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• Boosting funding and pay are the best ways to fix NHS staffing

  01-09-2022 18:16
  Commenting on new figures showing a record number of vacancies in the NHS in England, and government changes to health targets, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said today (Thursday):
  “Staffing shortages are getting worse by the day. That means constant struggles to fill rotas and move people to where they’re most needed.
  “The government needs a long-term answer to workforce pressures. Ignoring targets that show the public how safe and effective their NHS services are won&rsqu
  
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• University staff vote to strike over ‘ludicrously low’ pay rise

  01-09-2022 11:30
  Thousands of university staff including cleaners, administrators, library, catering and security workers have voted to strike in a dispute over pay, says UNISON.
  The workers, some of the lowest paid in the higher education sector, will walk out after rejecting a 3% pay award from the University and Colleges Employers Association in May, the union says. Staff had asked for a pay increase 2% above the rate of inflation,
  With inflation topping 10% and further increases on the way, the award effecti
  
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