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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

"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

General secretary stresses the power of UNISON in address to health conference

Sexual assault was reported by almost three in ten (29%) of all the health workers who’d experienced sexual harassment. Half (50%) said they had been leered at or been the target […]

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 firms, social enterprises and […]

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

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

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. […]

“The whole £1,600 COVID payment has just unified people even more, to be fair.” After lunch at UNISON Centre, the group visited Mitie HQ at the Shard, before going on to […]

Wage talks rather than review body process are needed