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Category: ambulance service

‘Managers are bringing tea to us’: inside the 111 service during COVID-19

‘On Saturday, I got through 26 calls in six hours. And I think only three were non-coronavirus. Now it feels like a relief to get a non-COVID call.’ The article ‘Managers are bringing tea to us’:...
Posted on 26/03/2020Author Unison news releasesCategories ambulance, ambulance service, Article, coronavirus, coronavirus health workers, Covid-19, news releasesTags Unison

West Midlands Ambulance Service wins back contract

Bringing the 111 and 999 services together should lead to "real improvements" for both patients and staff The article West Midlands Ambulance Service wins back contract first appeared on the UNISON...
Posted on 21/08/2019Author Unison news releasesCategories ambulance service, Article, news releases, NHS, unison west midlands, West MidlandsTags Unison

Patient transport members vote on industrial action over two-tier workforce

Members recruited when Greater Manchester PTS was privately run are paid less with inferior terms and conditions The article Patient transport members vote on industrial action over two-tier...
Posted on 14/02/2018Author Unison news releasesCategories ambulance service, ambulances, health care, News, news releases, NHS, outsourcing, patient transport servicesTags Unison

Inside the NHS’s winter crisis

The nation is in panic over the so-called ‘winter crisis’ in the NHS. But according to paramedic and UNISON member Jason Anderson, such pressures have become “the norm” for health staff on the...
Posted on 18/01/2018Author Unison news releasesCategories ambulance service, Article, fighting cuts and privatisation in the NHS, Magazine, news releases, NHS in crisisTags Unison

Ambulance staff are ‘breaking under the strain’

UNISON health delegates discuss the pressures on ambulance members whose stressful jobs are made even more difficult by cuts The article Ambulance staff are ‘breaking under the strain’ first...
Posted on 25/04/2017Author Unison news releasesCategories ambulance service, ambulance worker, Article, fighting cuts and privatisation in the NHS, health care, health care conference 2017, News, news releasesTags Unison

Paramedics’ skills and responsibilities recognised

Two years of joint union work with employers sees agreement on Agenda for Change Band 6 job profile for ambulance paramedics The article Paramedics’ skills and responsibilities recognised...
Posted on 25/11/2016Author Unison news releasesCategories agenda for change, ambulance crews, ambulance service, Article, health care, News, news releases, NHS, NHS England, paramedicsTags Unison

UNISON to ballot members at East of England Ambulance Trust over industrial action

UNISON has today (Monday) informed the East of England Ambulance Service that it is to ballot frontline ambulance staff over possible strike action concerning managers’ failure to tackle the problem...
Posted on 16/05/2016Author Unison news releasesCategories ambulance, ambulance service, eastern, News, news releases, Press ReleaseTags Unison

UNISON says East of England ambulances changes are ‘unacceptable’

Proposals include changes to meal breaks and 'late finishes' leading to compulsory overtime The article UNISON says East of England ambulances changes are ‘unacceptable’ first appeared...
Posted on 21/03/2016Author Unison news releasesCategories ambulance, ambulance crews, ambulance service, Article, east of england, eastern, eastern region, health care, News, news releases, NHSTags Unison

South Central ambulance workers win holiday pay increase

UNISON has won an historic holiday pay victory for ambulance workers in Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS), which covers the four counties,...
Posted on 07/03/2016Author Unison news releasesCategories ambulance, ambulance service, ambulances, health care, holiday pay, lock, News, news releases, Press Release, South eastTags Unison
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