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?
It’s been a hapless campaign start for Rishi Sunak, but at least he put us out of our misery and called the […]
The public won’t be fooled.” Notes to editors: - UNISON is the UK’s largest union with more than 1.3 million members providing public services in […]
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
General secretary stresses the power of UNISON in address to health conference
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 […]
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 […]
Staff say they are owed thousands more for years working above their grades and the level of backpay should go beyond that date. UNISON […]
"Nor should they have had to wait many months for the one-off payments their directly employed NHS colleagues got months ago. "Private […]
Leader of the House Penny Mordaunt MP says she will make sure the case of the Dudley workers is looked at
Staff must be able to do their jobs free from attacks and abuse
