NHS and social care reform ‘doomed’ without staff or funding to deliver, says UNISON 

This is yet another government policy without substance.

No fresh ideas to deal with growing NHS staffing crisis, says UNISON 

Demoralised, overworked, underpaid staff are quitting the NHS every day.

Fixing the NHS staffing crisis should be the government’s priority, says UNISON

Another top-down reorganisation is not the start to the new year that NHS staff in England were expecting.

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It’s time to vote for your Health Heroes of 2022

Help to celebrate the wider healthcare workers that support our NHS and help raise awareness of their vital contributions

NHS staff-shortage crisis needs more than a quick Omicron fix, says UNISON  

Employers are using desperate measures to cope with desperate times. But stretching dwindling numbers every thinner cannot solve this staffing crisis. 

NHS ‘running on empty’ because government refuses to address staffing crisis, says UNISON

A properly-funded staffing plan is the single most important step ministers can take to relieve pressures over the next few years.

Health staff ‘wrung dry’ by pandemic pressures, says UNISON survey         

Findings show more than two thirds have experience burn out and three in five overwhelmed by long shifts

The jab that made history

A year to the day, UNISON meets the NHS matron who administered the world’s first COVID-19 vaccination

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

Forced jab rule in the NHS risks doing more harm than good

This sledgehammer approach risks doing more harm than good.

UNISON responds to Public Accounts Committee report on test and trace

Handing huge sums to contractors was a mistake

The student nurses who pulled together during the pandemic

COVID-19 caused a major disruption to nurse training. So UNISON’s student nurses decided to form a network to find solutions

Behind the headlines, Magazine, UNISON people on the Magazine site.
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Blog: Call 999 – the terrifying crisis in the ambulance service

We need them when things are at their worst, but demand on paramedics has been increasing, recently hidden by the pandemic. How can our first responders be helped?

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‘Now is the time – have your say on pay’

Securing fair pay for hard-working members is UNISON’s top priority, as general secretary urges members to make sure their voices are heard

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UNISON campaign to protect East Midlands NHS jobs pays off

New University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group signs agreement to protect jobs in merged Northampton General Hospital and Kettering General Hospital trusts

Government postpones controversial health data grab

UNISON welcomes commitment to properly inform and engage with patients