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 ReadingUNISON¹s 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 ReadingThe 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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Ahead of the London Mayoral elections, UNISON, the UK’s largest union, is warning voters that if they care about public services they should vote carefully on May 3. The union said that current Mayor Boris Johnson has failed to stand up for London’s public services – citing cuts to London Ambulance Services, A&E wards closures […]
Continue ReadingUNISON have now published a full guide to the proposed new NHS Pension Scheme for England and Wales. You can download a copy by clicking here
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Commenting on the report into the events of 30 November, commissioned by the Strategic Health Authority for London, NHS London, UNISON’s Regional Organiser for the LAS, Phil Thompson, said:
Continue ReadingThe final pensions proposals from the government were received today. They have to go to the UNISON Service Group Executive on 21st March 2012 to get agreement regarding a national member ballot. All members within the NHS Pension Scheme will be balloted whether to accept or reject these final proposals.
Continue ReadingCommenting on the news that large swathes of police services could be outsourced to the private sector, Ben Priestley, UNISON National office for police and justice, said:
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