Preparation for new pay round gets underway Following the miserly 1% award for all NHS staff in 2016/17, UNISON’s health conference set out a clear strategy for the union’s pay campaign in the coming year. This includes: campaigning for a change of pay policy to allow a fairer deal for hard-working NHS staff […]
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Recruitment and retention of ambulance staff Recruitment-and-retention-of-ambulance-staff-PRB-November-2015-FINAL (Download document in full) Introduction Following the 2014/15 NHS pay dispute, the majority of NHS staff accepted a pay settlement for 2015/16. Contained in the letter from the Secretary of State , and further outlined in an NHS Staff Council paper , the pay settlement included specific commitments to […]
Continue ReadingUNISON, GMB and Unite, the 3 main trade unions representing ambulance staff are running a joint survey on Paramedic retention. The results of this survey will help us to represent the views of paramedics at the NHS Pay Review Body and with employers at a national level. Paramedics are in short supply and high demand […]
Continue ReadingThe Health and Care Professions Council is consulting on increasing its annual registration fee from £80 to £90. This affects all 16 professions regulated by HCPC. This is an increase of 12.5% and comes hot on the heels of the 5% fee increase that took effect in April 2014. It comes during a period when […]
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Staff shortages, long hours and the mental demands of the job are placing an enormous burden on ambulance workers in London as nine in ten (94 per cent) report suffering with stress, according to a new UNISON survey. The survey is published today (Friday) ahead of the union’s annual health conference in Liverpool next week. […]
Continue ReadingLong hours, staff shortages and the mental demands of the job are placing an enormous burden on ambulance workers as nine in ten (91 per cent) say they are suffering with stress, according to a new UNISON survey published today (Friday) ahead of the union’s annual health conference in Liverpool next week. The survey – […]
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UNISON is now conducting its annual stress survey for staff working in the ambulance service. You may be aware that UNISON completed a similar survey last year and the findings showed that the ambulance service is experiencing pressure unlike ever before and is having a significant impact on the stress you’re experiencing at work.
Continue ReadingCommenting on the latest NHS staff survey published last Tuesday by NHS England UNISON head of health Christina McAnea said: “It is clear that nothing has been done in the last 12 months to ease the pain of health workers. The NHS staff survey is a key tool for reviewing and improving the staff experience and so providing […]
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