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Debate should not focus only on doctors and nurses say delegates at UNISON’s health conference in Brighton

Encouraging active lifestyles and providing access to healthy food at work will help them, and result in better care for patients […]

Visit will see talks over UNISON’s innovative staff listening exercise, plus dedication of two branch office rooms

Commenting on the BBC story on the high number of vacant posts in the NHS, UNISON Head of Health Christina McAnea said: “Cutting vital nursing jobs in a bid to save money is a false economy. As a result, the NHS now has to spend huge amounts of money on agency staff to ensure patient […]

“When nine in ten staff say they go to work when they are ill because they think they should, and 73 per cent work unpaid overtime, there can be no doubting the commitment of our health service […]

The government are introducing a ‘national living wage’, but beware – it won’t pay people what they need to earn to live on.

"But Jeremy Hunt thinks he can offer more to patients by paying dedicated healthcare professionals much less.  "Other NHS staff fear that the dispute with junior doctors could be […]

NHS students and their supporters, including UNISON members, marched from London's St Thomas's Hospital to […]

General secretary takes ‘strong message of support’ to Belfast as latest group of health workers begin ballot for action

Conference highlights benefits of union and employers working together

Meetings arranged as survey reveals the impact on morale of the health board’s problems

Solving the NHS staffing crisis must be top government priority to improve services

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 […]

Leader of the House Penny Mordaunt MP says she will make sure the case of the Dudley workers is looked at