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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 […]

As part of UNISON’s campaign for a National Care Service in Wales, we have 2 free tickets for Care Workers to watch Michael Sheen show Nye at the Wales Millennium Centre un Cardiff

Date

24 April 2024 – 1 April 2026

UNISON Cymru is campaigning for a proper pay rise in the NHS. Your pay rise was due on April 1st 2024 and yet, there has been no news from the government. This is unacceptable and now we’re consulting you about the next steps in our campaign

Prime Minister should focus on the NHS, not demonise those too sick to work

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

Forty brand new hospitals, a valued and appreciated workforce, NHS pay rises beyond your wildest dreams,” the general secretary quipped, to laughter from delegates […]

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

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 of sexual harassment […]

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 […]

"Nor should they have had to wait many months for the one-off payments their directly employed NHS colleagues got months ago. "Private […]

He said: “I would like to place on record my thanks to the workers employed by Mitie during the pandemic and encourage the Department of Health and Social Care to […]

NHS staff must be able to get on with their jobs without the fear of abuse, assault, or ill-treatment […]

For information on the guidance and how the branch organised and represented migrant worker members to shape this important document, please contact UNISON Somerset Health branch […]

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. […]