UNISON Health

Yesterday, the health team held a 'Climate adaptability in the NHS' roundtable event discussing how best health workers can build on the momentum of the Year of Green Activity to address the impact of the climate crisis on their roles 🌱🌍

Take action now to stop yet another wave of damaging cuts in the NHS!

NHS trusts in England are planning over 26,000 job cuts by 2028, in response to ballooning budget deficits.

Don't let your MP stand by in silence

Email them today: https://action.unison.org.uk/page/196025/action/1

✊💜 OUR WARD CLERKS HAVE WON! 💜✊

Following months of campaigning, negotiations and industrial action, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde have came back to our Ward Clerks, with a new and improved offer, which our members have voted to ACCEPT!

Ward Clerks voted to accept the employer's offer, at 79% yes on an 86% turnout, in a consultative ballot.

This is a huge victory for our Ward Clerks and for collective trade union action.

The new offer means:

- The Ward Clerks’ job evaluation claim will now proceed.
- Any successful outcome will be backdated to June 2023.
- Experienced Ward Clerks are expected to progress to the top of their new band, subject to the outcome of the job evaluation process and individual circumstances.
- Members will receive the relevant backdated pay
Hundreds of our members could see a significant and lasting increase in their salaries.
- The dispute & strike mandate remain live until the Ward Clerks are paid out in full.

Most importantly, this deal delivers long-overdue recognition of the vital work our Ward Clerks do every single day across NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde.

Branch Secretary Frances Carmichael has said:

"This victory belongs to our Ward Clerks. They stood together, they took industrial action together and they refused to give up on getting the recognition they deserve.

"Our members showed that when workers organise, stand united and are prepared to fight for fairness, they can win.
I could not be prouder of every Ward Clerk who took part in this campaign. They have shown workers across the NHS exactly what can be achieved when we stand together, in UNISON.”

Our Branch will now work with the employer to ensure the agreement is implemented properly and that our members receive everything they are entitled to.

A massive thank you to our Branch organisers and stewards who have worked tirelessly throughout this campaign.

But above all, thank you to our incredible Ward Clerks.

You stood on the picket lines.
You stood by each other.
You stayed united.
And you won. ✊💜

📢 WHEN WORKERS STAND TOGETHER, WORKERS CAN WIN.

VICTORY TO THE WARD CLERKS! ✊

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Calling all Healthcare assistants ! Save the date. UNISON is holding is annual seminar for all Healthcare support workers on 10 November

🚨 Summer heatwaves in the NHS 🚨

Ambulance services prepare for winter every year. It is time they prepared for summer too. UNISON is calling for every ambulance trust to introduce heatwave plans to protect staff and patients.

Read the testimonies shared by our ambulance members and National Officer, Sharan Bandesha, speaking on the impact of the heatwaves on their working conditions and patients: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gke0dvgvvo

Support UNISON's new max working temperature campaign! 🚑🌡️🥵☀️

We can’t wait to welcome general secretary Andrea Egan to the picket lines at Luton and Dunstable Hospital tomorrow.

Staff won’t accept cuts to their pay ✊️

📍 Luton and Dunstable Hospital (Lewsey/Dunstable Road corner)
📅 Tuesday 4 August
⏰️ 9.30am

👉️ https://unison.org.uk/press/2026/08/andrea-egan-joins-striking-bedfordshire-operating-theatre-staff

⌛Limited spaces but there is still time to register for the Occupational Therapy Training Seminar which will take place on Thursday 8 October to Friday 9 October 2026 in York!

📣 This once-a-year residential training will provide stewards with practical workshops and the opportunity to connect, collaborate and build solidarity with OT reps nationwide.

🗣️Stewards who attended the seminar last year said:
- “This was the most helpful training session I attended to date.”
- “I left with a much clearer understanding of the national picture for OTs within UNISON and a renewed sense of purpose in my role as a steward.”
- “You can tell the organisers care about the topics discussed and I felt motivated following the course.”
- “You quickly feel part of a wider family after attending these events. The opportunity to network is highly valued and friendships are formed.”

📋To register you just need:
- Your UNISON or RCOT membership number
- Branch name, address and name of branch officer that confirmed the space

Register here! unsn.uk/ot-seminar

Many Occupational Therapists may find the relationship between BAOT/RCOT/UNISON confusing or have seen these names used interchangeably in the past. Sign-up for the bitesize lunchtime webinar which will demystify the relationship between BAOT, RCOT and UNISON, and answer all the burning questions!

The webinar will be on Wednesday 5 August 2026, 12:30pm – 1:00pm.

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We're pleased to share that one of members in the Overseas Nurses' Network, Arlene Bautista was awarded a Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) for Adult Social Care Silver Award presented by Professor Deborah Sturdy, celebrating decades of service, advocacy for overseas nurses in care!