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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

Media contacts: Liz Chinchen M: 07778 158175 E: press@unison.co.uk Fatima Ayad M: 07508 080383 E […]

The government’s chaos and failure in the NHS must end, Christina McAnea tells health delegates

That was the message at the heart of a speech this morning from general secretary Christina McAnea to UNISON’s national health service group conference in Brighton. “Look at all you’ve achieved […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The guidance sets out a framework for promoting an inclusive approach to multi-lingual teams and celebrates the diversity of the NHS workforce, including many […]

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. […]

“I went there as a young girl – and I’ve done everything there,” she explains. “I did 22 years as a porter; I’ve […]

The very fact Victoria Atkins didn’t get the PRB ball rolling until December means staff already know they […]