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• Health conference: Divided we fall

  09-04-2024 18:13
  
  The debate on Agenda for Change pay merged into terms and conditions as business continued into the afternoon at health conference in Brighton.
  Paying to work
  First up were a group of motions that explored the various ways in which health workers are losing out financially in the course of their work. This included paying for their own uniforms, DBS checks, paying for hospital parking – with one delegate even saying her employer asked for staff to pay for their key-fobs.
  Elsewhere motions
  
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• Health: ‘The government treats us like April fools’ on pay

  09-04-2024 17:02
  
  Business at health conference turned to pay on Tuesday morning.
  First, conference discussed an emergency motion on NHS pay 2024-25. The motion pointed out that once again, the government has failed to conduct annual pay reviews in a timely fashion.
  Moving the motion, James Anthony of the SGE said: “Like clockwork, in April, everything goes up. Bills council tax, everything. Except, like clockwork, NHS pay.
  “Once again the government treats us like April fools.”
  He highlighted t
  
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• Health workers deserve better than this government

  09-04-2024 12:33
  
  Speaking to delegates gathered at UNISON’s annual health conference in Brighton today (Tuesday), UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
  “The government’s promised but not delivered on the NHS. Its legacy will be crumbling hospital estates, outdated equipment, appalling waiting lists and NHS staff at their wits’ ends.
  “Investment’s been drained for 14 years, capacity’s tumbling and workforce stress is ratcheting up.
  “It’s no
  
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• Opinion: Every day, UNISON is fighting for our NHS

  09-04-2024 12:28
  
  I’ve just delivered my speech to UNISON’s health members at their annual gathering in Brighton. I spoke about the immense pressures on NHS staff – caring for more patients, with fewer staff, in less time. But I also spoke about the support UNISON gives them to find their voice and help drive through the campaigns that matter most to them.
  It’s always important for me to remind our members that UNISON is standing by them, backing them up and fighting their corner. That&rsq
  
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• Blog: This is what neglecting our NHS looks like

  09-04-2024 12:28
  
  I’ve just delivered my speech to UNISON’s health members at their annual gathering in Brighton. I spoke about the immense pressures on NHS staff – caring for more patients, with fewer staff, in less time. But I also spoke about the support UNISON gives them to find their voice and help drive through the campaigns that matter most to them.
  It’s always important for me to remind our members that UNISON is standing by them, backing them up and fighting their corner. That&rsq
  
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• Christina McAnea leads applause for successful UNISON strikers

  09-04-2024 12:17
  
  There’s power in the union – particularly if that union is UNISON. That was the message at the heart of a speech this morning from general secretary Christina McAnea to UNISON’s national health service group conference in Brighton.
  “Look at all you’ve achieved in the past 12 months”, she told delegates.
  “Forty-two re-banding deals done across England and Scotland in our Pay Fair for Patient Care campaign. £70 million in back pay – a
  
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• Conference stands with Palestinian health workers

  09-04-2024 11:35
  
  Health conference reopened in Brighton yesterday afternoon with a speech from campaigns and advocacy advisor for Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), Richard Pyle (pictured, below).
  Detailing the harrowing situation on the ground in Gaza, he opened saying: “2024 marks 40 years since the founding of MAP – we had hoped to celebrate the organisation’s achievements.”
  Instead, the organisation is responding to one of the gravest situations Palestinians have ever faced.
  He told
  
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