Being able to feed their families, afford dental treatment, repair their cars or pay off debts are some of the things that health workers could afford if the government gave them a decent pay rise,...
Talks about the much-needed review of the NHS pay structure and the decent wage rise can now begin.
The article Health unions welcome moves on pay but warn against making staff foot the bill first...
NHS not out of the woods yet
The article Government has shifted on NHS pay, but there could still be a sting in the tail first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON responds to the government’s health announcement
The article Scrapping the NHS pay cap is the right thing to do, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Employers urged to ‘take real action’ to support staff
The article Stigma around mental health must end, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
New UNISON survey of staff working in mental health services
The article Cuts to mental health leave staff facing violence and aggression, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Opening the debate on public sector pay today (Monday) at the Labour Party conference in Brighton, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “For millions of public service workers struggling to...
NHS unions are today (Friday) breaking with tradition and submitting a pay claim directly to the government on behalf of more than one million health workers across the UK. In a letter to the...
Commenting on the news that the government has backtracked over the selling off of NHS Professionals, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “The government has at last seen sense. NHS Professionals...
The media is full of reports that we are in, or heading towards, a nursing crisis. That is to say, a huge shortage of them. But are we really? We dive into the data to find out.
The article Are we...