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• ‘This deal puts money in members pay packets – and they voted decisively to accept it’

  17-04-2023 17:32
  
  Photos: Jess Hurd
  UNISON’s general secretary Christina McAnea, gave the keynote address to UNISON’s annual health conference this afternoon (Monday) in Bournemouth and thanked the lay leadership, staff and each and every health activist for their work during a “tough year” for the NHS.
  Throughout that year, the health service has faced “the longest waiting times on record, highest levels of dissatisfaction, highest levels of staff vacancies.”
  But Ms McAne
  
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• Powerful anti-racism debate opens UNISON health conference

  17-04-2023 15:21
  
  UNISON’s national health conference opened in Bournemouth today (Monday) with a passionate debate on the continuing fight against racism in the NHS.
  The motion ‘Challenging racism in the NHS’, noted that data from the NHS Workforce Race Equalities Standard (WRES) continues to show that higher levels of Black workers are experiencing harassment, bullying and abuse from staff and patients, than their white colleagues.
  Black workers also have less access to training and career opp
  
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• Insourcing win at North Middlesex University Hospital

  17-04-2023 14:46
  
  Nearly 300 cleaning and catering staff at North Middlesex University Hospital will be brought back in-house following a UNISON campaign.
  The workers, employed on zero hours contracts by Medirest, have been working under worse terms and conditions compared to colleagues directly employed by the NHS.
  The trust has also agreed a commitment to increase pay for portering staff, who will receive the London living wage from 1 September 2023.
  UNISON North Middlesex Hospital branch secretary Paula Ward s
  
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• Democracy in action, not just lip service – help run this union

  17-04-2023 11:36
  
  The election for the NEC of UNISON is underway. This is the largest election within UNISON that takes place every two years, where the whole union, every member, takes part in electing the most senior body of activists in the union.
  What is happening, when and why is voter turnout important? Here’s our guide to everything you need to know.
  Why is this happening?
  The National Executive Council (NEC) is elected by our members every two years. The election timetable and procedures were agreed
  
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• NHS spending over £1m a week on private ambulances for 999 callouts, says UNISON 

  17-04-2023 08:00
  
  The NHS is spending at least £61 million a year – over £1m a week or £167,000 a day – hiring private ambulances to attend emergency calls, says UNISON today (Monday) as its annual health conference opens in Bournemouth.
  North West Ambulance Service spent more than £15m between January and December 2022 on private emergency services, according to data obtained by the union.
  South Central Ambulance Service spent £19m over the past financial year, 
  
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