Baroness Lawrence joined UNISON head of health Helga Pile in conversation to discuss racism in healthcare and wider society, and why we need to decolonise education and support young people
2026 national health conference
Staff are already under intense strain from workforce cuts
UNISON’s national health conference passes a range of motions aimed at winning better pay, terms and conditions
Health conference passes several motions committing the union to strengthen its support, protection and advocacy for migrant workers in the health service
Health workers need proper support to cope with the pressures they face
UNISON health delegates urged to use their ‘superpower’ in greening the NHS
Delegates debate the shocking frequency of sexual harassment in the NHS – and how to support members who experience it
Ministers must look again at plans to change how people can settle in the UK
‘Healthcare assistants have contributed to the growth of our union’
‘Staff are our health service. To invest in you is to invest in the NHS’
‘UNISON is capable of winning both industrially and politically’ Edinburgh delegates are told
One in seven NHS staff were physically assaulted doing their job