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All employers in the NHS must play by the same pay rules

Many of these workers are on low wages and insecure contracts. “Ministers must end the two-tier employment scandal […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Surge plans needed to spare NHS staff and patients this winter

Latest NHS waiting list paints a grim picture of what lies ahead

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Fix for NHS pay must be ‘at heart’ of any workforce solution, says UNISON 

Action on retention is key

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

NHS spending over £1m a week on private ambulances for 999 callouts, says UNISON 

Over the three days, health workers from all across the UK will come together to take part in debates on a wide variety of topics […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Blog: This is how collective action works

Members taking action has forced the government to listen and take action to improve the pay of all of our hardworking NHS staff writes UNISON head of health Sara Gorton

Article, Blogs on the UNISON National site.

UNISON to recommend acceptance of NHS pay offer 

Health workers had to take many days of strike action, and thousands more had to threaten to join them, to get […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Blog: We will be talking to resolve this dispute for members

Thousands of ambulance staff, hospital workers and staff at NHS Blood and Transplant were due to walk out tomorrow in a significant escalation in […]

General Secretary's blog on the UNISON National site.

UNISON to suspend strike to enter NHS pay talks with government 

– UNISON ambulance workers took strike action on 21 December, 11 and 23 January, and 10 February. Health workers at two […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Solo pay talks could have serious consequences for the NHS

This is made up of unions representing all health service workers, NHS employers, the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England.  The unions remind […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Publish workforce plan now to get NHS back on track, says UNISON 

“The lack of a coherent government approach to pay will convince many more health workers a career in the NHS is no longer for them. Urgent measures to stop the staffing exodus must be put […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Welsh government NHS pay move ramps up the pressure on the PM, says UNISON

"Rishi Sunak says he'd love to give health workers a pay rise yet claims he can't. But he can and he should. If he doesn't, NHS strikes will continue […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Welsh government’s NHS pay move increases pressure on Westminster, says UNISON 

Rishi Sunak must now explain why the first ministers in Scotland and Wales can dig deep for NHS staff, but his government can't. "The latest NHS England figures show ambulance delays and […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Government yet to commit to resolving dispute so strikes continue, says UNISON

Ambulance workers will reluctantly walk out again.

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

A commitment to boost wages would mean unions may call off the strikes, says UNISON

The health secretary needs to set out what the government can do right now

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Government must resolve NHS pay dispute as waiting lists keep growing, says UNISON

These figures paint a bleak picture of the state of the NHS

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.