Successful strike action in Wiltshire and North Devon has secured a minimum £1,655 lump sum bonus for health workers
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President and service group chair welcome delegates and introduce this year’s key themes
New awards will honour members working in non-clinical support and operational services
A victory in UNISON’s campaign for nutritious and affordable food for hospital workers
Workers should stay within NHS, survey shows
Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Andrea Sutcliffe praises the new members of the register – and launches development of five-year strategy at health conference
Belfast ward housekeeper and UNISON member named ‘operational support worker of the year’ at prestigious awards ceremony
MPs voice cross-party support for protecting the rights of all five million EU and UK citizens threatened by Brexit
‘I’ve never had to go on strike before, but we’re all standing together and I’m not scared’ – hospital domestic Andrea Lea
Outsourced ‘subco’ workers reject latest pay offer as still below NHS pay
Outsourced staff were transferred back in house two years ago, but kept on minimum wage
Strike by ‘subco’ staff will start on 11 October
Industrial action vote follows offer of 2% – well below Agenda for Change agreement – for workers transferred to NHS subco
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys trust becomes latest to abandon plans to transfer staff to private wholly owned subsidiary company
UNISON warns that outsourcing hospital staff will create two-tier workforce as trust starts a month of consultations