UNISON is today (Thursday) calling on the government to lift the restrictions and give the NHS Pay Review Body (PRB) an open remit so it can be truly independent after ‘shameful’ vote to keep the pay cap. Government MPs missed the opportunity to award a long overdue pay rise to public sector workers including paramedics, […]
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With the election upon us, UNISON considers its five key demands for the NHS – and how the main parties measure up in their manifestos
In response to NHS Providers calling for an end to pay restraint for staff, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Action is needed now to stop staff leaving the NHS. Hospitals will struggle to keep skilled workers unless they’re rewarded with a decent wage rise and soon. “It’s patients who will suffer unless there are […]
UNISON’s health conference approves a renewed campaign strategy against the government’s 1% pay cap
UNISON health conference told: ‘We must put the health service centre stage in the general election’
UNISON writes to Jeremy Hunt to put case for ending the pay cap
Thursday 27 October 2016 Hard-pressed health service staff are turning to high-rate loans, pawning their belongings and visiting food banks as they struggle just to make ends meet, according to research by UNISON. Financial hardship has led to almost half (49%) of those who took part in a major survey to seek financial help from […]
But UNISON welcomes Welsh government’s continued commitment to living wage
UNISON refutes minister Simon Hamilton’s claim for trade union non-engagment on NHS pay
Hundreds of student nurses have protested against proposed cuts to bursaries
UNISON has stressed that the government’s instruction of a 1% payroll limit is unfair and will worsen staff shortages and damage patient care