Bringing the 111 and 999 services together should lead to "real improvements" for both patients and staff
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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...
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...
UNISON health delegates discuss the pressures on ambulance members whose stressful jobs are made even more difficult by cuts
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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...
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...
Proposals include changes to meal breaks and 'late finishes' leading to compulsory overtime
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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,...