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Ambulance workers will reluctantly walk out again

This doesn’t leave time to get changed out of scrubs, attend the hospital canteen, queue, eat, get back to work, change and start working […]

There are real fears that staff and services will be unable to cope as demand inevitably increases. 

The backlog is overwhelming and will take years to clear.

The mass event at 8pm this evening coincides with the first anniversary of the World Health Organisation declaring Covid-19 a global pandemic. UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “The government […]

– UNISON is calling on the government to give all NHS workers a pay rise of at least £2,000. – Health workers are currently in the final year of a […]

That means a decent pay rise, not a shabby 1%. "All health workers have gone to incredible lengths this past year. The public can see and appreciate that, as can many […]

It adds: “The majority of the public want this to happen, and it makes economic sense as health workers would have more money in their pockets to spend locally. This would provide a much-needed boost for […]

Half of all staff absences are Covid related

"Ministers could easily turbo-charge recruitment by scrapping student tuition fees and giving staff the early and significant pay rise they deserve. "A wage boost would work […]

– Agenda for Change staff in the NHS are currently covered by a three-year pay and reform deal, due to end on 31 March […]

Rationing shouldn’t take place while supplies exist

Updated rules reflect changing threat

Bradford hospital staff start industrial action vote over NHS trust’s plans to transfer them to wholly owned subsidiary company

Responding to the transfer of more than 700 staff at Chesterfield Royal Hospital Trust to a new private arm’s-length company this week