female cleaner in a hospital

Health members win in Liverpool

Improved terms and conditions for Liverpool Women’s University Hospital staff as soft facilities management are brought back into the NHS

Three women holding UNISON placards that say 'Stop Subcos - Keep the NHS public'

Strike on the cards at Dorset hospitals in outsourcing dispute

Overwhelming majority of health workers say they want to vote for strike action

UNISON national business, community and environment officer Kelly Hannah-Rogers (right) signing a diversity and inclusion policy agreement with Veolia in March in Paris, with Glen Flitton, the union’s national convenor for Veolia, and Paola Panzeri, the deputy general secretary of the European Public Services Union.

Opinion: Europe – still at the table, still making a difference

Even after Brexit, UNISON continues to sit at the table with some of Europe’s largest employers and maintain an influence

Colchester Hospital support staff vow to keep striking against outsourcing

Hundreds of cleaners, porters, housekeepers and other support staff will follow an August strike with a further five days in September, in bid to remain in-house

Glen Carrington addressing health conference

Why insourcing isn’t always a win

Health conference hears of situations where ‘insourcing’ actually means bringing a private company into the NHS to provide services

Behind the scenes of a successful insourcing campaign

UNISON members at a London NHS trust explain how they won their insourcing campaign – and the many benefits

Magazine, UNISON on film on the Magazine site.

Bringing services home

A successful insourcing campaign at a London university offers valuable lessons for UNISON’s campaign to bring services in-house

Behind the headlines, How to, UNISON people on the Magazine site.

How to … run an insourcing campaign

UNISON branches are tackling insourcing with increasing success. The union has produced a new guide that will help others wishing to bring their members back in-house

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Lisa Nandy at 2023 Local government conference

Labour promises to rebuild local government

Lisa Nandy says Labour has been ‘inspired’ by UNISON’s work on insourcing, bringing services back into local authority control

Insourcing campaigners at Barts NHS Trust celebrate final phase

Cleaning, catering and support staff at five London hospitals are now back in-house

Insourcing win at North Middlesex University Hospital

‘This is life-changing for many of us. We feel more valued and motivated to work here’

female cleaner in a hospital

Hospital staff in Liverpool are coming home

Staff at two Liverpool hospital sites who work as cleaners, porters, caterers and in other domestic services will be transferred in-house on 1 April

General secretary Dave Prentis with striking members and the Barnet UNISON banner outside The Library, in Barnet, north London

Insourcing win at Barnet council

Over 300 staff in a variety of services like trading standards, environmental health and other regulatory services, will now be transferred back in-house

Delegates reveal that it’s not all doom and gloom

Conference hears of successful insourcing campaigns – and agrees to learn new ways of getting messages out to members and the public

University Hospital Wishaw

UNISON wins major insourcing battle in Lanarkshire

The jobs of 400 workers at University Hospital Wishaw will be transferred from private contractor Serco onto NHS contracts, with no job losses