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2015 health care conference bulletin

This bulletin contains all the relevant information for the conference, including travel booking forms and accommodation

Media on the UNISON National site.

Fragmentation of the NHS

Conference
2015 Health Care Service Group Conference
Date
14 November 2014
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 […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

Post Alemo-Heron Pay Bargaining

Conference
2015 Health Care Service Group Conference
Date
17 November 2014
Decision
Carried

Conference believes that NHS pay and conditions should act as a minimum standard for all employees in the health sector and that our bargaining […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

For the 7%

Conference
2015 Health Care Service Group Conference
Date
19 November 2014
Decision
Carried as Amended

Conference also notes that many of these members are often working in isolated conditions, and with very few, if any, other members at their workplace, and that the Service Group’s […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

Recruitment and retention of ambulance workers

Conference
2015 Health Care Service Group Conference
Date
24 November 2014
Decision
Carried

This crisis is growing as more staff leave their jobs as paramedics, ambulance technicians and control staff to pursue other work. Over the last few years, the ambulance workforce has changed […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

Establishing Procurement Policies in Commissioning Organisations

Conference
2015 Health Care Service Group Conference
Date
27 November 2014
Decision
Carried

It is hard for organisations to invest in staff in these uncertain times and the impact is detrimental to staff morale. Conference believes that following and challenging […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

Privatisation and the Primary Provider Model

Conference
2015 Health Care Service Group Conference
Date
27 November 2014
Decision
Carried

Conference is also gravely concerned with the threats to NHS staff pay and conditions from this two tier privatisation. These large scale privatisations do pose significant organising […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

Organising outsourced workers around pay

Conference
2015 Health Care Service Group Conference
Date
27 November 2014
Decision
Carried

Conference believes it is absolutely essential to submit pay claims each year to major outsourcing companies with the aim of achieving at least parity with […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

Pay Campaign – a pound an hour increase for all

Conference
2015 Health Care Service Group Conference
Date
27 November 2014
Decision
Carried

Conference however is concerned at the exceptionally modest ambition of this campaign and believe that for workers to be encouraged to take action we need to seek to regain ground lost over […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

Keep Our Commissioning Support Units Public

Conference
2015 Health Care Service Group Conference
Date
27 November 2014
Decision
Carried

Not only will this put the pay and conditions of members who work in these units at risk but it would put private corporations in an ever […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

Developing Black Members in the NHS Workforce

Conference
2015 Health Care Service Group Conference
Date
28 November 2014
Decision
Carried as Amended

The staff in bands 1-4 make up around 40% of the 1.3 million workers in the NHS and are responsible for an estimated […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

Campaign for Pay increases for Agency workers in the NHS

Conference
2015 Health Care Service Group Conference
Date
2 December 2014
Decision
Carried as Amended

Very few employment agencies paying below the minimum wage have faced any legal action or been fined, despite breaking employment […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

De-skilling the NHS Workforce – Running Down the NHS

Conference
2015 Health Care Service Group Conference
Date
3 December 2014
Decision
Carried

Previously agreed between the unions and employer Agenda for Change job description and person specifications are being ignored by NHS […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

Organising in New NHS Bodies: Prepared and Proactive – Not Reactive

Conference
2015 Health Care Service Group Conference
Date
3 December 2014
Decision
Carried as Amended

In their place we now see Clinical Commissioning Groups, Commissioning Support Units, NHS England, Public Health England, Primary Care Services, National Commissioning Boards, Clinical Senates […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

Negotiating an End to Disability Discrimination

Conference
2015 Health Care Service Group Conference
Date
3 December 2014
Decision
Carried as Amended

On-call allowances/payments - are paid during periods of sickness absence where these are normally paid at regular […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.