Responding to the Care Quality Commission’s annual state of care report published today (Tuesday), UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “There’s not enough funding for social care, and out of hours support and NHS 111 are a mess. “This cocktail of calamities is pushing people into A&E who shouldn’t be there, with patients and staff the […]
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Report highlights devastating impact of short-term planning and long-term underinvestment in health and social care
Forcing workers could be counter-productive
Brexit must be sorted but not by crashing out of Europe
UNISON North West, who have been fighting on the front line of public service cuts for the past decade, led the march
It’s time to draw a line under a system that continually wastes time and money
Stuart Tuckwood has been appointed UNISON’s national nursing officer to help the union promote and defend the interests of nurses. He took up the position this month (September). A registered adult nurse, Stuart spent the past five years at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, where he worked in major trauma rehabilitation and later as a charge […]
Dave Prentis tells Labour to stand united at conference to protect the NHS
UNISON set to lead the protest at the Conservative party conference in Manchester with the message: don’t Trump our NHS
Privatisation failed in the 80s, again in the 90s and it’s still failing today
On staffing, on medicine and even on food, the NHS risks being pushed off the cliff edge – we can’t let Boris Johnson’s no-deal wreck it
Health service could be brought to its knees without a deal
Organ donation week is now on and runs until Sunday 8 September and a change in the law will affect us all
August, usually a time of lazy days and holidays, the silly season and not much happening… but these are strange times and at UNISON, we’re always busy
UNISON is asking its healthcare members for their views on how a no-deal Brexit will impact on their jobs