Commenting on the latest Home Office asylum and visa figures published today (Thursday), UNISON head of social care Gavin Edwards said: “Workers from overseas are propping up the UK’s social care sector. They play... read more →
Photos: Steve Forrest, Workers’ Photos The final session of UNISON’s annual health conference, held in Liverpool, saw a set of motions on resisting privatisation and two emergency motions concerning the... read more →
Images: Steve Forrest, Workers’ Photos The unique challenges faced by different occupations were debated at UNISON’s national health conference in Liverpool this week. A set of motions addressed this in... read more →
Pictured above: UNISON national business, community and environment officer Kelly Hannah-Rogers (right) signing a diversity and inclusion policy agreement with Veolia in March, in Paris, with Glen Flitton, the union’s... read more →
Wes Streeting, secretary of state for health and social care, addressed UNISON’s national health conference on Wednesday morning. He started by noting that he was the first health and social... read more →
Commenting on new measures to boost the status and careers of social care workers announced by health secretary Wes Streeting at UNISON’s annual health conference in Liverpool today (Wednesday), the... read more →
Proposed improvements to the way the NHS records and deals with violent attacks on staff should ensure greater accountability where trusts are failing to address this worrying trend, says UNISON today (Wednesday).... read more →
Commenting on the keynote speech given by health secretary Wes Streeting to UNISON’s annual health conference in Liverpool today (Wednesday), general secretary Christina McAnea said: “It’s reassuring to hear the health secretary affirm his... read more →
Health conference paused to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day (28 April) on Wednesday morning. Tanya Pretswell, chair of the health service group executive, read a statement. She said: “UNISON are... read more →
A standalone motion at health conference on Tuesday afternoon cast ahead to UNISON’s 2026 Year of Green Activity. The motion on ‘maintaining our commitment to a greener NHS’ was moved... read more →