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  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • ICBs aim for £8bn savings, risking NHS staff and delays
    • Enough funding for the NHS?
    • Now Labour is in, press for action to rescue the NHS
    • Battles rage over physician associates
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Why are local NHS leaders running out of funds?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Ten reasons why the NHS needs longterm rises in funding
    • In defence of the NHS
    • Would European style social health insurance be the answer to the problems of the NHS?
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Restoring the People’s NHS
    • BMJ Commission’s call to action to relaunch the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
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UNISON

Disputes over fair pay continue

Healthcare assistants (HCAs) and other support workers, some of the lowest paid workers in the NHS, have continued their campaign … Read more

Categories pay, strikes Tags HCAs, pay, Pay Fair for Patient Care, strikes, UNISON

Campaign for fair pay spreads and enjoys success

UNISON’s Pay Fair for Patient Care campaign continues across the country, with new strikes in Leicestershire, strikes continuing in Teesside, … Read more

Categories pay, Staffing Tags fair pay, HCAs, pay, Pay Fair for Patient Care, staffing, strikes, UNISON

Abuse of migrant care workers widespread, Unison reports

Carers recruited from overseas are suffering appalling levels of exploitation, financial abuse and threats from unscrupulous employees, according to the … Read more

Categories Social Care Tags migrant workers, social care, UNISON

Nursing leaders accuse PM of “false promises” in face of worst crisis

Responding to the desperate situation in the NHS, the Prime Minister announced in his first major speech of 2023 that … Read more

Categories Winter crisis, Hospitals, pay Tags BMA, UNISON, UNITE, waiting lists, winter crisis

Union boss warns Barclay will ‘carry the can’ if patients suffer due to strikes

Unite leader Sharon Graham has said that the Health Secretary will have to “carry the can” if patients suffer as … Read more

Categories Safety Tags ambulance strike, nurses strike, Steve Barclay, UNISON

NHS nurses pay rise is a ‘massive national cut’ as inflation soars

Unions have blasted a review body decision that more than a million staff should get a £1,400 permanent cash rise … Read more

Categories pay Tags NHS Pay Review Body, pay, pay cut, TUC, UNISON

Health unions criticise ‘miserly’ 3% NHS staff pay rise

Health unions have criticised the government for offering NHS staff in England a “miserly” 3% pay rise from April, despite … Read more

Categories NHS videos, pay, Staffing Tags GMB, NHS pay, NHS Pay Review Body, nurses, Royal College of Nursing, UNISON

SOS NHS – fighting to rebuild and expand NHS capacity

A powerful new link-up between Health Campaigns Together, NHS Support Federation, Keep Our NHS Public and the health unions is … Read more

Categories SOS NHS, Cuts to services, Funding Tags Health Campaigns Together, Keep our NHS Public, SOS NHS, spending review, UNISON, UNITE

Poll finds majority of the public think NHS workers deserve more than 1%

A survey has found that two-thirds of the public believe NHS workers should get a rise of more than 1%. … Read more

Categories pay, Staffing Tags NHS pay, NHS staff, pay, pay rise, RCN, UNISON, UNITE

Unions call on the PM to grant NHS staff a pay rise in time for Christmas

All 14 health unions representing more than 1.3 million workers across the UK have written to the Prime Minister calling … Read more

Categories pay, Staffing Tags health unions, NHS pay, NHS staff, pay rise, UNISON, UNITE
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  • HOME
  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • ICBs aim for £8bn savings, risking NHS staff and delays
    • Enough funding for the NHS?
    • Now Labour is in, press for action to rescue the NHS
    • Battles rage over physician associates
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Why are local NHS leaders running out of funds?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Ten reasons why the NHS needs longterm rises in funding
    • In defence of the NHS
    • Would European style social health insurance be the answer to the problems of the NHS?
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Restoring the People’s NHS
    • BMJ Commission’s call to action to relaunch the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
  • DONATE