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Union wins praise from Welsh government minister for identifying concerns at Betsi Cadwaladr hospitals

Date

31 March – 1 April 2017

Location

Holiday Inn, Abbotts Lane, Eight Ash Green, Colchester CO6 3QL

Working long shifts with few or no breaks and little or no food is never acceptable.

There are real fears that staff and services will be unable to cope as demand inevitably increases. 

UNISON ‘proud’ to sponsor inaugural health BAME award as it launches Race for Equality campaign

UNISON will be making full use of this guidance in our scrutiny of any future trust plans to set up subsidiaries

National Skills Academy for Health director Candace Miller explains how it supports and celebrates healthcare support workers

Union wins praise from Welsh government minister for identifying concerns at Betsi Cadwaladr hospitals

Healthcare assistants working in the A&E departments at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust have staged another peaceful protest as part of UNISON’s ‘pay fair for patient care’ campaign. Band 2 workers protested outside Calderdale Royal Hospital in Halifax as part of a push to see some healthcare support staff rebanded, as they are carrying […]

The Norfolk and Norwich health branch along with the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust were awarded the Social Partnership Forum (SPF) Award at the annual Health People Management Association (HPMA) Excellence Awards ceremony held in London in June. The SPF partnership award was given in recognition of the trust’s A new attendance policy: a […]

We’re aware of concerns amongst student nurses in England about funding being withdrawn for your paid placements. We have been reassured that funding will remain available to allow those who have taken up paid placements to continue until these placements are completed. Those in your final year will be supported at the end of your […]

It’s nothing short of a tragedy that huge amounts of time and resources have been wasted.

UNISON has a wealth of information for healthcare students. Click on the links below to find out more Student nurses newsletter autumn 2021 UNISON – the union for healthcare students Making the most of your placement NMC revalidation ODPs – making a real difference to patients UNISON – the union for nursing associates UNISON guide […]

UNISON will run its sixth annual safe NHS staffing levels survey on 7 February and is asking all members in the nursing family to take part

This is a desperate situation with NHS staff already quitting in their droves.