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This guide aims to update branches about the changes to Annex 20 of the NHS Terms and Conditions Handbook and to help branches to begin discussions with employers around the issue of progression between Band 5 and 6.
From 1 April 2025, some minor and positive changes have been introduced to the England and Wales NHS Pension Scheme regulations.
In 2021, NHS England produced a report called “The future of NHS human resources and organisational development”. One of the recommendations was that a suite of people policies should be developed nationally. Action 5 The national team, working with trade unions, systems and organisations, will simplify and standardise core NHS people policies and processes, to […]
Hundreds of essential support staff at Colchester Hospital and community sites run by the East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT), face being sold out of the NHS. The Trust has decided to sell its soft facilities management – cleaning, catering, portering, security, and more – out of the NHS, to be run […]
UNISON is concerned that too many NHS staff regularly turn up for work on days when they feel unwell. This is known as ‘presenteeism’ and results from staff feeling under pressure to avoid taking sick leave for fear of being subjected to intrusive HR processes. Also, staff may feel they are letting down their colleagues […]
Final call for views on the draft Nursing and Midwifery Profiles. The NHS Job Evaluation Group (JEG), a sub-group of the NHS Staff Council, has been gathering job evidence about nursing and midwifery in the form of JDs, interviews with nursing staff, receiving submissions from employers and trade unions and engaging with other relevant stakeholders. […]
The minimum salary threshold for staff on a Health and Care Worker (HCW) visa is expected to increase from £20,960 to £23,200 from April 2024.
The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) is responsible for the NHS Pension Scheme for England and Cymru/Wales. Periodically they suggest and consult on changes to the pension scheme.
UNISON’s Health Group and Health and Safety Team surveyed all UK based UNISON NHS health and safety representatives to seek their view on COVID-19 preparedness in workplaces.
We want to hear from branches working jointly with employers to support this year’s Winter flu and COVID-19 vaccine programme. Unlike last year, these vaccinations are voluntary. UNISON supports vaccination in health and social care. The vaccines are safe, and we encourage all members who do not have a medical exemption to get their jab […]
UNISON has long campaigned to highlight sexual harassment as a workplace issue.
The NHS Staff Council provides a range of online Job Evaluation (JE) courses which are delivered by management and staff side JE experts. The courses are a great way to build your local staff side knowledge and skills about the NHS JE scheme. The training is commissioned by NHS Employers and can be delivered to […]
We are inviting applications to our 2023 RCOT/UNISON trade union development programme. The main event is a two-day residential training course Thursday 23-Friday 24 November, hosted at the University of Warwick. UNISON and RCOT/BAOT have worked in partnership for decades to deliver high quality training to our dual UNISON/BAOT stewards who represent occupational therapists, occupational […]
This year the national job evaluation group are reviewing and refreshing the national nursing and midwifery profiles used in evaluating your NHS roles. We surveyed our nursing family last year to gain a full understanding of your role and how it has changed over time; so that we can ensure the new profiles accurately represent […]
The NHS pay deal agreed in England for 2022/23 and 2023/24 covers all Annex 1 employers in the NHS. The application of the pay deal beyond Annex 1 employers falls into two categories: Non-Annex 1 employers with dynamic link / automatic application Some non-Annex 1 employers have contractual agreements where they automatically apply Agenda for […]