UNISON, the UK’s largest health union, today backed the Audit Commission study calling for more co-operation and understanding between clinical and financial managers, calling it common sense. However, the union is also calling for better financial planning following reports of a 1.8bn surplus in the NHS.
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Extra work in schools doesn’t add up to extra pay, according to a survey by UNISON, which represents 200,000 members working in a wide range of jobs in schools. The survey does reveal some of the benefits of the
Employers must include annual leave and bank holidays when calculating how much pay to deduct for strike action, the High Court ruled today. UNISON, the UK’s largest public sector union, brought the test case, Cooper v Isle of Wight College, following strike action to protect members’ pension rights in March last year.
UNISON, the UK’s largest health union, is today calling for urgent action to get dirty ambulances off the road. The union wants ambulance cleanliness standards to be properly applied and monitored, because of wide variations in the way Ambulance Trusts across the UK tackle the problem.
Commenting on reports of an estimated £2bn NHS surplus, Karen Jennings, Head of Health for UNISON, the UK’s largest health union, said:
UNISON, the UK’s largest health union, today welcomed the regional funding announced today for deep cleaning hospitals, but called for more day-to-day cleaning to eradicate superbugs.
Victims of the Farepak collapse are demanding compensation, better regulation and for key figures in Farepak to be held to account for their actions, according to new research to be launched in Parliament later today. Some 150,000 savers lost an estimated £50 million when the Christmas hamper scheme collapsed in October 2006.
UNISON, the UK’s largest health union, is today calling for a cap on the use of the private sector in the NHS, to be included in the NHS Constitution. The call comes following news that the Government is calling a halt to six planned Independent Sector Treatment Centre (ISTC) schemes and the scrapping of the expensive, underperforming West Midlands project. However, the go ahead has been given to a number of new private sector operations, renewing fears of more money going into private companies at the expense of the NHS.
Almost 1500 female low paid UNISON members in Cumbria are today celebrating the Employment Appeal Tribunal’s decision to uphold their pay discrimination claim and reject the Council’s appeal
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UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentis, commenting on today
UNISON, the UK’s largest health union, is today calling on the Government to set recruitment targets for NHS cleaners to help eradicate the spread of killer hospital acquired infections including MRSA and C Difficile. The union says that there is a direct and irrefutable correlation between the dramatic rise in the number of people suffering and dying from hospital superbugs in the past 20 years and the declining number of NHS cleaners, which have almost halved during the same period.
Local Government workers across England, Wales and Northern Ireland have slammed this year
The ‘I Love NHS’ march and rally is attracting widespread celebrity support from the world of music, sport, TV, comedy and literature. The rally in Trafalgar Square on 3 November is being organised by NHS Together* a unique alliance of 14 health unions and organisations set up to support and protect the NHS.
Commenting on the NHS Performance Ratings 2007 released by the Healthcare Commission today (18 October), Karen Jennings, Head of Health for UNISON, the UK’s largest health union, said: