Health Unions Attack Below Inflation Pay Increase

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).

UNISON Launches Report Today: Health Cuts in Each Elected Cabinet Minister’s Backyard

Just a few hours before presenting a giant prescription outside the Department of Health, the UK

UNISON Acts Over Hilton Hotel Ban On Cuban Guests

UNISON, the UK

Taxpayers Paying Way Over the Odds for New Hospitals

UNISON, the UK

UNISON Gears Up For NHS Together

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?

Climbie Anniversary: Lessons Not Learnt Care Union Warns

On the seventh anniversary of the tragic death of child abuse victim Victoria Climbie, the UK

Improving Councils: Workers Deserve Fair Pay Says UNISON Chief

Following today

New Statistics Show Dirty Hospitals Cost Lives and Money

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.

DTI Agency Workers Consultation – Action Is Needed Now Says UNISON Boss

Following pressure from UNISON and other unions, the Government today published a consultation document on plans to protect vulnerable agency workers.

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With living costs rising by more than four per cent a year, the boss of the UK

Union Says Protection For All Health Workers is a Must

A law aimed at protecting emergency workers should be strengthened to cover all health workers, the UK’s biggest union UNISON has said.

UNISON Tells Privateers to Give Back Money Taken From NHS

Private companies are raking in millions of pounds leaving a black hole in NHS finances, warned UNISON, the UK

Ending Long Hours Culture, Low Pay and Investing in Childcare is Answer to Damning UNICEF Survey

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

UNISON Response to Healthcare Commission Complaints Report

Commenting on the Healthcare Commission report into patients’ complaints, UNISON Senior National Officer, Mike Jackson, said:

Temporary Agency Workers’ Bill

UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentis, today threw the weight of the UK