Dear Colleague, 2010 could be a difficult year for Patient Transport Services contracts due to a potential change of Government, hospitals forced to cut budgets, the on-going financial crisis and the growth of the private sector. Within the London Ambulance Service, Unison has fought long and hard to protect and save PTS jobs and contracts, […]
Continue ReadingOn 11 February LAS UNISON launched a redesigned home page. The structure is simpler with clearer lines between differing boxes. The ambulance news stories have been expanded and the Twitter feed has been merged with the main UNISON feed and moved to the top of the page.
Continue ReadingTUC Aid is making an appeal to affiliates, union members and to the general public for funds for emergency relief and long-term rehabilitation of the victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
Continue Reading‘UNISON understands the concerns and worries of members regarding Foundation Trust Status. Our opposition to Foundation Trust Status is on record. We replied to the consultation paper within the LAS again stating our concerns but also insisting that Unison and its members are central to the decision making should Foundation Trust Status be granted.
Continue ReadingLAS UNISON has put together an exhibition (with very special thanks to Anna Lowman, Communications Department, and Sarah Joy, Finance & Business Planning Department and others who have gave their time so this could happen) to remember the 89/90 Ambulance Dispute. This can be seen on each floor of Waterloo HQ until the end of […]
Continue ReadingDave Prentis, General Secretary of UNISON, the UK’s largest public sector union, today reacted angrily to the 1%, two year pay cap and pensions cap on public sector workers, announced in the pre-budget report,
Continue Reading“A victory for NHS patients” is how UNISON described today’s decision by the High Court, to uphold the limit on the amount of income Foundation Trusts can get from treating private patients.
Continue ReadingIpsos MORI, an independent research agency, have been commissioned by the NHS Security Management Service (SMS) to gather the views of NHS ambulance staff on a number of issues concerning their personal safety and security and related security policies, procedures and initiatives in the NHS.
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