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Government is failing to protect health service staff from violence at work

In the early 2000s the government launched its 'zero tolerance' campaign and created NHS Protect to take a national role in reducing […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON is busting out all over – our monthly highlights

Scottish mental health nurse Gordon McKay was elected president, with local government administrative officer Josie Bird, from Newcastle, and care worker Sian Stockham, from Abergavenny […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Violence at Work

End Violence at Work Campaign The UNISON Violence at Work Charter is a useful resource for UNISON Reps […]

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College staff need training in handling weapon-related incidents

- A motion on knife crime and cuts to youth services will be debated at UNISON’s local government conference, which takes places at the weekend in Liverpool. - UNISON is the UK’s […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Library workers ‘put heart and soul into service’

UNISON lays down plans to protect service and workers after hearing of members burned out and facing threats and violence

Article on the UNISON National site.

Time to stop the violence plaguing workers in the community sector

MPs join UNISON members and employers at parliamentary launch of union’s Violence at Work charter

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Steep rise in reported assaults against NHS staff, says UNISON

“Now that there is no NHS or government organisation collecting data on assaults nationally, the picture is growing increasingly unclear […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Rebuild our communities and end violence

“A stitch in time saves nine,” she added, but government cuts are turning into gaping wounds. “A decade of austerity has cut services back to the bone […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Violence against health workers unacceptable, says UNISON

There needs to be serious action from the government and employers to tackle this. We have long been calling on ministers to set up a special taskforce […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Ending violence at work

Two new organisations sign up to UNISON’s charter

Article on the UNISON National site.

Union charter to commit employers to tackle violence at work

‘Our members do not go to work to be assaulted’ community conference declares

Article on the UNISON National site.

Liverpool signs up to UNISON’s End Violence at Work charter

City council becomes first to make union’s charter a key part of its commissioning process

Article on the UNISON National site.

Attacked: life on the frontline of the NHS

A paramedic recalls her experience of violence at work

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