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 […]
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"The pressure is on all year round especially in the winter and government inaction is to blame. "Ministers need to wake up and start fixing the problems in the NHS […]
UNISON has expressed concern over proposals that could see a private hospital built in Leeds on NHS land, the union says today (Wednesday). The plans from Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust would see a private company rent land from the trust to build a private facility. The union understands this would be a hospital providing […]
Healthcare assistants at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust are calling for the recognition and pay they deserve, as concerns grow about staff leaving for better paying jobs, says UNISON. According to the union, healthcare assistants should be on an NHS salary band 3 if they undertake clinical tasks such as observations, venepuncture, wound management […]
Hospitals and care homes simply couldn't function without them. "There’s also a global shortage of […]
UNISON’s national Pay Fair for Patient Care campaign is pushing for all band 2 staff with increased responsibilities to be paid at […]
The government must drop plans to cap overseas care staff numbers and act to stop employers exploiting those already working in the UK, says UNISON today (Tuesday).
Both sectors are many thousands of staff short, social care desperately so. “Migrant workers are propping up a crumbling care system that the government has refused to fund properly […]
UNISON is marking this year’s One Team Day, on Wednesday, with the launch of a new award aimed at honouring the whole NHS team.
Over 150 ward environment porters employed by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have been told they could lose their jobs, UNISON says today (Thursday). The staff work in a hybrid porter/housekeeper role, solely dealing with patients. This includes moving patients between wards and departments, as well as cleaning equipment and stocking up essential medical supplies. […]
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Members of the public should make their voices heard over “damaging” cuts to the NHS Prescription Ordering Direct (POD) service in Norfolk and Waveney, UNISON says today. Residents are being urged to take part in a public engagement launched this week over plans to withdraw the service. POD provides a dedicated telephone service for patients […]
Government should focus on fixing health and care, not sow division