Your branch officers attend European summit Government dragging its heels over needlestick horror UNISON, the UK’s largest union, today called on the Government to end the horror caused to NHS nurses, midwives, healthcare assistants and other health workers by sharps injuries. According to estimates from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), there are 85,000 sharps injuries across the NHS in the UK every year.
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Dave Prentis becomes TU voice at Bank of England (31/01/12) General secretary Dave Prentis has been appointed as a non-executive director of the Bank of England, taking up the trade union seat previously held by TUC general secretary Brendan Barber and former TGWU general secretary Bill Morris. Mr Prentis starts his three-year term on the bank’s “Court of Dirctors” from tomorrow, 1 June. Mr
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UNISON fears for NHS Direct nurses’ jobs as 500 face the sack Patient safety and quality of care are being put at risk by plans to cut the number of nurses and dental nurses providing clinical advice through the proposed NHS 111 service being rolled out across England warned UNISON, the UK’s largest union today (31 May). The first contract to be awarded at
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We have set up a limited fund to help UNISON members on low income, with school uniform costs by way of a one-off payment of up to £120 (this is the maximum grant available where there is more than one school age child). To apply please download the application form or alternatively contact your UNISON branch. Closing date for receipt of applications is 6
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UNISON, the UK’s largest union, is calling on the government to stop hard pressed nurses and midwives from facing a registration fee hike. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) today announced that it will begin consulting on raising the annual fee that nurses and midwifes have to pay to work from £76 to £120 per year. The last fee increase came in 2007, when
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(23/04/12) “I am Labour and NHS to the core and as long as I’m doing this job I will defend it with everything I’ve got,” shadow health secretary Andy Burnham promised UNISON health delegates when he spoke to the union’s health conference in Brighton this afternoon. More than that, he told them: “If I am health secretary after the next election I WILL repeal
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(12/04/2012) Today, many UNISON members in Health will start receiving ballot papers about whether to accept the offer on pensions. The other sector-specific pensions negotiations are at different stages, although all of them will result in a consultation process with the members involved. Joel Bodmer, Chair of the National Young Members Forum said, “What is most important right now is that young members get their
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“The recommendations by the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (CHRE) make sound business sense and should set the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) on a path to greater transparency and better stewardship” said Gail Adams, UNISON, Head of Nursing, today (10 April). The union recognised the hard work of NMC staff, but, as the CHRE’s interim report highlights, they faced difficulties in delivering a
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The Chancellor wrote to the NHS Pay Review Body last December to set out its requirement that the review body makes recommendations by 17 July 2012 on “how to make pay more market facing in local areas for NHS Agenda for Change staff.” This remit applied just to England and no similar remit was forthcoming from the devolved governments of Northern Ireland, Scotland or
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UNISON is calling on the government to rethink its damaging policies on higher thresholds for working tax credits from Friday 6 April, or leave many couples and their families facing poverty. The union is also calling for an end to the confusion over eligibility caused by the Government’s own “rough guide”. The changes to working tax credits will hit hard working families who will
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