Healthcare
UNISON and Healthcare
UNISON is the UK's largest healthcare trade union - over 400,000 people who work in the NHS and for private contractors providing NHS services are UNISON members.
Our health members are nurses, student nurses, midwives, health visitors, healthcare assistants, paramedics, cleaners, porters, catering staff, medical secretaries, clerical and admin staff and scientific and technical staff.
And that's not all of us!
UNISON is a powerful voice for working people in the United Kingdom. We have over 1.3 million members working in public services, the community and voluntary sector and for private companies.
Looking after people at work
We represent our members in many ways, offering help and advice at work, raising your professional/local concerns or by highlighting issues that will affect all health workers at a national level. We work together to make sure our members' concerns are heard - whether it’s about pay, health and safety, discrimination or the future of our NHS.
Looking after the NHS
But there is more to UNISON than looking after people at work. We care passionately about the future of the NHS as a publicly funded service that is free at the point of delivery. This makes campaigning to stop the increasing involvement of the private sector in the provision of health care services a priority for us.
(11/03/2010) The full uplift to Agenda for Change pay rates and allowances agreed for the final year of the multi-year deal will come into effect on 1 April 2010.
(26/02/2010) 70 primary care sites across England are currently piloting personal health budgets in the NHS .The Government has recently announced that twenty of these sites have been selected for an in-depth study.
(02/03/2010) UNISON has developed a range of guidance briefings and campaigning materials to assist members to understand and influence the Transforming Community Services programme in your workplace.(23/02/2010) From the beginning of the 2013 academinc year, all new students wishing to embark on a nursing career will be required to be educated to a degree level rather than the current mix of diplomas and degrees.
(18/02/2010) It's a critical week as PCTs across England gear up to meet the March 31st deadline by when they should have agreed the future organisational form for their provider services. The recently published document, ‘Transforming Community Services: The assurance and approvals process for PCT-provided community services’ calls for effective staff engagement and UNISON members should ensure that they are being fully engaged in the decision making process.
• For urgent help and advice at work to go Help at work
• Karen Jennings is the head of the UNISON Healthcare team:
UNISON Healthcare
1 Mabledon Place
London WC1H 9AJ
Email: health@unison.co.uk
Devolution report
Report, compiled for the Health Service Group Executive, contains a summary of the situation in each of the four countries of the United Kingdom and how each has taken a different route in reforming its health service since the advent of political devolution.
Devolution report
Health Sector Admin & Clerical Case Study Form
Health Sector Admin & Clerical Case Study Form.
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Presentations from the UNISON Cleaners Conference
Slides from Developing a Career Framework for Cleaners Workshop
Slides from Establishing a Cleaner Hospital Committee Workshop
Stephanie Dancer Presentation
Steve Davies Presentation
Swine Flu (H1N1) vaccination update
UNISON is urging its members to take up the opportunity to be immunised againt swine flu. It is not compulsory but it is an opportunity to protect themselves, their families and those in their care.Acrobat PDF (50592 bytes)
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