As one delegate told the conference: “Racism is rife in the NHS.” Marking the fact that 2023 is UNISON’s Year of the Black […]
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‘This is life-changing for many of us. We feel more valued and motivated to work here’
In the South East region South Central Ambulance Service spent £19m over the past financial year on private emergency services, with South East Coast Ambulance Service spending around £6m a year.
NHS workers who belong to UNISON have voted decisively to accept the pay offer from the government, says the union today. The consultation of 288,000 NHS workers across England closed at 3pm this afternoon. Almost three quarters (74%) voted to accept the offer, and 26% to reject. Turnout in the consultation exercise was 53%, with […]
That means over 112,000 members working in every part of the NHS voted to accept, put cash in their […]
UNISON head of health Sara Gorton comments on the NHS pay offer for 2022-23 and 2023-24.
Members taking action has forced the government to listen and take action to improve the pay of all of our hardworking NHS staff writes UNISON head of health Sara Gorton
Planned East of England strikes for 20 March have been put on pause after the government made a new offer in the long-running dispute over NHS pay. After two weeks of frantic negotiations, ministers have offered an additional one-off lump sum for 2022/23 that rises in value up the NHS pay bands. This is worth […]
This is the latest victory in UNISON’s ‘pay fair for patient care’ campaign, which saw hospital workers in Manchester win […]
How does pay affect staffing levels? How does staffing affect patient care? A look at what the stats tell us about NHS pay
The government has finally promised extra investment in pay for both this and next year.
The strike planned for next Wednesday involving thousands of East of England Ambulance Service staff and other NHS workers has been suspended to allow UNISON to enter pay talks with the government, the union said today. Following a meeting of its health committee this afternoon, UNISON announced it was suspending the action scheduled for 8 […]
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to fathom that. “The workforce crisis is now so bad that parts of the NHS […]
Speaking of the dispute, Anne Speed, UNISON head of bargaining and representation in Northern Ireland […]
… as UNISON head of health Sara Gorton knows, but there is also always time for a laugh