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Parking charge burden could be final straw for NHS staff, says UNISON

29-03-2022 22:52

Responding to the health secretary’s announcement that free parking for hospital staff will end on Friday, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said today (Tuesday): “This is no way for the NHS to hang on to staff in in the current job market. Parking charges will add hundreds of pounds to the massive cost pressures already facing health staff and reduce their morale even further.
“Those already on the brink of leaving the NHS may well see this as the final straw and head for the

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Fire and rehire clampdown welcome but must go further

29-03-2022 19:15

Commenting on business minister Paul Scully’s pledge to take action on fire and rehire practices in the workplace, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
“Bad employers have been increasingly ripping up the rules with fire and rehire tactics to bully staff into accepting worse conditions.
“Taking action on the practice is welcome but long overdue. Conservative MPs voted against protection last year and failed to support measures last week.
“However, these proposa

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Special educational needs provision won’t improve unless teaching assistants are valued

29-03-2022 14:36

Commenting on the government’s green paper on special educational needs and disability (SEND), UNISON head of education Mike Short said: “The commitments are welcome, but much of this has been said before. What’s needed is proper funding to put these measures into practice.
“Thousands of children are being let down because parents and schools struggle to access the support that’s required in good time.
“To have any hope of improving the system, the government

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Recovery assistants in Sheffield win much-needed pay uplift

29-03-2022 13:04

After two years of strong campaigning led by UNISON, 120 low paid recovery assistants at Sheffield Teaching hospitals have been re-banded, meaning they will earn around £1,800 more each year.
The re-banding, taking the care workers from a ‘band 2’ to a ‘band 3’ on Agenda for Change terms, has been backdated to December 2019 and will result in significant backpay for the workers.
Over half of the workers are UNISON members and the campaign proved to be an organising

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Above-inflation pay rise critical to resolving NHS staff crisis, says UNISON

29-03-2022 10:03

Unless the government gives NHS staff an inflation-busting pay rise, health workers are likely to jump ship to find better paid work, warns UNISON today (Tuesday).
Many are so worried about money, they’re struggling to focus on their work as the cost-of-living crisis worsens, the union says.
A decent pay rise would go some way to easing financial concerns and convince staff to stay in their jobs. This would help deal with treatment backlogs caused by the

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