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It’s just another attempt to deflect from the government’s catalogue of failure on the NHS. The public won’t be fooled.” Notes to editors: - UNISON is the UK’s largest union with […]

The creation of the NHS was one of the great achievements, recognising that every person should have the right to […]

"Worse still, his government has damaged the public services people were once able to rely upon to get better and stay healthy. "Lengthy waits for NHS […]

The government’s chaos and failure in the NHS must end, Christina McAnea tells health delegates

They were joined live online from a picket line at James Cook Hospital in Middlesbrough, as conference rose to applaud and celebrate the power of […]

NHS staff including ambulance workers,111 call handlers, porters, nurses and cleaners have been shown pornographic images, offered money for sex and assaulted at work, according to research published by UNISON. In a survey released to coincide with the first day of UNISON’s annual health conference in Brighton, one in ten (10%) healthcare workers reported experiences […]

“But NHS staff often put up with this appalling abuse, not reporting it because they don’t believe […]

Healthcare support staff are handing in more than 400 open letters to the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSEFT) board today asking for fair pay for the clinical duties they undertake, says UNISON. A delegation of healthcare assistants, maternity support workers, theatre assistants and other clinical support staff are to present the letters […]

Any contractor or organisation running an NHS service should be responsible for the staff it takes on too. "Health workers employed by private firms […]

Leader of the House Penny Mordaunt MP says she will make sure the case of the Dudley workers is looked at

“The number of sexually motivated incidents is shocking. Health and emergency workers caring for people and saving lives shouldn’t ever have to suffer attacks, unwanted advances or […]

New guidance for managers and staff on the use of different languages at work has been launched at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, in partnership with UNISON

A mural to commemorate former miners and hospital workers is being created on the site of the former hospital in Castleford, thanks to the efforts of a UNISON rep. The artwork, which has been commissioned to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the miners’ strikes, is on the side of a property built on the […]

Some of the lowest-paid staff at Prospect Park Hospital in Reading are taking strike action in a dispute about pay. The strike is over their employer ISS’s refusal to pay the workers a lump sum worth at least £1,655, which has already been given to hundreds of thousands of people employed directly by the NHS. […]

Company is refusing to pay a COVID bonus to the privately-employed NHS workers – despite being signed up to Agenda for Change