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Largest NHS union puts its weight behind Welsh government’s Choose Well call

Largest NHS union puts its weight behind Welsh government’s Choose Well call

The Trade Union Bill is a bad thing because it will stop unions doing their job; it will make it much […]

‘We need a package that works for everyone,’ general secretary tells staff

UNISON is backing strike action announced today (Thursday) by junior doctors who oppose changes to their contracts being proposed by the government. It follows a ballot of more than 37,000 junior medics represented by the British Medical Association (BMA). They have voted unanimously in favour of three days of action in England next month. UNISON […]

A UNISON survey shows that nine in ten (91 per cent) student nurses would not have applied for the nursing degree without access to the bursary which the government intends to scrap in 2017.

UNISON supports a seven-day NHS but warns government is trying to do this on the cheap

Hundreds of student nurses are expected at a UNISON-supported protest outside the Department of Health later today (Wednesday) against government plans to axe the NHS bursary for nursing degrees.

UNISON has stressed that the government’s instruction of a 1% payroll limit is unfair and will worsen staff shortages and damage patient care

"This is achievable. We can do it." UNISON is working closely with other unions and the TUC on the campaign, the NEC heard, particularly on issues around industrial action and […]

I started working at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in May 2015 and am due to finish in May 2016. I had been working in retail, but I was working unsocial hours and I really wanted to find an office job. I saw this position advertised on the NHS jobs page and thought it looked really […]

No-one wants to work in such stressful conditions – it’s no surprise that so many nurses are […]

Member Steve Evans recognised for Don’t Walk Away campaign to prevent alcohol-related deaths among young people

Under the government’s proposals trainee health workers will have to pay the entire bill for their training. UNISON estimates that this will leave those […]

UNISON refutes minister Simon Hamilton’s claim for trade union non-engagment on NHS pay