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“Changes to regional structures should provide the opportunity for the various parts of the NHS to get back to closer working – something that’s been hard to do […]

The key features of the agreement are: apprentices should be employed on Agenda for Change contracts; pay should be determined in accordance with the Agenda for Change agreement […]

Union steward and football legend feature in Scottish government lung cancer awareness film

Cavell Trust research shows importance of union’s support for members as well as campaigning and negotiation on ‘an issue for everyone’

Healthcare assistants (HCAs) working in the NHS are doing the jobs of nurses without the equivalent pay or education, says a report from UNISON published today (Friday). Two in five (39%) say they have not received the training necessary to provide the care expected of them such as looking after dementia patients, according to the […]

Staff are ‘rightly anxious’ about the implications of cost-cutting pressure on trusts

On a normal Wednesday morning Emily Heron would be taking patients’ blood pressure or doing observations…

UNISON has raised its concerns with the Professional Standard Authority (PSA) over the ‘lack of consistency and safeguards’ in the way regulators set registration fees, today (Friday). UNISON national officer Helga Pile said: “The way fee increases have been handled by several regulators recently is questionable and has caused a lot of outrage among professionals. […]

He was speaking after the government launched a consultation on Treasury proposals for a law to cap at at £95,000 the amount paid to public-sector employees who are made redundant […]