UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Ministers wasted a huge amount on a costly reorganisation the NHS did not need. They are allowing our NHS to implode and need to recognise that the squeeze […]
Health workers across the NHS are in total support of the junior doctors’ refusal to accept changes to their unsocial hours payments that the health secretary has been attempting to impose, says […]
UNISON has stressed that the government’s instruction of a 1% payroll limit is unfair and will worsen staff shortages and damage patient care
UNISON refutes minister Simon Hamilton’s claim for trade union non-engagment on NHS pay
For NHS members the Pay Review Body recommends the annual pay award but it is down to UNISON, working with the other NHS unions, to make sure that the pay structure itself remains fit for purpose. Following on from the 2015 pay dispute we have been holding preliminary talks with NHS employers about how to […]
Commenting on the announcement today (Tuesday) from NHS Pay Review Body of its proposals on pay for 2016/17, UNISON Head of Health Christina McAnea said: “It’s disappointing for NHS workers that the PRB has stuck to the artificial one per cent pay freeze imposed by the Chancellor. “Government pay policies since 2010 have seen most […]
But UNISON welcomes Welsh government’s continued commitment to living wage
Government warned: ‘if you come for them, we will take industrial action’
UNISON health conference debate sees passionate commitment to campaign to defend Agenda for Change and improve it
Chair of the NHS trade unions Christina McAnea, said: “Agenda for Change – the NHS pay framework – has served staff well for many years, but sustained government […]
UNISON’s evidence also called for a clear commitment that the value of Agenda for Change will be increased, so that a minimum pay rate of £10 an hour is achievable. The union also […]
Additionally UNISON has called for a clear commitment that there will be changes to Agenda For Change – the NHS pay framework – which will make a minimum pay rate of £10 an […]
UNISON writes to Jeremy Hunt to put case for ending the pay cap
Seventeen unions representing employees across the NHS have today (Tuesday) expressed anger and deep disappointment at the government’s failure to deal with the ongoing public sector pay crisis. Unions say health staff are angry that ministers have still not said they will allow the pay review bodies to operate without interference, and will fully fund […]
The government has shifted on NHS pay, but there could still be a sting in the tail
