‘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.
Continue ReadingUNISON, the UK’s largest public sector trade union, today called for Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS foundation trust to be taken back under NHS control, and called for a public enquiry into patient care at the hospital.
Continue Reading“I have gone from a strong person, who could do anything, to someone who struggles to pick up a small box from the floor.” These are the words of a paramedic, who has been awarded £200,000 for becoming permanently disabled after falling while attending an emergency call.
Continue ReadingThe latest briefing (Nov 2009 Briefing 66) from NHS Employers is called ‘Leading the NHS workforce through to recovery’ and is their view on how the NHS can make £20bn in savings from the years 2011 to 2014.
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