- Conference
- 2005 Health Care Service Group Conference
- Date
- 21 April 2005
- Decision
- Carried
Conference notes that the Health and Social Care Act has resulted in more NHS contracts being awarded to non-public sector organisations whether private companies or social enterprises. This has led to an unacceptable level of fragmentation in service provision which has a negative impact on UNISON members pay, terms and conditions and morale. Conference instructs […]
Conference recognises that the biggest current threat to the NHS comes from the Transforming Community Services initiative which, by enforcing the separation of […]
However, it appears that NHSP staff are not paid sick pay. In the mental health sector, the lack of sick pay is causing […]
More than 85% were protesting about new labours continuing use of the private sector in the NHS. Unfortunately, NHS Logistics Members now have to work under DHL and a new name "NHS Supply […]
Conference also notes that NHS organisations are capable of improving, and entitled to improve staff engagement at any time; it […]
£5 billion was infact clawed back from the NHS. This financial diversion of funds from our public services will inevitably continue leading to […]
Conference calls upon the National Executive Council to take appropriate steps to ensure the government addresses the problem of lack of National Health Service dental provision. The shortage of such dental practices is discriminating against older people on low incomes who are unable to afford private treatment
Conference, Disabled members are concerned about monitoring, or the lack of it, within the National Probation Service (NPS) and Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) In the 2016 report “Equality Analysis of NPS Operating Model: Service Users and Staff” shows that staff declaration rates for disabled staff (and many other protected characteristic) in the NPS are at […]
Since its creation the NHS has come under attack from successive Tory governments. However, since the election of the […]
Conference believes that the policies of the current government pose the greatest threat to living standards of health workers of any time in the 63 years of the NHS. Conference thinks that the government is using the deficit as an opportunity to cut the public sector paybill rather than increase taxation to those responsible for […]
As this milestone is reached the diversity of the NHS workforce should be a theme for public celebration. Conference notes that 1948 was also the year […]
Conference considers that this would breach the fundamental principle that NHS care should be free at the point of use, and calls on the Government to unambiguously rule out any […]
They have reintroduced the market into the NHS by for example, introducing "payments by results" and the formulation of Foundation Hospitals […]