Plans to scrap specialist roles at Leicester’s hospitals that enabled patients to leave care and free up beds will put vulnerable people at risk and leave skilled staff in limbo, says UNISON today (Monday). University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is set to axe all discharge support assistant jobs in emergency and specialist medicine, stripping […]
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NHS staff likely to be disappointed with this year’s pay rise, says UNISON Commenting on the announcement today (Thursday) that NHS staff in England are to receive a 3.6% pay rise this year, UNISON head of health Helga Pile said: “The pay rise is more than ministers said they could afford, but it barely matches […]
Low-paid NHS staff are being forced to cough up £50 just to start work at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, UNISON says today (Monday). The introduction of the policy means new recruits – such as healthcare assistants, cleaners and catering staff – must pay for their own security checks before they can even clock on, despite […]
Commenting on the prime minister’s new measures announced today (Monday) to tackle hospital backlogs, UNISON head of health Helga Pile said: “Staff are the bedrock of the NHS and key to turning around its fortunes. Ministers know that all the extra appointments and other ways of increasing capacity won’t happen on their own. “Health workers have been […]
Healthcare assistants at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust are calling for the recognition and pay they deserve, as concerns grow about staff leaving for better paying jobs, says UNISON. According to the union, healthcare assistants should be on an NHS salary band 3 if they undertake clinical tasks such as observations, venepuncture, wound management […]
The National Health Service began on July 5, 1948. Some of those who arrived on the SS Windrush went on to work in the health service, and their ongoing legacy is here to be seen today, writes Gilly Anglin-Jarrett. Between 1948 and 1971, people from the Caribbean, Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Pakistan came […]
As temperatures reached unprecedented levels across the UK, UNISON East Midlands were busy keeping our NHS heroes cool. On Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 July, UNISON East Midlands despatched ice cream vans to some of the biggest hospitals in the region to give our hardworking NHS workers some respite from the heatwave gripping the country. […]
The government has failed to honour its own ‘levelling up’ promises with the disappointing 3% pay rise for NHS workers in England. The award announced last week doesn’t meet the real living wage of £9.50 per hour for the lowest paid health service workers and widens the gap between those at the top and bottom […]
Just as NHS staff thought ministers were at last to announce the pay rise they’ve more than earned, hopes have been cruelly dashed
Our PAY UP NOW campaign is calling for the government to provide all NHS and health & social care workers with a; substantial, reasonable and quick pay rise. Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, our NHS heroes and all keyworkers have stepped up risking their own health and wellbeing to support and protect the rest of society. […]