UNISON slams 900 NHS job losses, work transferred to India

The decision about the future of staff, which includes the closure of dozens of offices across the UK, is to be made at a private session in the board meeting tomorrow.

Article, Press release on the UNISON National site.

TPA adding to burden on NHS in April Fool’s Day blunder

The TPA has wasted the precious time and money of the NHS by asking for pointless information in its latest FoI

Article on the UNISON National site.

Pressure frees George Eliot Hospital from privatisation threat

News that the George Eliot Hospital has been pulled back from the brink of privatisation has been greeted as a victory for common sense by UNISON

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON calls time out on hospital procurement

The George Eliot Hospital Trust (GEHT) is being steamrollered into private hands without patients and staff being given a proper say

Article, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Unprecedented school privatisation would put profits before pupils

Profits could be put before pupils, and head teachers could lose control of vital services in 80 academies across the country, as part of a proposal for an unprecedented privatisation of school services

Article on the UNISON National site.

G4S and SERCO “tip of the iceberg”

G4S and SERCO are the “tip of the iceberg” when it comes to government contractors failing woefully and wasting millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money

Article, Press release on the UNISON National site.

UNISON calls on trust to clarify position

Union calls for clarification and for procurement process to be put on hold as George Eliot Hospital is ‘buddied’ with University Hospitals Birmingham

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON calls on Welsh Government to tackle in-work poverty through the living wage

UNISON Cymru/Wales is calling on the Welsh government to take positive step forward to tackle in-work poverty through the payment of the living wage

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON urges rethink on hospital plans

UNISON has urges the board at Nuneaton’s George Eliot Hospital to think again over plans that could see the hospital going to the private sector

Article on the UNISON National site.

West Midlands answering the call to save the NHS

Activists from branches all across the region are sending coaches to Manchester to coincide with the Conservative Party national conference for the national Save the NHS rally on 29 September

Article on the UNISON National site.