How is austerity affecting the LGBT community?

Help our research to uncover the effect austerity is having, whether you are an LGBT service user or working providing services

Hospital friends and family test results

Friends and family test can act as a litmus test on what is happening in a hospital, but it must be part of a rigorous and wider inspection regime

Safety in numbers at work

The introduction of minimum staff to patient ratios would be a life-saving initiative

Keogh Review into high hospital mortality rates

Safe staffing levels are crucial in providing top quality care

Review offers once-in-a-generation opportunity for patients and healthcare staff

But staffing ratios can’t be forgotten in the drive to improve patient care, UNISON says

NHS celebrates its 65th birthday with resounding thumbs up from the public

Dave Prentis calls on UNISON to ‘redouble our efforts to defend the NHS’s founding principles’

UNISON says government has missed chance to boost care

Nurses and other healthcare staff are crying out for safe staffing levels, says union, as the government misses the chance to deal with the issue

UNISON says ring-fence on health spending is all an illusion

NHS already under severe financial pressure as jobs are already going, says union head of health

NHS staff survey shines light on fears over shortages

UNISON says work is needed to ensure staff are listened to and their concerns acted on quickly

UNISON says the Francis Report offers lessons for for all

Findings from the report into Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust provide lessons not the hospital, the government and all NHS trusts

Government ‘improvement plan’ will put more work on fewer staff, says UNISON

Comparison to Olympic ‘games makers’ misleading, adds the union

Yet more broken government promises on NHS

UNISON declares the autumn statement a crushing disappointment as it reduces NHS spending once again

UNISON responds to Jeremy Hunt’s comments on NHS staff

Secretary of state for health is missing the point, says the union

Survey reveals shocking figures on violence at work

More than 70% of healthcare assistants have been the victim of aggression and violence at work, says the new survey from UNISON

NHS workforce statistics reveal 8,273 unreplaced

Patients will pay the price, says UNISON, as cuts continue