Gail Adams, UNISON Head of Nursing, today hit back over allegations made by Lord Mancroft of poor nursing care saying:
Article
Commenting on the Taxpayers Alliance report on local government pensions Heather Wakefield, UNISON Head of Local Government, said:
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:
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, 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.
“Decent employers have nothing to fear from Andrew Miller
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, 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.
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, the UK’s largest public sector union, is today warning Coventry City Council to
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, 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.
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:
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
Commenting on Government plans for more extra care housing, Heather Wakefield, UNISON Head of Local Government, said: