UNISON says the decisions are being taken on ministers’ watch and they cannot hide behind NHS England. It’s urging the government to make it clear that NHS England shouldn’t be trying to offload ...

Green UNISON Week, in September, is an ideal opportunity to lay the seeds for the union's 2026 Year of Green Activity ...

UNISON’s national executive council (NEC) met yesterday and agreed to nominate Christina McAnea in the forthcoming general secretary election. Christina ...

Commenting on the publication of the government’s Sentencing Bill, including “intensive supervision” requirements for probation officers and a major expansion in offender tagging, UNISON general ...

A probation hostel manager has won a significant employment tribunal, confirming the hours he spent on standby were working time and should be compensated with rest periods, says UNISON today (Friday) ...

Mental health services have been underfunded and sidelined for far too long. “But leaving the NHS with an increased reliance on private firms for these services is a false ec ...

NHS staff in England are far from happy with this year’s pay rise and many are prepared to take strike action to challenge it, says UNISON today (Wednesday). Seven in ten (70%) of UNISON members who ...

Reacting to the death of Tom Sawyer, who was deputy general secretary of the National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) before it merged to form UNISON, general secretary Christina McAnea said: “This ...

Commenting on the publication today (Wednesday) of the Leng review into the safety and contribution of physician associates and anaesthesia associates, UNISON head of health Helga Pile said: “By ...

Responding to a report from the Health Foundation published today (Thursday) suggesting that care home staff are twice as likely to live in poverty as the average UK worker, UNISON general secretary ...

UNISON has welcomed the government’s newly published ‘road map’ for the implementation of the Employment Rights Bill (ERB) in Great Britain, adding that its game-changing changes to working lives “can ...

Last Friday marked 100 days of strike for phlebotomists at Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General hospitals. Phlebotomists are specialist health workers who take and handle patient blood samples ...