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Job losses and ward closures planned across Essex hospitals

Hospital bosses want to let 150 staff go and mothball 150 beds across Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSEFT), UNISON has warned today. ​The trust plans to launch a voluntary severance scheme* next week to cut the 150 ‘non-frontline clinical’ posts.​ In a meeting with union reps this week, trust leaders were not […]

News, Press release on the UNISON Eastern site.

Wes Streeting: The man who can

Which is why I’ll be asking higher paid staff to bear with us while we get the economy back on track.” He also talks about the […]

bigger picture, Uncategorized on the Magazine site.

Opinion: ‘The past is gloomy, but the future doesn’t have to be’

In the PM’s own words, we can now decide between ‘the past and the future’

General Secretary's blog, News on the UNISON National site.

Investment not wishful thinking is key to fixing the NHS

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 […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Win 2 Free Tickets to see Michael Sheen in “Nye”: Competition open to all Care Workers in Wales

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

News on the UNISON Cymru/Wales site.

Put NHS pay right – NHS Wales pay 2024

Date
24 April 2024 – 1 April 2026

That means major national investment to ensure that the job evaluation process is fair, timely and effective. Nurses, admin staff, catering staff and many others tell us that they are […]

Campaign on the UNISON Cymru/Wales site.

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

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

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Health workers deserve better than this government

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

News on the UNISON South West site.

Christina McAnea leads applause for successful UNISON strikers

“Forty-two re-banding deals done across England and Scotland in our Pay Fair for Patient Care campaign. £70 million in back pay – and rising. “A huge strike in Northern […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

NHS staff have been shown porn and offered money for sex at work

This included being touched or kissed, demands for sex in return for favours and derogatory comments. Sexual assault was reported by almost three […]

Uncategorized on the UNISON Yorkshire & Humberside site.

NHS staff have been shown porn and offered money for sex at work

This included being touched or kissed, demands for sex in return for favours and derogatory comments. Sexual assault was reported by almost three […]

News on the UNISON South West site.

‘Ripped off’ Essex healthcare support staff deserve fair pay

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 […]

News, Press release on the UNISON Eastern site.

Low-paid health workers shouldn’t have had to strike for one-off payment, says UNISON

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

Article, News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Dudley MP raises Mitie strikers’ struggle in the Commons

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

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Harassment, abuse and discrimination have no place in a 21st century NHS

Staff must be able to do their jobs free from attacks and abuse

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.