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“Technology can’t provide the essential human touch needed in health, care and many other essential services. AI can’t wash, clean or dress anyone. Nor make sensible decisions about complicated care ...
Working long shifts with few or no breaks and little or no food is never acceptable. Overstretched NHS staff often have no time for breaks or food during their shifts and are worried this is affect ...
Healthcare staff at three NHS trusts in Dorset say they want to vote for strike action in a row over plans to move 1,700 ...
Union also calls on UK government to take further steps to bring about a permanent ceasefire and full access to humanitarian assistance ...
With ice creams and ad vans, UNISON forced the outsourcing giant to back down on proposed changes to pay frequency ...
“Nursing and midwifery graduates deserve a clear path into NHS jobs. But creating more vacancies for them by removing posts for support workers won’t address the overall staffing gaps hampering ...
The government must hold urgent talks to address problems with the outdated NHS salary structure and combine these with negotiations on next year’s wage rise. This is the only way to convince health ...
“Regarded as a moderniser and a born organiser, Tom set about transforming the party and in 1997 helped lead it to a historic landslide victory. In 1998, Tom stood down as general secretary, becoming ...
Commenting on the government’s announcement that the UK will recognise the state of Palestine at the UN General Assembly in September, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said today (Wednesday): ...
Israeli government plans to force the population of Gaza into a deportation camp built on the ruins of southern Gaza can only be understood as ethnic cleansing UNISON utterly condemns the continued ...
Addressing the Covid Inquiry yesterday (Tuesday), UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said that if ‘another pandemic were to happen tomorrow, the big worry is that social care would be in ...