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Government must remove charge for all healthcare settings

UNISON member Akeem Lawall speaks out about the huge cost for him and his young family as UNISON launches campaign for people to write to their MP over Immigration Bill

Are you a UNISON member employed by the NHS in England? Get ready to vote in the indicative ballot 4 Nov – 5 Dec 2021 Do you want to take action over your 3% NHS pay award? For months, UNISON asked for pay talks to agree the decent NHS pay rise you really deserve, but […]

UNISON has a wealth of information for healthcare students. Click on the links below to find out more Student nurses newsletter autumn 2021 UNISON – the union for healthcare students Making the most of your placement NMC revalidation ODPs – making a real difference to patients UNISON – the union for nursing associates UNISON guide […]

An early pay rise of at least £2,000 to every NHS worker is needed

Health branches across the region took part in two days of campaigning on Thursday and Friday, to ask the government for early action on NHS pay. Branches used social media and took part in socially distanced events to press home the message that health workers deserve much more than applause for their efforts during the […]

Boris Johnson promised a lifeline to low-paid workers then callously pulled it away

There must be no repeat of test and trace foul-ups

Chancellor’s plan is austerity plain and simple

With over 100,00 deaths due to Covid in the UK, the emotional toll will be far-reaching and long lasting, both for the bereaved and UNISON members working through the pandemic

Commenting on the publication yesterday (Thursday) of the health and social care white paper, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “Scaling back the damaging internal market that forces the NHS to compete against itself and the private sector can’t happen soon enough. “Eight years ago, the then government was warned its changes wouldn’t work and would […]

As we look forward to brighter days where our lives are no longer dominated by COVID, we will be picking up the pieces for many years to come

Recruitment pledges must be backed by decent wage rise if NHS is to thrive

UNISON members have won the battle to keep their NHS jobs, after threats to transfer workers to a wholly owned subsidiary were made in April 2019

This week marked a whole year since the country went into lockdown as COVID-19 surged across the UK. In that year, we have seen the government repeatedly mismanage the situation, ignoring the Govt advisory group SAGE warnings until they had no option but to act. Over 126,000 lives have been lost. As the nation fell […]