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UNISON has stressed that the government’s instruction of a 1% payroll limit is unfair and will worsen staff shortages and damage patient care

Hundreds of student nurses have protested against proposed cuts to bursaries

UNISON refutes minister Simon Hamilton’s claim for trade union non-engagment on NHS pay

But UNISON welcomes Welsh government’s continued commitment to living wage

Thursday 27 October 2016 Hard-pressed health service staff are turning to high-rate loans, pawning their belongings and visiting food banks as they struggle just to make ends meet, according to research by UNISON. Financial hardship has led to almost half (49%) of those who took part in a major survey to seek financial help from […]

UNISON writes to Jeremy Hunt to put case for ending the pay cap

UNISON health conference told: ‘We must put the health service centre stage in the general election’

UNISON’s health conference approves a renewed campaign strategy against the government’s 1% pay cap

In response to NHS Providers calling for an end to pay restraint for staff, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Action is needed now to stop staff leaving the NHS. Hospitals will struggle to keep skilled workers unless they’re rewarded with a decent wage rise and soon. “It’s patients who will suffer unless there are […]

With the election upon us, UNISON considers its five key demands for the NHS – and how the main parties measure up in their manifestos

With the election upon us, UNISON considers its five key demands for the NHS – and how the main parties measure up in their manifestos

UNISON is today (Thursday) calling on the government to lift the restrictions and give the NHS Pay Review Body (PRB) an open remit so it can be truly independent after ‘shameful’ vote to keep the pay cap. Government MPs missed the opportunity to award a long overdue pay rise to public sector workers including paramedics, […]

Selling off NHS Professionals would have been ‘completely counterproductive and bad for patients and staff,’ union says

NHS unions are today (Friday) breaking with tradition and submitting a pay claim directly to the government on behalf of more than one million health workers across the UK. In a letter to the Chancellor, 14 health unions including UNISON, the Royal College of Nursing, the Royal College of Midwives, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, […]

‘NHS staff and their families need a pay award that stops the rot’