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• Health conference takes on a packed final morning

  27-04-2022 15:56
  
  On the final morning of UNISON’s national health conference, delegates in Liverpool began by observing a minute’s silence for International Workers’ Memorial Day, remembering those who have died as a result of their work, and re-dedicating themselves to the fight for improved health and safety.
  Proposing a motion on the international recruitment and support for migrant healthcare workers, on behalf of the nursing and midwifery occupational group, Gamu Nyasoro described how she
  
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• Ministers must adopt Migration Advisory Committee recommendations to beef-up care staff numbers, says UNISON

  27-04-2022 15:39
  
  Responding to recommendations from the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) today (Wednesday) that social care workers should be paid more, UNISON head of social care Gavin Edwards said:
  “The main cause of the care staffing crisis is obvious. Wages are too low to attract and keep workers. Care employers are losing people in droves to warehouses, supermarkets and online retailers able to pay significantly more for less stressful work. It’s no wonder there are shortages.
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• High Court rules that government orders to discharge untested Covid patients was illegal, says UNISON

  27-04-2022 13:38
  
  Commenting on the High Court judgment today (Wednesday) that the discharging of untested Covid patients into care homes was illegal, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
  “The government promised to put a protective ring around care homes. But ministers’ actions in the early days of the pandemic meant the exact opposite.
  “Covid spread like wildfire as untested but positive patients were discharged from hospitals. Thousands of elderly people died well before
  
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• High Court rules that government orders to discharge untested Covid patients into care homes was illegal, says UNISON

  27-04-2022 13:38
  
  Commenting on the High Court judgment today (Wednesday) that the discharging of untested Covid patients into care homes was illegal, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
  “The government promised to put a protective ring around care homes. But ministers’ actions in the early days of the pandemic meant the exact opposite.
  “Covid spread like wildfire as untested but positive patients were discharged from hospitals. Thousands of elderly people died well before
  
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• Staff with long Covid will feel forced out of the health service if managers don’t treat them fairly, warns UNISON

  27-04-2022 12:31
  
  NHS staff suffering with long Covid symptoms are returning to work early because they’re afraid of losing their jobs, according to a UNISON survey published today (Wednesday).
  Anxiety, fear and ‘shockingly bad’ treatment from managers are among the reasons staff gave for returning to work before they felt well enough, says the union.
  The research, published during the union’s annual health conference in Liverpool, gives a snapshot of the challenges frontline staff with lo
  
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• Ambulance uniforms not fit for purpose and may put staff at risk, says UNISON 

  27-04-2022 11:56
  
  Some ambulance staff are having to deal with emergencies while wearing uniforms that don’t fit properly and aren’t always visible to other drivers, according to a UNISON survey published today (Wednesday).
  The findings are based on responses from more than 1,000 ambulance workers including paramedics and call centre staff working for ambulance services across the UK.
  A motion debated at UNISON’s annual health conference in Liverpool highlights how uniforms provided to emergency
  
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• Pay tops the agenda at health conference

  27-04-2022 10:54
  
  The focus of health conference turned to pay on Tuesday afternoon, starting with a presentation on the current NHS pay round from Sara Gorton (pictured), UNISON’s national secretary for health, and Helga Pile, senior national officer for health.
  After setting out the differing context of the 2022/23 pay round in each of the four nations of the UK, they laid out the six core elements of the health service group’s pay strategy for the round:put pay right – an inflation-busting pa
  
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