Health

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UNISON is the UK’s largest health union. Over 400,000 members work for the NHS and for private contractors providing NHS services.

More than 60,000 UNISON members work in the NHS in Scotland. Our members working in the health service include nurses, student nurses, midwives, health visitors, healthcare assistants, paramedics, occupational therapists, cleaners, porters, catering staff, medical secretaries, clerical and admin staff and scientific and technical staff.

How we organise – Standing up for Scotland’s health service workers

UNISON organisers and activists work together to make sure our members’ concerns are heard – whether it’s about pay, health and safety, discrimination or the future of our NHS.

UNISON represents our members working in health services in Scotland in many ways:

Offering help and advice at work;
Lobbying the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Government on issues our members care about;
Having a strong voice on the Scottish partnership organisations, which negotiate terms and conditions issues for NHS Scotland staff;
Raising our members professional/local concerns or by highlighting issues that will affect all health workers at a national level.
Standing up for Scotland’s health service

But as well as representing our members in the workplace – UNISON cares passionately about the future of the NHS as a publicly funded service that is free at the point of delivery. The NHS is a public service we can all be proud of, and UNISON wants to keep it that way.

Coronavirus latest

Scottish government must focus on NHS staffing and cost of living crisis in fresh pay talks today, says UNISON

Fresh NHS pay talks involving UNISON negotiators and the Scottish government are due to take place later today (Thursday) concerning ... Read More

19 January 2023

UNISON Week 343 – NHS and social care in crisis and more

UNISON Week 343 - NHS and social care in crisisand more ... Read full newsletter here ... Read More

17 January 2023

UNISON Week 342 – NHS In Crisis – Taking The NCS Campaign To Parliament.

UNISON Week 342 - NHS in crisis, taking the NCS Campaign to Parliament. Read full newsletter here ... Read More

11 January 2023

Staff Pensions and the National Care Service

The creation of a National Care Service could mean around 75,000 council employed social care and social work staff transferring ... Read More

10 January 2023

UNISON Scotland’s response to the Cabinet Secretary’s parliamentary statement on NHS crisis

Chair of UNISON Scotland’s health committee, Wilma Brown, has reacted to today’s (Tuesday) parliamentary statement by Humza Yousaf, on the ... Read More

10 January 2023