With the election upon us, UNISON considers its five key demands for the NHS – and how the main parties measure up in their manifestos
NHS staff
With the election upon us, UNISON considers its five key demands for the NHS – and how the main parties measure up in their manifestos
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Without support staff, ‘our NHS simply wouldn’t work’
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Responding to the House of Lords report on the long term sustainability of the NHS, UNISON head of health Christina McAnea said: “The committee is right to say the NHS should be funded by the taxpayer and remain free at the point of delivery. “This is a damning but sadly accurate analysis of the state […]
News, Press release on the UNISON National
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The increase in the number of violent assaults against health service employees in England – up by over a fifth in the last five years – is completely unacceptable and requires urgent government action, says UNISON today (Wednesday). New figures published by NHS Protect show that last year (2015-16) there were 70,555 violent incidents involving health workers, […]
Press release on the UNISON National
site.
Thursday 27 October 2016 Hard-pressed health service staff are turning to high-rate loans, pawning their belongings and visiting food banks as they struggle just to make ends meet, according to research by UNISON. Financial hardship has led to almost half (49%) of those who took part in a major survey to seek financial help from […]
News, Press release on the UNISON National
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Staff are ‘rightly anxious’ about the implications of cost-cutting pressure on trusts
News on the UNISON National
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Cutting financial ‘lifeline’ to student nurses will leave them thousands of pounds in debt
News on the UNISON National
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The union sets out to highlight how ‘lazy political hits’ damage morale and the relationship of trust between patients and staff (Cymru/Wales)
Press release on the UNISON National
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Responding to NHS England’s announcement today (Saturday) of new financial incentives aimed at improving the health of staff, UNISON head of health Christina McAnea said: “This initiative has the potential to make a real difference to committed hospital employees, but it won’t help them at all if staff don’t have time to use these new […]
News, Press release on the UNISON National
site.