Dave Prentis cuts ribbon in front of resource centre, surrounded by members

General secretary opens UNISON shop in new Glasgow hospital

Let’s work together to make this new hospital a success,” general secretary Dave Prentis said as he opened a new UNISON shop in Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

Article on the UNISON National site.

Patient confidentiality at risk as millions of patient records are handed over to Capita, says UNISON

Millions of patients’ confidential medical records are to be passed to a private company, despite appeal from UNISON for secretary of state for health to reconsider his decision to award the £1bn primary care support contract to Capita

Press release on the UNISON National site.

Prentis: redundancy cap will hit hundreds of thousands

“Proposed public-sector redundancy cap will affect hundreds of thousands of workers providing vital public services”, warns UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON takes concerns over health and care regulators fee-setting processes to the Professional Standard Authority

UNISON has raised its concerns with the Professional Standard Authority (PSA) over the ‘lack of consistency and safeguards’ in the way regulators set registration fees, today (Friday). UNISON national officer Helga Pile said: “The way fee increases have been handled by several regulators recently is questionable and has caused a lot of outrage among professionals. […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.