Better pay key to solving NHS staffing crisis

Ministers must do their bit and put NHS pay right

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Put NHS Pay Right

25 May is UNISON’s day of action for NHS pay

Ambulance uniforms not fit for purpose and may put staff at risk, says UNISON 

Ambulance employees work in all sorts of situations and weathers.  

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

The pandemic efforts of health staff are being undermined by political choices, says UNISON

Most worked extra hours and took on more intense workloads.

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
Christina McAnea addressing UNISON's 2022 health conference

NHS staff ‘undermined by political decisions’, says McAnea

General secretary tells health conference that deliberate Conservative choices have created the cost of living crisis

Article on the UNISON National site.
Health conference 2022 – in the hall, looking towards the platform

Health delegates lay blame for NHS problems squarely on Tories

First in-person conference since 2019 opens with a raft of debates on health, wellbeing and safety in the service

Article, News on the UNISON National site.
Health workers and their children protesting outside the hospital

Hospital staff protest against planned closure of nurseries

Without alternative, affordable childcare provision, health workers in South London could be forced out of the NHS, says UNISON

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON comments on nurses recruitment progress report

Many staff are underpaid for the job they do.

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

‘I’m very happy to be here. I really feel I have accomplished a dream’

UNISON meets two of the thousands of Filipino nurses dedicated to the NHS

UNISON reacts to latest NHS waiting times figures 

Solving the staff crisis has to be an urgent priority so patients can get the help they need.

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.