These downbandings happen as Trusts undertake service reviews, cost improvements or reorganisations and abuse the […]
Conference recognises that different rates of pay now operate in all of the four parts of the United Kingdom and that each of the Health Departments […]
Conference welcomes the decision of the 2014 Trades Union Congress to support the claim for a rise in the national minimum wage to £10 per hour. We believe that £10 an hour is a necessity for the millions of working people who have suffered years of wage restraint and inflation outstripping pay rises. Conference calls […]
Conference notes that NHS workers continue to see the value of their pay being cut year on year as a result of the pay policies of governments across the UK and the […]
In an attempt to address this never ending spiral of uncertainty and despair, Conference calls on the Health Service Group Executive to actively campaign for: 1) the […]
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 […]
Conference believes that NHS pay and conditions should act as a minimum standard for all employees in the health sector and that our bargaining […]
Very few employment agencies paying below the minimum wage have faced any legal action or been fined, despite breaking employment […]
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 […]
For example, in the ‘Five Year Forward View’ report, NHS England is committed to establishing new incentives to ensure as an employer that it sets a national […]
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 […]
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 […]
The costs of NMC registration have increased dramatically over the last few years. Nurses and midwives cannot be expected to bear the cost of yet another increase. Conference calls upon the […]
As a result of increased attendance at emergency departments and as a result of Emergency Rate Threshold, many Trusts are facing severe financial difficulties […]
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 […]
