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"Lengthy waits for NHS operations and treatment have left people languishing at home, too sick or injured to work. That's […]
The government’s chaos and failure in the NHS must end, Christina McAnea tells health delegates
“Our demands and action get results. We are transforming lives … That’s the power of UNISON.” The big election year “The Tories can go into the general election with a proud record to […]
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 […]
NHS staff have been shown pornographic images, offered money for sex and assaulted at work, a new survey from UNISON reveals.
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 firms, social enterprises and wholly-owned […]
Denise Stevens, a domestic at the hospital and a UNISON steward (pictured above on the right), said: “All we are asking for […]
“Employers need to do more to ensure everyone working in the NHS, using its services or visiting patients knows how to behave and what will happen to them if they don't. “That […]
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. […]
This is despite Mitie being signed up to Agenda for Change, which means members of the NHS workforce that it employs should not be treated differently to those employed directly by the […]