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Health members look to ballot box and beyond to win battle over pay

"The result of the election will at best present us with a new government with radically different ideas on NHS pay, which could be a benefit to NHS staff,” stated the […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

British people face a ‘real choice’ on health

Steve Rotherham said that the current government had been responsible for the "underfunding, understaffing and over-stretching of the NHS, with […]

News on the UNISON National site.

‘The fight’s not over’ in campaign to save NHS bursaries

The government intends to remove the bursaries for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals in England […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

‘Six weeks to save the NHS’, says Prentis

UNISON health conference told: ‘We must put the health service centre stage in the general election’

News on the UNISON National site.

Don’t trust the Conservatives with the NHS, says UNISON general secretary

“With Brexit on the horizon, the government is putting employment rights, jobs and public services on the line. It wants a renewed mandate to […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Patients still at risk from chronic nurse understaffing, says UNISON

Chronic understaffing across the NHS is putting patient lives at risk, according to UNISON’s UK-wide annual survey of nurses published today (Monday) at the start of its health conference in Liverpool. The 2017 survey found that the situation has not improved over the last 12 months. Almost two-thirds (63%) of respondents still saying wards are […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Ambulance staff are ‘breaking under the strain’

UNISON health delegates discuss the pressures on ambulance members whose stressful jobs are made even more difficult by cuts

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

NHS employers tempted to view apprentices as ‘cheap labour’, warns UNISON

The issue has been created in part by the government scheme that requires employers with an annual wage bill of more than £3m to pay an annual […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.