duties
Healthcare assistants are re-banded after the union revealed that they were carrying out clinical tasks that were above the grade they had been hired on
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Stephanie Morris is recipient of award named after UNISON stalwart Jean Atkinson
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Nominations are open for the UNISON-sponsored Jean Atkinson award for outstanding healthcare assistant (closing date 21 April)
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Cavell Trust research shows importance of union’s support for members as well as campaigning and negotiation on ‘an issue for everyone’
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Wednesday 12 October 2016 For immediate release Nursing associates should not be nurses on the cheap, says UNISON Responding to the announcement today (Wednesday) by Health Education England that more than 2,000 people will be trained as nursing associates over the coming months, UNISON head of health Christina McAnea said: “These new roles could help […]
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Healthcare assistants (HCAs) working in the NHS are doing the jobs of nurses without the equivalent pay or education, says a report from UNISON published today (Friday). Two in five (39%) say they have not received the training necessary to provide the care expected of them such as looking after dementia patients, according to the […]
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