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

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

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

Strong and sustained union campaigning pays off as plans to privatise £75m of NHS services in Cornwall are scrapped

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

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

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

Ahead of the debate, UNISON Scotland produced a briefing to MSPs based on the union's recent report, Austerity Economics […]

NHS England remain committed to the privatisation of primary care support (PCS) services in England – tendering process is now under way for a 10 year, £1billion contract – one of the largest ever tendered in the NHS

UNISON will use its speaking rights at today’s Health Care Board meeting to challenge publicly the irresponsible and risky decisions it has taken on widespread cuts across health and social care

Statement by UNSION Northern Ireland regional secretary Patricia McKeown

Tomorrow, MPs get a chance to vote for Clive Efford’s private member’s bill to protect the NHS from the worst ravages of privatisation – ask your MP to back it

MPs will debate a Private Member’s Bill on Friday to put a stop to the worst aspects of the government’s Health and Social Care Act – and UNISON members can pay their part in supporting it

UNISON South West has welcomed Dorset County Hospital trust board’s decision to keep pathology services in-house

Striking Care UK workers took their struggle to the streets of London today, before being welcomed at UNISON Centre by members of the union’s NEC and general secretary Dave Prentis