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• Why insourcing isn’t always a win

  10-04-2024 17:37
  
  On the final day of UNISON’s health conference, delegates heard a series of debates on defending the NHS against privatisation.
  Tam Hiddleston for the service group executive warned that, while “we invariably think of insourcing as a positive,” some insourcing “is about private operators being brought into the NHS.”
  UNISON needs to be very careful to monitor “any wider implications for Agenda for Change pay and conditions,” he continued.
  Chris from Londo
  
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• Delegates support calls on wellbeing and health and safety

  10-04-2024 11:31
  
  Delegates to UNISON’s health conference debated a series of motions under the collective heading of health, safety and wellbeing, on Monday and Tuesday afternoons.
  “Let’s commit to fostering a workplace where every woman feels valued,” said Susan Parkinson (pictured above).
  Moving a motion on women’s mental health at work for the national women’s committee, she explained that women experience higher levels of mental health problems than men.
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• Let more NHS staff work flexibly to help solve staffing crisis

  10-04-2024 08:26
  
  NHS managers should do more to allow staff to work in flexible ways, including having more control over shift patterns or doing compressed hours*, says UNISON today (Wednesday).
  Data from a new UNISON survey** shows a significant proportion of healthcare workers are not being given the alternative work patterns they’ve asked for.
  The survey found two-thirds (65%) of women employed in healthcare across the UK who’ve asked for different work arrangements had their requests&nb
  
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