Search tagged nursing

Overworked and underpaid nurses ‘make a stand’

Head of nursing Gail Adams explains why UNISON nurses should pull out the stops and take action over pay

Article on the UNISON National site.

NMC council has vacancies to fill

The NMC is seeking two people to join its council. The deadline for applications is 12pm, 2 February 2015

Article on the UNISON National site.

Can you help with NMC revalidation pilots?

Do you work in a NMC revalidation pilot site and could you help UNISON to monitor them?

Article on the UNISON National site.

New year, new NMC code of conduct

The NMC is set to publish a revised code of conduct in the new year

Article on the UNISON National site.

‘Together, they will hear us roar’

UNISON head of nursing Gail Adams has a Christmas message to nurses, midwives, health visitors and healthcare assistants

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON member wins nursing award

UNISON member Marie-Therese McDermott receives award for excellence at All Ireland nursing conference

Article on the UNISON National site.

Second jobs and in-work benefits the norm for school support staff, reveals survey

We desperately need school support workers to have their responsibilities recognised in their pay and conditions

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON health workers take second week of industrial action

“The anger is spreading and so is the public support for health workers’ cause. The strength of feeling is far from fading and the dispute far from going away.” says Dave Prentis

Article, Press release on the UNISON National site.

UNISON survey shows NHS staff are overworked and underpaid

the survey reveals workers are working harder and longer hours for free to make up for the staff shortages.

Article, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Nurses rarely take action, but when they do they win

UNISON head of nursing calls on ‘overworked and underpaid’ members to strike on 24 November

Article on the UNISON National site.

Health members to stage second four-hour stoppage as pay row escalates

UNISON members working in the NHS in England will stage a four-hour stoppage between 7am and 11am on Monday 24 November followed by a week of action short of strike action

Article on the UNISON National site.

Welsh NHS strike date set for Monday 10 November

UNISON Cymru/Wales has announced that NHS Wales staff will take strike action 10 November over pay, followed by four days of action short of strike action

Article on the UNISON National site.

NHS workers in Wales vote to strike over pay

UNISON’s NHS workers in Wales have voted overwhelmingly to take strike action over this year’s pay offer in a formal ballot that closed today

Article on the UNISON National site.

Two thirds of staff have considered leaving the NHS

Survey of nearly 30,000 union members working in the NHS, including cleaners, radiographers, nurses and senior managers, reveals how workers are feeling the strain as more than a third of respondents work unpaid overtime

Article, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Messages of support for NHS pay action

UNISON has received many messages of support for the week of NHS action on fair pay this week

Article on the UNISON National site.