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Abuse and staff shortages forcing NHS call handlers to quit or go off sick
Wage upgrade and better support would make real difference
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Financial Transparency & Profit Limitation in Children’s Residential Care Response
The Scottish Government is consulting on proposals for financial transparency an…
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Children (Care, Care Experience & Service Planning) (Scotland) Bill response
A Children’s Bill was introduced to Parliament on 17 June 2025. The Bill aims to reform the care system for
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Ambulance 999 call handlers quitting amid burnout and pressure, says UNISON
NHS 999 staff are quitting and suffering burnout due to the relentless pressure …
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Ambulance workers to take pay campaign to parliament
Emergency Care Assistants working for South West Ambulance Service are taking their campaign for fair pay to Parliament in April.
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Hundreds attend right to strike rallies in Cardiff and Swansea
Hundreds of trade unionists gathered for major rallies to protect the right to strike in Cardiff and Swansea.
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Ambulance workers in Wales say morale is at an all-time low
Ambulance workers in Wales have told public services union UNISON today (Thursday) that morale is at an all-time low.
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Re-ballot of ambulance workers in Wales now under way
UNISON Cymru/Wales is now re-balloting its members in the Welsh Ambulance Service for industrial action over pay and conditions.
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Blog: Ambulance workers will walk out on Wednesday – and I’ll be out on the picket with them
Our members’ livelihoods, and the future of our NHS, are always worth fighting for
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UNISON ambulance workers share heartbreaking stories of wait times
“The guilt you feel, the anger, the frustration. I can’t put it into words, it’s heartbreaking”
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South West has the longest ambulance wait times in the country
Life-threatening response times are 67% higher than the 7 minute target.
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A bumper year for our ambulance branch
2021 was a tricky time for recruiting and many branches across the union struggl…
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Social work staff call on Scottish Government to ‘keep the promise’ to children, says UNISON
Social work staff are struggling to deliver the services that children and families need due to understaffing, underfunding and a
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Welfare of ambulance staff at risk as services face ‘unsustainable’ demand, says UNISON
UNISON has written to ambulance service chiefs calling for urgent support for st…
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Londoners should exercise ‘common sense’ when dialling 999, says UNISON
Friday 8 January 2021 For immediate release Londoners should exercise ‘common se…