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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.

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

“Look at all you’ve achieved in the past 12 months”, she told delegates. “Forty-two re-banding deals done across England and Scotland in our Pay Fair for Patient Care […]

This included being touched or kissed, demands for sex in return for favours and derogatory comments. Sexual assault was reported by almost three […]

This included being touched or kissed, demands for sex in return for favours and derogatory comments. Sexual assault was reported by almost three […]

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 […]

Commenting on the government funding that will now allow thousands of health workers to receive the one-off payment given to NHS staff last year, UNISON head of health Helga Pile said:

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 […]

UNISON, which is the biggest union in the NHS, has this week written to the health secretary setting out the case for sustained investment in the […]