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Conference debates ambulance and privatisation issues and discusses how to make the union ‘ballot ready’

Briefing lays bare Tory thinking

Private company Compass claims it can’t afford an 82p pay rise despite generating £1.7bn in profit and paying their boss £4.6m

But following pressure from UNISON, the cleaners have won a 3% pay rise, backdated to April, and they will all be put back on full NHS contracts in December. This […]

Workers for private contractors are the fastest growing group of UNISON members

Delegates at UNISON health conference voice their anger over trusts’ moves to transfer staff and create two-tier workforces

Spelling out the reasons why, they wrote: “The fact remains.. that the NHS is severely and chronically under-funded. We have insufficient hospitals and community beds and […]

The nation is in panic over the so-called ‘winter crisis’ in the NHS. But according to paramedic and UNISON member Jason Anderson, such pressures have become “the norm” for health staff on the frontline

Emily Heron’s dream to become a nurse is being thwarted by the government’s decision to scrap the NHS bursary

Emily Heron’s dream to become a nurse is being thwarted by the government’s decision to scrap the NHS bursary

“Every aspect of health and social care is at breaking point. And the government consistently refuses to do anything about […]

UNISON health delegates discuss the pressures on ambulance members whose stressful jobs are made even more difficult by cuts

The NHS is continually criticised by its government regulator for being in the red – but it’s the beleaguered services that really matter

UNISON urges ministers to think again after the consultancy behind series of failed privatisations is shut down

The public willingness to accept cuts to public services is ‘exhausted’