UNISON health conference debate sees passionate commitment to campaign to defend Agenda for Change and improve it
UNISON health conference debate sees passionate commitment to campaign to defend Agenda for Change and improve it
Debate should not focus only on doctors and nurses say delegates at UNISON’s health conference in Brighton
With the emphasis on seven-day working and the threat to unsocial hours payments she asked: “How will staff be able to pay enhanced costs without enhanced pay?” Service […]
Health delegates and Dave Prentis join junior doctors’ picket line and rally in Brighton
Professor Michael West tells UNISON health conference that compassion and the one-team approach are key
It was a huge pleasure to address our health conference this morning. It’s a special event that I return to each year, and which inspires me every time. Not just because it’s a great event that shows what great work our union does in the health sector, but also because it provides a crucial platform […]
General secretary uses health conference to deliver personal message of thanks to NHS
NHS staffing crisis worsened by government migrant rules
One delegate said: “As a band two records clerk, I can tell you how much training I’ve gone on over the years… “Training is getting worse and worse.” He reported that […]
General secretary, shadow health secretary and service group chair unite to sing praises of NHS and its workers
Not one person in the NHS believes £22bn cuts by 2020 are achievable, delegates hear as UNISON health conference gets under way in Brighton
Ambulance staff, including paramedics, are to be balloted over whether they would be prepared to take industrial action over pay, UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis announced today (Monday). Speaking on the eve of the all-out junior doctors’ strike, he warned they will be next on the picket line unless Jeremy Hunt honours promises made a […]
Union presents interim research into Carter Review recommendations on English NHS as health conference opens
NHSBT branches have campaigned for many years to try to get agreement with their employer that any contractors they use employ staff on at least the Living wage. Conference welcomes growing numbers of NHS trusts and employers committing to become living wage employers both by paying their own staff at least the living wage but […]
Conference welcomes the Partnership agreement between UNISON and NHSBT signed at the end of 2015 where UNISON agreed to promote and publicise amongst its members the organ donation register and the blood donation service. UNISON agreed to support NHSBT as the values it is built on are the founding values of the NHS. Ordinary people […]