All Unison articles – Page 6
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NewsStaff survey: Violent attacks on staff increase
The percentage of NHS staff who say they have experienced violent attacks from patients, relatives and the public is at a five year high, according to the NHS staff survey results published today.
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NewsIn full: Trusts with staff transfer plans
HSJ has identified 19 providers that have already established a subsidiary company to manage their estate, plus 16 that have told staff they are considering the move.
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HSJ LocalTrust accused of breaching licence over new subsidiary company
An acute trust has defended its decision to transfer 350 non-clinical staff to a newly established subsidiary company amid an accusation from a union that it has breached its licence.
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HSJ LocalHigh profile vanguard faces threat of industrial action
A vanguard project in Greater Manchester is facing a threat of industrial action by staff affected by the new care model.
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NewsRevealed: 'Broad principles' agreed for major pay reform
Unions and employers have agreed ‘broad principles’ for reforming the terms and conditions of more than a million NHS workers, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Trust executive director under investigation for bullying
An ambulance trust executive director has been seconded to two national organisations after being accused of bullying by senior operational staff.
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NewsUnions demand 3.9 per cent pay rise
Fourteen unions representing nurses and other NHS staff have demanded a 3.9 per cent pay rise, plus a one off payment of £800 per employee.
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NewsHR directors warn new union rules are 'complete distraction'
Trusts are wasting valuable time dealing with new legislation governing staff’s trade union subscriptions, HR directors have told HSJ.
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NewsElection 2017: Labour pledges 'new law' for NHS safe staffing
If Labour wins the general election it will bring in a “new law” to make safe staffing legally enforceable and ask NICE to recommence its work Party will lift the 1 per cent pay increase cap for NHS staff and set pay levels that “reflect the complexity of the ...
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NewsGovernment told to end current pay restraint policy
NHS Pay Review Body warns government action is needed on pay policy Ministers told the lack of a people strategy means workforce issues being neglected One per cent pay rise recommended for all NHS staff Ministers have been warned by the NHS Pay Review Body that action will ...
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HSJ Local'Festering' pay dispute is 'alienating workforce'
East of England Ambulance Trust faces deepening pay row with frontline staff Local MP and former health minister Norman Lamb says dispute is becoming a ‘festering sore alienating workforce’ Row centres on how soon paramedics can move to pay band 6 and compensation for delays to training East ...
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CommentRemoval of the nursing student bursary is a reckless experiment
UNISON’s head of health Christina McAnea responds to a recent HSJ comment piece in which June Girvin argued for removal of the bursary
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NewsTreasury cuts force redundancies at arm's length body
Budget cuts force Health Education England to announce redundancy scheme available for all staff Cuts also likely to reduce specialty training budgets including for GP training HEE faces a £70m cost saving in 2016-17 and a “flat cash” settlement until 2020 Cuts to Health Education England’s budget have ...
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NewsGovernment negotiating on employment contracts for one million NHS staff
Jeremy Hunt says “constructive” negotiations under way with NHS unions on further contract reform The junior doctor dispute with the BMA was “wholly avoidable”, says health secretary Mr Hunt claims proposed changes will improve flexible working, quality and morale The government is having “constructive” negotiations with NHS staff ...
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NewsSurvey: HCAs being used as 'nurses on the cheap'
Almost 40 per cent of healthcare assistants say they have not received the training necessary to provide the care they are expected to deliver, according to a survey published today.
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NewsSuspension of NICE staffing guidance sparks safety fears among nurses
The suspension of safe staffing guidance produced by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has left almost three quarters of nurses worried that patient safety will suffer, a UK-wide survey has revealed.
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NewsTreasury says some workers could be denied 1pc pay rise
Unions reacted with anger today after the Treasury warned there should be ‘no expectation’ that every worker will receive a pay rise in line with the 1 per cent ceiling George Osborne set for public sector pay.
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HSJ LocalFT encourages staff to join credit union
WORKFORCE: Derbyshire Community Health Services Foundation Trust is urging all its staff to join a credit union, HSJ has learned.
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NewsUnsocial hours pay would stay under Labour, says Burnham
Shadow heath secretary Andy Burnham has pledged not to cut unsocial hours payments for NHS staff if Labour wins the general election, but said he still planned to introduce a ‘seven-day service’ that provides care for people at whatever time they require.
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NewsUnison issues strike warning over unsocial hours pay
One of the largest NHS unions has issued a warning to the next government that it will ballot for strike action if ministers try to cut unsocial hours payments.