Health Care
A one-stop job shop for workers in the public health sector.
UNISON is the major union in the health service. Its health care service group represents more than 400,000 employees in the NHS and staff employed by private contractors, the voluntary sector and general practitioners.
(18/12/08) The NHS Pay Review Body has decided not to ask the government to review the pay settlement for 2009/10. They will however undertake a review of all the available evidence in autumn 2009 to consider whether to seek a remit from the Secretary of State to review the pay settlement contained in the agreement for 2010/11.Health care
POSHH (Partnership for Occupational Health and Safety in Healthcare: sub group of NHS Staff Council) has published its Occupational Health & Safety Standards.
Health care
(19/12/08) Around 51,000 NHS pensioners may be affected by the recent government announcement that there has been an overpayment of pensions.
Health care
With cleanliness in hospitals and the NHS at the top of everyone's agenda UNISON continues to put cleaning staff at the heart of the NHS team. If you work as a cleaner in the NHS, or manage cleaning teams, you can't afford to miss this top level conference. And you could also enter for one of five awards on offer to the staff and organisations who are champions of excellence and innovation.
According to the NUS the decision by the Bank of England to drop its base interest rate from 3% to 2% will almost certainly mean that the student loan interest rate for income-contingent student loans will now drop, although it is unclear as to how much by.
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Our response is based around answering most of the questions contained in the consultation and focuses primarily on those areas where we feel the Constitution could be strengthened.
(27/10/08) Staff side unions submitted their joint evidence to the NHS Pay Review Body on 27 October 2008.
UNISON has launched its "Re-Open Now" campaign to build support among NHS staff for re-opening the 2009/10 pay rates.
Interserve and UNISON reach agreement on the implementation of Agenda for Change from October 2006, for employees at UCLH.
CONTACT DETAILS
• For urgent help and advice at work to go Help at work
• Karen Jennings is the head of the UNISON Healthcare team:
UNISON Healthcare
1 Mabledon Place
London WC1H 9AJ
Email: health@unison.co.uk
• For urgent help and advice at work to go Help at work
• Karen Jennings is the head of the UNISON Healthcare team:
UNISON Healthcare
1 Mabledon Place
London WC1H 9AJ
Email: health@unison.co.uk
Recent documents
Occupational Health & Safety Standards
POSHH (Partnership for Occupational Health and Safety in Healthcare: sub group of NHS Staff Council) has published its Occupational Health & Safety Standards. These have been written in partnership between NHS trade unions and NHS Employers to help employers comply with their legal obligations. They cover a range of health & safety issues including tackling and managing violence & aggression in the workplace, bullying & harassment, stress, musculoskeletal disorders and needlestick injuries.
POSHH Standards
National debate on care and support
UNISON submission on the government debate about the future of care and support.National debate on care and support
UNISON Cleaners' conference 2009
Are you responsible for, or have an interest in, hospital cleanliness? If so, you won’t want to miss UNISON’s key conference looking at all the issues around cleaner hospitals and the chance to nominate for UNISON's cleaners' awards.UNISON Cleaners' conference 2009
UNISON, 1 Mabledon Place, London WC1H 9AJ. Telephone: 0845 355 0845.
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