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Health and social care has suffered the ‘most austere’ decade ever

UNISON delegates agree: we can’t have integration ‘on the cheap’

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON vows to stand up for members over ‘savings’ review

Union presents interim research into Carter Review recommendations on English NHS as health conference opens

News on the UNISON National site.

A father’s story

After years seeking justice for his murdered son, Conroy Lawrence has turned his campaigning spirit towards protecting the NHS and his trade union rights

Magazine on the UNISON National site.

A history man’s challenge for the future

Writer and veteran campaigner Harry Leslie Smith looks to the past and shares his hopes – and fears – for the future

Article, Magazine on the UNISON National site.

Councils and unions lobby Parliament over fair funding for Wales

Five years of austerity have ‘inflicted long-term damage ‘on Welsh communities

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Health members in Northern Ireland plan further industrial action

Thousands of members expected to take part in two-week action

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON urges Betsi Cadwaladr health board to withdraw maternity unit closure plans

UNISON has called on Besti Cadwaladr University Health Board to withdraw their plans to close a consultant-led maternity unit

Article on the UNISON National site.

Tide is turning against government’s austerity programme, says UNISON

The public willingness to accept cuts to public services is ‘exhausted’

News on the UNISON National site.

Fighting for the future of nursing

Hundreds of student nurses have protested against proposed cuts to bursaries

Article, Magazine on the UNISON National site.

Government’s proposals into NHS agency costs ‘completely miss the point’

UNISON says that the problem is a result of government spending cuts

Article, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Fresh meals under threat at Luton hospital

UNISON warns against plans to outsource cleaning and hospital meals at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital, which could see meals prepared off-site and reheated at the hospital

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Care for the NHS? Vote for it

Dave Prentis speaks to packed NHS rally in Leeds alongside Ed Miliband, Andy Burnham and Harry Leslie Smith

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

NHS faces threat from privatisation, outsourcing, fragmentation and underfunding

UNISON health conference vows to fight for a public, integrated and properly funded health service for all

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

NHS: Voices of Sheffield steel

We went to Sheffield to speak to UNISON members about life in today’s NHS

Article, Magazine on the UNISON National site.

UNISON Cymru welcomes pledge to increase NHS Wales funding via ‘mansion tax’

UNISON Cymru/Wales has welcomed a commitment to fund an increase in NHS Wales staff via the implementation of the ‘mansion tax’

Article on the UNISON National site.