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- UNISON calls for 111 service deadline to be relaxed 17/02/2012
UNISON, the UK's largest union, today gives its backing to calls for the deadline for the roll out o... - UNISON calls on Government to listen to health unions 19/01/2012
UNISON has welcomed the support of the Royal College of Nurses (RCN) and Royal College of Midwives (... - UNISON agrees to ballot NHS members on pensions offer
Regional and national activists from UNISON's health group met in London this week, and voted to fin... - UNISON members give green light to pensions negotiations
UNISON activists have voted today to give the union's negotiators the green light to continue discus... - PM nursing announcement 06/01/2012
UNISON, the UK's largest health union, today urged the government not to waste time going over old g... - SWAST News 03/01/2012
At the Trust's Joint Negotiating Consultative Committee, staffside have been assured that newly qua... - Health pensions - UNISON response 19/12/2011
UNISON, the UK's largest public sector union, confirmed today that it has received a final offer fro... - Pension contribution rises will still hit hard 08/12/2011
UNISON, the UK's largest union, today hit back at new pensions' proposals that will hit the pockets ... - Day of Action reports 30/11/2011
Christina McAnea, UNISON Head of Health, said today that NHS workers were solid in support of the st... - UNISON chief issues rallying call to its 1.1 million members 29/11/2011
On the eve of the biggest strike in the union's history, Dave Prentis, General Secretary of UNISON, ... - UNISON membership applications jump 126% since ballot result 28/11/2011
Comparison of monthly figures show that applications to join UNISON, the UK's largest union, have ju... - Letters land on 9,491 employers' desks 18/11/2011
Letters from UNISON arrived at 9,491 employers today (18 November), laying out plans for members to ... - UNISON hits back at pensions' strike ballot attacks 04/11/2011
UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentis, has hit back at government ministers and business leaders wh... - NHS unions urge Lansley to listen to staff fears on pensions 15/10/2011
Trade unions representing more than 1m NHS workers have urged Health Minister, Andrew Lansley to lis... - Lords fail to save the NHS 12/10/2011
The defeat of proposals to limit the damaging impact of the Health and Social Care Bill in the House... - Nurse regulator clarifies its position in respect of possible industrial action by nurses and midwives 09/10/2011
Professor Dickon Weir-Hughes, Chief Executive and Registrar of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NM... - UNISON calls on Lords to see through Lansley's NHS lies 10/10/2011
UNISON is calling on peers to oppose the Health Bill tomorrow (11 October), during its second readin... - David Cameron's party conference speech - UNISON response 05/10/2011
UNISON, the UK's largest union, said today that David Cameron's speech showed just how out of touch ... - George Osborne Speech - UNISON response 03/10/2011
Dave Prentis, UNISON General Secretary, said today that it was government ministers such as George O... - Pay freeze and pressure hitting NHS workers hard 22/09/2011
Health unions* are warning today (20 September) that a toxic combination of increasing demand, shrin... - UNISON General Secretary's speech to TUC conference 15/09/2011
Speaking at TUC conference in London today, UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentis, said that the un... - Letter to David Cameron 15/09/11
Gary Hatton our Dorset sector secretary has become so enraged with the recent proposed changes to th... - UNISON turns the table on Department of Health myth busting 06/09/2011
UNISON, the UK's largest union, today turned the tables on the government's latest desperate so-call... - Update on UNISON news from the branch 21/08/11
The pension negotiations are still on going and we are waiting for announcements from the government... - Lansley's surprise support for UNISON pensions campaign 25/07/2011
UNISON's campaign against the government's pensions' proposals got surprise backing this weekend fro... - Government statement on pensions - UNISON response 20/07/2011
The Government's statement, laid in the House of Commons yesterday, outlining its position on public... - Our NHS in peril 12/07/2011
Our National Health Service celebrated its 63rd birthday last week. I think it's been one of the gre... - Organisational Change - Members Briefing 08/07/2011
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... - NHS Direct reveals ambitions to be major 111 provider 06/07/2011
NHS Direct has revealed its ambitions to dominate the provision of the 111 urgent care number as it ... - Taking Healthcare to the Patient 2 08/07/2011
A new report published on behalf of the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE) entitled, "... - UNISON gives Government NHS birthday wish list 04/07/2011
UNISON chief Dave Prentis will urge the Government to pick presents from the union's wish list for... - Government responds to Future Forum NHS report 22/06/2011
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... - UNISON President tells conference "Now it is time to fight" 21/06/2011
UNISON President, Angela Lynes, from Glasgow, called on delegates to join together to fight the cu... - UNISON General Secretary's conference speech 21/06/2011
In a speech to delegates at UNISON's National Conference, the union's General Secretary, Dave Prenti... - UNISON response to NHS Future Forum 13/06/2011
UNISON, the UK's largest union, said today that the Future Forum's report into the NHS Health and ... - Southern Cross redundancies - UNISON response 08/06/2011
UNISON the UK's largest union, today condemned bosses at Southern Cross for a lack of care for resi... - Report reveals care industry on brink of collapse 08/06/2011
A new UNISON report, delving into the running and funding of the care industry, reveals that the co... - Cameron's NHS guarantees are doublespeak warns UNISON 07/06/2011
"The public should not be fooled by Cameron's doublespeak on the NHS. Beneath Cameron's warm word... - Government withdraws AfC 'Joint Statement' 02/06/11
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... - Latest news on the Health and Social Care Bill 02/06/11
