Search Results for “Local government” tagged healthcare

General secretary offers support to BMA action on visit to pickets at his local hospital in north London

The government’s attitude to these workers has been “shocking” he said and is one of the key causes of the service’s staffing crisis. Its decision that that migrant […]

Union wins praise from Welsh government minister for identifying concerns at Betsi Cadwaladr hospitals

Union steward and football legend feature in Scottish government lung cancer awareness film

OCS workers do the same jobs as many NHS colleagues but they miss out on sick pay when they’re ill, are paid less when they work unsocial hours

Local knowledge will be lost as Capita closes all but two of the existing regional offices. It is hardly […]

A UNISON survey shows that nine in ten (91 per cent) student nurses would not have applied for the nursing degree without access to the bursary which the government intends to scrap in 2017.

UNISON has raised its concerns with the Professional Standard Authority (PSA) over the ‘lack of consistency and safeguards’ in the way regulators set registration fees, today (Friday). UNISON national officer Helga Pile said: “The way fee increases have been handled by several regulators recently is questionable and has caused a lot of outrage among professionals. […]

“Proposed public-sector redundancy cap will affect hundreds of thousands of workers providing vital public services”, warns UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis

“This new centre means we can offer a personal service to the fragmented staff within the NHS, local government and emergency services,” he said. “We can also offer face-to-face contact to help ease […]

But it shouldn’t have taken the government so long to realise the huge mistake it was making. “Ministers were repeatedly warned the jab […]

The guidance will support employers and local partnerships in considering the options available to them in relation to pay and conditions of […]

So it was a pleasure this morning to join doctors on the picket line at my local hospital in Barnet, and hear from some of those who will be hit by Hunt’s planned changes […]

The government can no longer put its head in the sand over this crisis. “It’s patients who will suffer when […]

UNISON will be making full use of this guidance in our scrutiny of any future trust plans to set up subsidiaries