Unions representing nurses, physiotherapists, radiographers, paramedics, occupational therapists and other NHS professionals expressed their disappointment at the staged, 2.5% pay increase announced today (1 March).
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Just a few hours before presenting a giant prescription outside the Department of Health, the UK
UNISON, the UK
UNISON, the UK
Question: What do you get when you mix 92,640 balloons with 1,900 waving flags, 7,000 paddles, 3,600 people blowing whistles and dishing out 273,000 stickers add 70 banners to march behind and 3,000 scarves and 140 umbrellas to keep warm and dry?
On the seventh anniversary of the tragic death of child abuse victim Victoria Climbie, the UK
Following today
Lives would be saved and the £1bn cost of hospital acquired infections (HAIs) cut by the introduction of higher quality cleaning said UNISON, the UKÕs largest health union today (22 February). The union is calling for stricter measures to prevent patients becoming infected by requiring all hospitals to set safe minimum staffing levels for their cleaning services.
Following pressure from UNISON and other unions, the Government today published a consultation document on plans to protect vulnerable agency workers.
With living costs rising by more than four per cent a year, the boss of the UK
A law aimed at protecting emergency workers should be strengthened to cover all health workers, the UK’s biggest union UNISON has said.
Private companies are raking in millions of pounds leaving a black hole in NHS finances, warned UNISON, the UK
Low pay, the long hours culture and the lack of accessible quality childcare are key factors in the UK coming bottom of the UNICEF league table on children
Commenting on the Healthcare Commission report into patients’ complaints, UNISON Senior National Officer, Mike Jackson, said:
UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentis, today threw the weight of the UK