Cash-strapped Scottish health boards are paying increasing amounts of their overstretched budgets to private ambulance firms, new figures published by
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Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Scotland Bill
This is our response to the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee’s call for views on Gillian Mackay MSP’s Abortion
Read moree brief – Update on the National Care Service Bill October 2023
Since its introduction in June 2022, UNISON has campaigned for the National Care Service Bill to be withdrawn. We want
Read moreNHS staff managing childcare because of school strikes
We are receiving reports that some local managers are telling NHS staff that they should take annual leave or unpaid
Read moreWinter preparedness – response to Health, Social Care & Sport Committee
This is UNISON Scotland’s response to the Scottish Parliament’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee’s call for evidence[1] for the
Read moreBriefing 130 – Consultation on Safe Staffing Statutory Guidance
The Scottish Government is consulting on its draft Statutory Guidance for safe staffing in health and care. The Health and
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UNISON Scotland response to NHS workforce report 2023
Matt McLaughlin, UNISON Scotland’s head of health, said: “This report confirms that the NHS is in the midst of a
Read moreUNISON 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 moreUNISON 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.
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Implement NHS pay deal now says UNISON Scotland
For Immediate Use UNISON has today written to the Cabinet Secretary for Health insisting that the 2022/23 pay deal is
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