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 […]
The shadow health and social care secretary has one of the most daunting tasks should Labour gain power in Westminster. Who is he, and how will he fix such huge issues?
In the PM’s own words, we can now decide between ‘the past and the future’
Government announcement is deflection from its health failures
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
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 […]
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-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 […]
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 […]
This included being touched or kissed, demands for sex in return for favours and derogatory comments. Sexual assault was reported by almost three […]
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 […]
“The cruel irony, that Mitie say they can’t afford to pay low-paid workers the COVID bonus but can find the money for the strike breaking, has not […]
Staff must be able to do their jobs free from attacks and abuse
