Search tagged defending agenda for change

UNISON wins downbanding battle in Swindon

A successful organising campaign by UNISON has seen Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust withdraw plans to downband operating theatre jobs

Article on the UNISON National site.

Prentis pledges that UNISON will stop Tories destroying the NHS

UNISON will take on the government to stop it dismantling the NHS, pledges general secretary at opening of the union’s annual health conference in Brighton

Article on the UNISON National site.

Open letter: Check the facts on the Welsh NHS

Dawn Bowden, UNISON Cymru/Wales head of health, urges people to consider the facts of the NHS in Wales before casting judgement in an open letter

Article on the UNISON National site.

NHS staff survey – More lessons to be learnt

NHS staff do an amazingly tough job and it is shameful to learn that just 41% feel satisfied that their trust values their work.

Article, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Research shows chancellor was wrong on pay progression

Income Data Services research reveals that private sector companies use length of service pay progression as well as public sector

Article on the UNISON National site.

Government publishes report of the NHS Pay Review Body

Government accepts the recommendations, including an uplift to all Agenda for Change pay points and to the minima and maxima of the high-cost area supplement

Article on the UNISON National site.

Union launches Agenda for Change consultation

Consultation covers proposed changes in England

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON sends Halloween message to pay cartel

NHS staff in Taunton and Poole stage seasonal protest against plan to introduce regional pay

Article on the UNISON National site.

Joint union statement regarding NHS Wales proposals on workforce terms and conditions

The health unions across Wales have released a joint statement regarding the NHS Wales proposals for the terms and conditions of the NHS Wales workforce

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON accuses Hunt over health service pay

Health secretary ignores pay review body’s call for maximum possible increase in NHS pay

Article on the UNISON National site.

Time to stop talking in conferences

Carolan tells delegates to make sure they take the message out beyond the conference hall to voters

Article on the UNISON National site.

On the agenda: an alternative to austerity

UNISON’s national delegate conference meets in Liverpool next week to set the union’s priorities for the year ahead

Article on the UNISON National site.

NHS staff council backs changes to Agenda for Change

Council votes to support England-wide changes to the national agreement that had been accepted by UNISON at the start of the month

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON general secretary calls for unity across NHS on pay and conditions

Trusts should stick to national agreement., says Dave Prentis

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON health activists call for Agenda for Change consultation

The union is to ask branches to gauge the strength of local support from their employers to stick with the new Agenda for Change proposals

Article on the UNISON National site.