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Staff employed by private contractor call off strike after company agrees to pay them the NHS rate for the job

Smooth handover now needed and assurances about jobs after privatisation failure

But as staff in the NHS, we know all too well the harm that funding cuts cause and we’re determined to do what we can to […]

Commenting on the annual NHS staff survey out today (Tuesday), UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “While the government is consumed with Brexit, ministers are paying scant attention to growing problems in our public services. With so few staff, it’s no wonder the pressures of working in the NHS are making so many health […]

Members employed by private contractor at Liverpool Women’s Hospital take action for NHS rates after 100% vote

Political comedian Mark Thomas is heading to the South West with his award-winning show about the NHS. Check Up: Our NHS at 70, which Thomas first performed last year, is based on a series of interviews with leading experts on the NHS, and a month of residencies in hospitals during which he shadowed doctors, nurses […]

Cleaners, porters and security and catering staff to take action next week, after their private employer refused to pay them the nationally agreed NHS pay rates

There’s a danger that general practice could simply drain ambulance services of staff

UNISON started the new year in January as we mean to go on

UNISON members across NTW NHS Trust took part in a long campaign against the Trust’s plans to introduce DBS charges for staff.

This is great news for staff in Southend

Crisis level staffing has become normal across the NHS

UNISON welcomes the news that staff at Southend Hospital will now enjoy the same pay and conditions as everyone else in the NHS. Southend University Hospital is the only NHS Trust in the UK outside the national agreement on pay, terms and conditions known as Agenda for Change. The local terms mean staff in Southend […]

Lots of people will be starting the new year battling cancer. Former UNISON editorial manager Diana Harrison shares her personal account and thanks the NHS staff who are caring for her

Commenting today (Monday) on the government’s 10-year plan for the NHS in England, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “Finding the NHS more staff, and holding on to those it already has, is key to the success of the government’s plan. “The plan is honest about the scale of the staffing challenge. But nothing […]