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Fatima is on duty this weekend (17/18 May). Please call, text or WhatsApp if you’re a journalist with an urgent media enquiry.

Fatima Ayad M: 07508 080383 E: f.ayad@unison.co.uk
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Reform of care must be priority as overseas recruitment ends

Crackdown on unscrupulous employers is welcome

NHS and social care would have collapsed long ago without overseas staff

Many workers will be understandably concerned about their futures

Ethnicity pay gap must end, says UNISON

The law must change so employers have to report their pay gaps and disparities can be tackled

Job and service cuts won’t help the NHS improve services for patients, says UNISON

The government should give trusts the breathing space to deliver the improvements the public and ministers want to see

Damning report should lead to devolved probation service

Toxic conditions in the service are a legacy of Grayling reforms and underfunding

Reform councillors have much to learn about local government and its hard-working staff

Budgets have been slashed to the bone and there’s little left to cut

Support home care workers with greener and cheaper transport, says UNISON

Help needed to enable low-paid staff to make the switch

Violence against ambulance workers is unacceptable

No one should be attacked for simply doing their job.

Too few nursing staff on duty to provide safe NHS care

Staffing levels across the health service are alarmingly low on a regular basis.

Government must move swiftly on NHS pay, says UNISON

Bills have risen for health staff but no sign yet of wage rise

Scapegoating physician associates is a dangerous distraction for the NHS, says UNISON

Losing physician associates’ knowledge and experience would be a huge blow to an NHS that already faces a massive recruitment and retention crisis

Visa reforms needed to keep care sector from collapse, says UNISON

UNISON responds to latest figures on visa applications from care and health workers

Care worker career path is good move, says UNISON

Fair pay agreement and national care service the key to transforming things

Work now underway that should improve support for NHS staff, says UNISON

Health secretary announces plans to improve how the NHS deals with violence attacks on employees and to ensure staff are paid properly for the work they do.

Government assurances on NHS are welcome, says UNISON

Health secretary addresses UNISON national health conference

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