Their job is to advise local Clinical Commissioning Groups on buying health services for local people and they can be of […]
Conference notes that the Alemo-Heron case has unfortunately broken the assumed dynamic link with pre-existing collective agreements for pay rises for members subject to TUPE transfer. We recognise that this means that unless there is a specific post-transfer agreement that binds future pay rises to the pre-TUPE arrangements that transferred members, are now subject to […]
Many day services are operated under the aegis of local government, and are currently subject to massive cuts. These matters bring us onto the territory of the future […]
Conference reaffirms its support for the One Team Caring campaign passed at last year’s conference and acknowledges the difficulty the SGE has faced in taking this campaign forward with the Industrial action being carried out in England taking priority. However this was to be a national campaign aimed at recruitment and organising within the Operational […]
However, because there is a local and national shortage of qualified health professionals and the health service has struggled to […]
At the same time we have a coalition government who want to privatise Britain's National Health Service by stealth. Running down the skills and in […]
In 2015, it will be two years since we saw the implementation of this coalition government’s so called reforms to the health service and commissioning arrangements in England. The end of the purchaser / provider split, the end of primary care trusts, strategic health authorities, central services, and health protection agencies. In their place we […]
The NHS Health and Social Care Act opened the door to wholesale and unfettered privatisation of the NHS. Conference is appalled at the scale of this sell-off. The NHS in England has also seen a proliferation of a new model of privatisation that is sometimes referred to as a Primary Provider contract. One particular example […]
However despite working closely with our local employers across community health this was the first we, as local activists knew of this and the […]
Conference recognises the NHS is facing threats more serious than ever before. Services and jobs are threatened, with some employers using the economy as an excuse to privatise services and attack staff pay, terms and conditions. Conference acknowledges that members working in operational services – administration, clerical, ancillary and maintenance jobs – are at a […]
Despite numerous protests to the Tory-led government, changes in to the NHS pension retirement age means that UNISON health professional members will be […]
This surge in demand has come at a time when the Government has imposed a real term cut in funding to ambulance services. 999 calls in 2014 were the highest […]
The different outcomes from governments have led to different rates of pay in different parts of the UK. Conference also notes the […]
Conference notes with concern that the goodwill of staff is being abused by managers to cover shortfalls in staffing. In particular there are concerns that staff are: 1) unable to take the necessary breaks in working hours; 2) not being paid for overtime worked; 3) being forced onto 12 hour shift patterns when they would […]
Conference notes with concern the establishment of the NHS Mutuals Pathfinder Project and the selection of ten hospitals to take part in the project. A principal stated rationale offered for exploring mutual status is the prospect that mutual status might improve services by increasing staff engagement. By contrast, prospective pathfinder organisations were given a mere […]
