The Electoral Reform Services have returned the results of the recent vote on the proposed pension package outlined in The Grapevine issue 2, and in information recently sent out with your pay slips.

 UNISON has been heavily involved in negotiating on pensions, and  was supporting a yes vote to the proposed package, which pledges that the Pensionable age will remain at 60 for current NHS employed staff, and the final salary scheme for all NHS staff will remain in place. Just under 51,825 ballot papers were counted, with 49,019 valid papers returning a “yes” vote. This gives a yes vote of  94.6 %