All Unite articles – Page 6
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NewsReforms will destroy the NHS, claims Unite
Hospitals will close, tens of thousands of jobs will be axed and health services will become more expensive under the government’s radical NHS reforms, the country’s biggest union has warned.
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NewsPoll reveals public mistrust of reforms
Just one in four people support GPs using private companies to provide NHS services, one of the key measures of the government’s health reforms, the results of a new poll suggest.
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NewsChiefs urge further talks as unions reject pay deal
Trusts are hoping to continue talks on a proposal to freeze pay increments and offer greater job security for staff despite it being dismissed by the main health unions involved.
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NewsNurses cynical about increment freeze offer
More than 80 per cent of nurses believe their trust would fail to honour a proposed deal not to make compulsory redundancies over the next two years if they agreed to forego a pay rise, according to an poll by HSJ’s sister title Nursing Times.
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NewsNHS staff not entitled to royal wedding holiday
NHS staff are not legally entitled to take the extra national public holiday announced by the government to celebrate the royal wedding, HSJ’s sister title Nursing Times has found.
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NewsSHAs to set senior managers' pay at aspirant CFTs
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson’s decision to leave aspirant community foundation trust pay decisions with strategic health authorities could be a barrier to appointments, unions have warned.
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NewsMental health hit by integration issues
Mental health patients are failing to benefit from personal care budgets because of poor inter-agency working.
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NewsCouncils 'lagging' on social care personal budgets plan
Local authorities face a major challenge to implement personal budgets for social care with some already “lagging behind”, an Audit Commission report has warned.
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NewsUnion launches anti-white paper campaign
The union Unite has launched a campaign against the government’s white paper, which it says has no “democratic mandate” and represent the most significant move yet towards privatisation.
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NewsNurses say pension cuts may mean strike action
More than half of nurses and midwives will consider industrial action if the terms of their pension scheme are worsened, a survey by HSJ’s sister title Nursing Times has revealed.