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... - Enduring Values - UNISON's vision for the NHS 02/06/11
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... - Private ambulance contract puts patient safety at risk 24/05/11
UNISON, the UK’s largest union, has warned that patient safety stands at risk, after the Eas... - Unison Conference feedback 04/05/11
Branch delegates who attended the conference are asked to complete the short online survey to provid... - UNISON invites Lansley, Clegg and Cameron to listen to health workers 04/05/11
Christina McAnea, UNISON Head of Health has issued an open invitation to Andrew Lansley, David Cam... - UNISON's hard hitting cuts campaign hits the high street 26/04/2011
This week UNISON takes its anti-cuts campaign to England's high streets, with giant billboards war... - Condemned jobs - UNISON adverts highlight danger of public sector cuts 23/04/2011
UNISON, the UK's largest trade union, today launches the first phase of a massive advertising campa... - Standby Time - Members Briefing 16/04/11
Dear MemberThis notice has been produced in response to the Trust's move to increase standby time fr... - London Ambulance Service at Risk 14/4/11
Remember what Cameron said before the election? He said that the NHS would not be cut in real terms... - Another Bitter Blow for NHS workers as pay freeze grips tighter 14/4/11
UNISON, the UK's largest union, today reacted angrily to news that the Government is freezing pay fo... - UNISON issues open invite to Lansley, Clegg and Cameron 13/04/2011
UNISON, the UK's largest health union, is today (13 April) calling on Andrew Lansley, David Camer... - Help get 'Andrew Lansley Rap' to No1 (04/04/11)
A rap song and video about the changes to the NHS is proving a massive hit on the internet - and no... - NHS goes up for sale on A&E-Bay 01/04/11
NHS hospitals and their contents including hundreds of thousands of beds, scanners, X-ray equipment,... - Patients and staff will be the losers of NHS 'reforms' 01/04/11
Just days after half a million people marched through London on the TUC's March for the Alternative... - Public poll rejects government's health reforms 29/03/11
... - Brendan Barber at Saturday's March for the Alternative
Speaking later today (Saturday) at the rally for the March for the Alternative, TUC General Secretar... - UNISON calls on South West Liberal Democrats to prevent demise of the NHS 14/03/11
UNISON South West Region has written to all Liberal Democrat MPs in the South West Region calling o... - Hutton pensions report brings industrial action closer 10/03/2011
UNISON, the UK's largest union today warned that the Hutton report will bring the threat of industr... - Clear evidence of Tory NHS privatisation - UNISON response 09/03/2011
UNISON, the UK's largest union, said today that management consultancy McKinsey's involvement in o... - UNISON victory over "NHS privatisation tax" 04/03/2011
UNISON is claiming a victory over the NHS "privatisation tax", after the Government withdrew damag... - Cameron sell off- UNISON response 21/02/11
Commenting on plans announced by David Cameron to open public services up to private companies, UN... - Government continues to railroad through NHS plans 19/02/11
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UNISON HEALTHCARE - BRANCH UPDATEFrom: Karen Jennings, UNISON National Secretary - HealthBRIEFING HC... - Pathways Support Vehicle Update
At a Trust arranged strategy meeting in October 2010 we were told about a new type of vehicle which... - Lib Dem warning over cuts- UNISON response
Commenting on news that more than 90 Liberal Democrat council and group leaders have written to th... - TUC response to bank holiday proposal
Commenting on government proposals to cancel the May Day bank holiday and replace it with a UK Day ... - Industrial dispute update 25/01/11
At the last scheduled negotiation meeting between UNISON and GWAS on Friday 14th January, the trust ... - UNISON HEALTHCARE - BRANCH UPDATE 12/01/11
From: Karen Jennings, UNISON National Secretary - HealthBRIEFING HC-001-1112 January 2011NHS Employe... - GWAS Industrial dispute update 21/01/11
(21/01/2011) Branch members in Great Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust have given their em... - Review a review
The 2007 settlement on pay provided for a 50% contribution by employers towards the professional r... - HEALTH WORKERS REJECT DIVISIVE TWO YEAR FREEZE
Members of UNISON's Health Service Group Executive have today rejected a two-year freeze on pay in... - Dorset Relief Members Unsocial Hours Concerns
We are getting reports from our Dorset relief members who are not being paid their unsocial hours p... - NHS Direct - under pressure on busiest day of the year
Patient helpline, NHS Direct are expecting a massive 30,000 calls today (28 December) said UNISON,... - UNISON members to consider 'tough choice'
UNISON, the UK's largest public service union, today (10 December) said NHS workers face a difficult... - Lease Cars update
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17.4 The rate of reimbursement in paragraph 1 in Annex ... - Ancillary Matters Newsletter - Autumn 2010
The latest edition of the UNISON newsletter for ancillary and maintenance staff working in the NHS.
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It has become apparent that some members are being deterred from returning their staff surveys as th... - Million Voices campaign
The recession has hit the government's finances hard and public debt has grown. Some are now arguing... - Rolling AGM's
In February and March 2011 your branch will be reviewing its structure and asking members to get inv... - White paper
The NHS that we know and love is under threat. The government plans to massively shake-up the NHS, w... - South West Region Public Service Liaison Group
Those of us who attended the lobby of Parliament and rally in London 19th October have been impress... - Our NHS our future Campaign
The NHS that we know and love is under threat. The government plans to massively shake-up the NHS, w... - ISA News
On the 22nd October 2010, the Government finally announced the terms of reference, for the long awai... - New Website Launched
Welcome to your new website designed to give you all the resources and information you require at th...
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