Debbie Silvester joined a UNISON campaign to protect her pay – and found more to the union than she’d expected
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Presss release: UNISON comment on Mid Staffordshire NHS trust special administrators review, and pledges to complie recommendations in the best interest of patients, staff and community for continued consultation
Right for Northern Ireland schools to be employers is ‘a good deal for politicians, but a bad one for staff’
Supermarkets must back UNISON campaign to keep meat hygiene inspectors and rigorous inspection at the heart of consumer protection
Friends and family test can act as a litmus test on what is happening in a hospital, but it must be part of a rigorous and wider inspection regime
The introduction of minimum staff to patient ratios would be a life-saving initiative
The Government should not put a price on justice It is disappointing that in the interim fees will still be paid, but we will be making a strong case for a Judicial Review in October
Black members in Eastern region have pledged to do all they can to support recruitment work
UNISON warned that the new 111 service would be a shadow of the former helpline, and would come under pressure to reduce the number of nurses and downgrade the levels of clinical help previously available
Press release: 99% of UNISON members working for the probation service have voted against privatisation
Gail Adams, UNISONs head of nursing, said: “This report adds to the growing evidence that there is safety in numbers when it comes to caring for patients”.
Sara Gorton, UNISONs deputy head of health, said: “The Government rushed through the trials of 111 in its haste to increase private competition and patients are now paying the price.”
Government report into pilot schemes reveals issues and concerns that UNISON has been raising
Probation members care too much about the protection of communities to see their jobs sold off to the private sector
Members of UNISON Northern Ireland’s community and voluntary branch joined a protest outside the Derry office of ATOS healthcare, the company that carries out medical tests on behalf of the government