London Ambulance Service appoints new Chief Executive
The London Ambulance Service has today announced the appointment of Ann Radmore as the organisation’s new Chief Executive.
Continue ReadingMarch for a future that works – Sat 20 October
On 20 October hundreds of thousands of people will gather in central London to march for a future that works. They’ll be taking to the streets because they believe that government spending cuts and privatisation are not the way to get us out of recession. Instead, these cuts are standing in the way of delivering […]
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We have updated our privacy policy and introduced a new cookies information page due to the introduction of the new EU cookie law (e-Privacy Directive) The law which applies to how you use cookies and similar technologies for storing information on a user’s equipment such as their computer or mobile device changed on 26 May […]
Continue ReadingNew Website and Mobile App
This week at the UNISON National Delegate Conference we were given a sneak preview of the brand new UNISON website and mobile phone app.
Continue ReadingMOBILE APPS PROJECT LAUNCHED
The London Ambulance Service, in partnership with UNISON, has recently been awarded funding to build mobile applications, or „apps‟, to benefit Service staff.
Continue ReadingJoint statement from Unison and GMB regarding the Response Time Clock Start Changes to be announced on 16th May 2012
Both Unison and GMB welcome the changes to the clock start announced today. The changes will maintain and ultimately improve the response times for the most critically ill and injured patients. In addition they will give our control room staff up to an additional 60 secs to gain more information from 999 callers to ensure […]
Continue ReadingUNISON NHS PENSION BALLOT RESULT - INCONCLUSIVE
UNISON¹s consultative ballot of its health members in England, Wales and Northern Ireland on changes to the NHS pension scheme, returned a low turnout of 14.8% of those eligible to vote.
Continue ReadingAnnual leave during the Olympic and Paralympic Games
The HR bulletin issued on the 28 March 2012 advised staff of the need to put annual leave requests ‘on hold’ in order to assess the overall resourcing needs over the Games period for all staff in the Service. Following discussions with UNISON it has been agreed that annual leave can now be allocated in […]
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