Black History Month Awards 2023 2023 is the year of the Black worker and in October Sheffield Teaching Hospital UNISON branch are hosting and sponsoring an awards ceremony. This event is open to nominations from all Yorkshire & Humberside branches. The event will be on Friday 13 October 2023, in Sheffield at a venue to […]
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Staff are the backbone of our NHS, with over 1.5 million people working as one team to deliver safe patient care.
From wards to walk-ins, corridors to communities, offices to operating theatres, labs to laundries and everywhere in between, UNISON celebrates the dedicated and diverse team of staff who have steered our health service to its 75th birthday.
We take a quick look back at some of the highlights of our first three decades.
Thirty years ago this month, UNISON was born from the merger of three unions: Confederation of Health Service Employees (COHSE), National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) and National and Local Government Officers’ Association (NALGO).
We are delighted to confirm that the Region’s biggest annual campaigning and social event, will be held this year at Doncaster Racecourse on Saturday 5th August 2023.
Saturday 5th August 2023
2 for £13 grandstand tickets for UNISON Members only
2 for £30 county tickets for UNISON Members only
£3 booking fee is payable.
Closing date for Ticket Sales – Friday 28th July 2023
Discount Code – UNISON2023MEMBER
Local hospital Trust announces placement pledge with UNISON On 2 May 2023, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals (DBTH) are working in partnership with UNISON, pledging to support healthcare students in making the most of their clinical placements. As the first of its kind in the Yorkshire and Humberside region, the new partnership sees the […]
UNISON was created to defend and improve its members’ terms and conditions, but it’s also committed to protecting the environment and tackling the threat posed by the climate crisis. Claire Donnelly reports for UNISON Active magazine. It’s a beautiful, strangely misty morning in this rather genteel corner of Harrogate. And as more and more people […]
Closure of South Yorkshire health and disability support service will have devastating impact on the vulnerable, says UNISON Thousands of vulnerable people in Sheffield, including those with learning disabilities, are to lose a vital support service, says UNISON. Staff at the Sheffield Case Register are to lose their jobs following an announcement by Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust that Sheffield City Council will not […]
Thousands of university workers strike again over wages, says UNISON Higher education staff are walking out over the coming days in a third wave of strikes over inadequate pay, says UNISON today (Thursday). Administrators, cleaners, library, security and catering workers – many of them the lowest paid in the university sector – are […]
UNISON ambulance workers strike for a fourth day over pay and staffing Ambulance staff working for five services in England – London, Yorkshire, the North West, North East and South West – will be taking part in further industrial action tomorrow (Friday 10 February) over NHS pay and staffing. Paramedics, emergency care assistants, ambulance technicians, […]
Thousands of Environment Agency employees belonging to UNISON and Prospect are to take strike action tomorrow in the growing dispute about pay. Staff working in river inspection, flood forecasting, coastal risk management and pollution control will stage industrial action in Yorkshire & Humberside on Wednesday (8 February) starting at 7:30am. In addition, for 12 hours […]