UNISON Response To Slur On Nurses

Gail Adams, UNISON Head of Nursing, today hit back over allegations made by Lord Mancroft of poor nursing care saying:

UNISON comments on Taxpayers Alliance Report

Commenting on the Taxpayers Alliance report on local government pensions Heather Wakefield, UNISON Head of Local Government, said:

UNISON Calls on BMA to Recommend Agenda For Change Following NAO Report

Commenting on the National Audit Office report highlighting a 58% increase in GP salaries over the past three years, Karen Jennings, UNISON Head of Health said:

Cleaner Hospitals Demand More Cleaners

UNISON, the UK’s largest public service union, today said called for a recruitment drive for NHS cleaners to raise hospital cleaning standards. The union welcomed the

UNISON Challenges Government Over Taxes for Migrants

UNISON, the UK’s leading public service union, today challenged the government over plans to force UK immigrants to pay added charges for the public services they use.

UNISON Challenges CBI on Claims That Temporary and Agency Private Members Bill Will Cause Job Loses

“Decent employers have nothing to fear from Andrew Miller

British Gas Greedy and Their Profits Obscene

Dave Prentis, General Secretary of UNISON, the UK’s largest public sector, today branded British Gas as greedy and their 500% profit increase obscene, he said:

UNISON Challenges Government Over Well Notes for Employees

UNISON, the UK’s leading public sector union, said today we need more investigation into the concept of well notes before they are introduced. We welcome the recognition that more needs to be done to get people on long term sick back into work.

Energy Unions Call Record Profits a Scandal

Customers should not be paying massive energy bills, when energy companies are making windfall profits, said UNISON and GMB, the largest unions in the energy sector today. The unions are calling for an Inquiry into the energy market ahead of the expected windfall profits to be announced by Centrica and British Gas tomorrow (21 February).

UNISON Calls on Coventry City Council to Face Equal Pay Facts

UNISON, the UK’s largest public sector union, is today warning Coventry City Council to

A Nurses’ Place is by the Bedside

An all graduate profession will not deliver better patient care and is not the future for nursing warned UNISON, the UK’s largest health union, today (15 February). UNISON’s response to the latest DOH and Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) consultations* on nurse training found that the overwhelming majority of nurses see their place as by the bedside.

UNISON Calls for End to Needlestick Agony

UNISON, the UK’s largest public sector union, is today calling on NHS Employers to banish the agony of needlestick injuries (NSI) for good, by making safer needles compulsory across the health service. The call comes in the wake of the tragic death of gifted nurse, Juliet Young, who contracted HIV from a needlestick injury while working at the Maudsley Mental Health Hospital in London.

Violence in Mental Health Units – UNISON Reaction

Commenting on the joint Healthcare Commission and Royal College of Psychiatrists report into assaults on nurses working on mental health wards, Gail Adams, UNISON Head of Nursing, said:

UNISON Hosts International HIV/AIDS Conference

Next week leading public service trade unionists from southern African nations will visit UNISON to draw up plans to help HIV/AIDS workers. The HIV/AIDS pandemic has a sharp Southern African focus

Plans for More Extra Care Housing – UNISON Comments

Commenting on Government plans for more extra care housing, Heather Wakefield, UNISON Head of Local Government, said: