22 union members in Torquay receive damages after being made sick by hazardous chemical disinfectant
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Nominations are open for the UNISON-sponsored Jean Atkinson award for outstanding healthcare assistant (closing date 21 April)
UNISON will run its sixth annual safe NHS staffing levels survey on 7 February and is asking all members in the nursing family to take part
Union steward and football legend feature in Scottish government lung cancer awareness film
Cavell Trust research shows importance of union’s support for members as well as campaigning and negotiation on ‘an issue for everyone’
Nurses and midwives warned that lapses will mean losing their registration and put their ability to work at risk
Southport and Ormskirk hospitals backs TUC Dying to Work campaign
Liz Potter’s double mastectomy following breast cancer left her determined to speak up for the NHS
Healthcare assistants (HCAs) working in the NHS are doing the jobs of nurses without the equivalent pay or education, says a report from UNISON published today (Friday). Two in five (39%) say they have not received the training necessary to provide the care expected of them such as looking after dementia patients, according to the […]
UNISON warns that move risks staff coming to work ill to avoid triggering process that could lead to dismissal – in a trust that has one of best sick-leave records in the region
Staff are ‘rightly anxious’ about the implications of cost-cutting pressure on trusts
More than 20 health unions, charities and professional colleges sign open letter to prime minister
On a normal Wednesday morning Emily Heron would be taking patients’ blood pressure or doing observations…