Bulletins
In our bulletins section we will keep you updated about current issues and activities.
Related resources:
Update form | Workplace place reps information | Mental Health FTs allowed to treat private patients, but rules face fundamental review | See a list of Foundation Trusts that are or have been 'in significant breach'..
Top Stories
NHS Pay - 'looking ahead'
An outline of the Formal position (Friday,
04 December 2009)
We are receiving a lot of enquiries about NHS pay looking ahead; I
thought it would be useful if I outlined the formal position.
- We are currently in the second year of a multi-year pay agreement in the NHS across the UK.
- All rates of pay are due to be uplifted by 2.25% on the 1st April 2010 as part of the third year of the agreement.
- There will be a flat rate increase for Bands 1,2 and 3 and other adjustments making the total value of the uplift 2.5%
Read this entire bulletin here.
Unison reps
Become a local Unison representative.
Your local Unison branch wants more workplace representatives across the
trust, Local and Forensic services. We currently have four key rep
positions:
- Workplace contact.
- The workplace contact is an ideal role for
members who would like to get more
involved in UNISON but who do not want
to take on the full role of elected steward.
- The workplace contact is an ideal role for
- Steward.
- As a steward your involvement and activity
will vary depending on your experience,
skills and the time you are able to commit.
- As a steward your involvement and activity
- Health & Safety rep.
- As a health and safety representative you
have a wide range of rights and functions.
- As a health and safety representative you
- Learning rep.
- Union Learning Representatives work
closely with their branch education or
Lifelong Learning co-ordinator to promote
learning in the branch.
- Union Learning Representatives work
For more information see the link above, in related resources.
Sylvia McCluskey & Diane Farrel - Branch recruitment team.
Health & Safety
Your branch Health & Safety officer needs
you.
Your local Unison branch needs more Health & Safety
representatives across the trust; training and support is provided,
via a range of activities, including TUC training.
Perry Woodhouse - Health & Safety officer
Foundation.
What's been happening around Foundation
in general?
- Unison takes Monitor to court in wake of income cap silence. Read more
- Mental health FTs allowed to treat private patients, but rules face fundamental review. Read more..
NHS Foundation Trusts
A list of NHS Foundation Trusts breaches.
In 2009 (up to press);
see this page for a list
of Foundation Trusts that are or have been 'in significant breach'..
Branch - FTe working party