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It ’ s all about protecting members and services
Protecting members and their welfare at work and beyond was a key theme of debates at UNISON’s higher education conference in Nottingham.
On pensions, delegates condemned repeated attacks on university support staff’s retirement funds – particularly attempts to end their defined benefit schemes and move them onto worse pensions.
Conference stressed the need for a “whole-union approach” as individual universities try to pick off one branch after another.
“Make no mistake, they are coming for you,” warned a delegate from Staffordshire University, where staff had been removed from the Local Government Pension ...
Source: UNISON Health care news - January 10, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: Tony Braisby Tags: Article News 2019 Higher Education Conference outsourcing pensions privatisation Source Type: news
Regional pathology services shake-up revealed
Pathology services in Kent and Medway could be delivered with a private sector partner or outsourced under options being considered by the area’s four acute trusts.
Source: HSJ - January 3, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Canopy Partners debuts outsourced call-center service
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10 Transformative Trends in Digital Health
October 24, 2018These issues are shaping the near future of international development.Established digital health trends are already reshaping health care systems around the world in new and amazing ways. For example, the widespread adoption of mobile phones and the increasing usage of smartphones, combined with increasing Internet access and searchable online information services, have created what some call a doctor in every pocket.Even in rural Uganda, a patient can confirm her provider ’s authenticy with a text message, and a community health worker can use Google to learn symptoms and treatments.But what ’s next? W...
Source: IntraHealth International - October 24, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: mnathe Source Type: news
Body parts stockpiling shows why crucial NHS services should never be privatised
Commenting on the discovery that the contractor Heathcare Environmental has been stockpiling tonnes of human body parts and clinical waste and has failed to dispose of them properly, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said:
“This is simply horrific. It’s unlikely that such a distressing situation would have happened had the service remained in-house.
“Ethics and decent behaviour aside, it begs the question as to why services that are such a crucial part of the NHS are ever outsourced in the first place.”
Notes to editors:
– UNISON is the UK’s largest union, with more than 1.3 million members providing pub...
Source: UNISON Health care news - October 5, 2018 Category: UK Health Authors: Charlotte Jeffs Tags: News Press release NHS privatisation Sara Gorton Source Type: news
Blog: Low pay? No way
This morning, I joined UNISON members on the picket line in Camden. They’re on strike because their employer – NSL, an outsourced parking firm – won’t pay them the salary they deserve.
Their call is a simple one – low pay, no way – and it’s one that resonates across our union. Wherever you work, whatever you do and whoever your employer is, UNISON members deserve dignity, respect and a fair wage.
Considering the vast sums that NSL takes in from parking in Camden – and the bumper salaries earned by their top executives – we know they can afford to meet UNISON’s reasonable demands for proper pay.
All thes...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - October 1, 2018 Category: Food Science Authors: Dave Prentis Tags: General secretary's blog News Source Type: news
How a vending machine company may help dementia patients
A vending machine company that microchips willing employees so they can ditch their microchipped company ID cards is working on a GPS-enabled chip to track Alzheimer’s patients and others with serious medical conditions.
Three Square Market (River Falls, Wis.) will be seeking 510(k) approval of its GPS tracking chip from the FDA in early 2019, according to company president Patrick McMullan. Three Square Market has outsourced development of the new chip to a microchip company that he declined to name. It also started a new company for its chip business, Three Square Chip.
“The good news is that the folks who are par...
Source: Mass Device - August 27, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Nancy Crotti Tags: Blog Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Implants threesquarechip threesquaremarket Source Type: news
Philadelphia biotech firm teams up with Silicon Valley's Science Exchange
AUM BioTech, a three-year-old Philadelphia-based biotech company, has formed an alliance with Science Exchange in Palo Alto to broaden access to its technology with a goal to fast-track drug discovery.
Science Exchange, based in Palo Alto, Calif., operates an online marketplace for outsourced research and development services.
Founded in 2015, AUM BioTech develops and markets functional genomics research tools in the area of RNA silencing and regulation for basic, transitional and pre-clinical…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - August 3, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: John George Source Type: news
Understanding the Medical Device Single Audit Program (MDSAP) audit process
Eamonn Hoxey, BSI Group
The Medical Device Single Audit Program–MDSAP–was developed by the International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF) to conduct regulatory audits of quality management systems (QMS). Health Canada’s decision to require an MDSAP audit to maintain Canadian Device Licenses is leading to a rapid increase in use of the program.
There is a set formula to calculate the time allotted for an audit, based on the number of processes that are carried out. The MDSAP Consortium have recently updated the procedures for calculating the duration of an MDSAP audit. As a result, there could be reductions...
Source: Mass Device - July 25, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Danielle Kirsh Tags: Blog BSI Group Source Type: news
The fight to save Chesterfield hospital
UNISON members are campaigning to stop their jobs being outsourced from Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation, with a key decision on their futures being made at a board meeting next week (Wednesday 25 July).
The board at the hospital are meeting to decide whether to transfer services such as estates and facilities to a wholly owned subsidiary company, a move that could mean staff losing the benefits and protections of working for the NHS.
A similar situation recently occurred at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Foundation Trust, until a UNISON campaign meant the trust dropped their plans to transfer more than 900 workers in...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - July 20, 2018 Category: Food Science Authors: Rosa Ellis Tags: Article Chesterfield health NHS subco wigan Source Type: news
Government's pay deal funding falls short, say NHS leaders
NHS providers have accused the government of failing to deliver sufficient funding to cover pay increases for outsourced staff following the Agenda for Change pay deal.
Source: HSJ - July 19, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
New strike dates announced in Wigan ‘subco‘ dispute
WWL strikers with general secretary Dave Prentis on the 30 June NHS march in London
Hospital workers in Wigan will strike for another seven days in two weeks time, as their dispute over being outsourced to a private company wholly owned by their NHS trust continues.
Formal notice of the strike, which will start at 6am on 17 July, was sent to the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust after their latest five-day action ended yesterday.
This will be the fourth period of industrial action taken by UNISON members who work in roles including portering, cleaning and catering.
The trust’s plan to outsource nearly 900 staff to ...
Source: UNISON Health care news - July 4, 2018 Category: UK Health Authors: Tony Braisby Tags: Article News health health care hospitals NHS one team for patient care outsourcing wholly owned subsidiaries Source Type: news
How recent pay deals affect staff at private contractors
At UNISON we know that many members deliver public services but are employed by private contractors. If that’s you, you may be wondering how recent pay deals for the sector you work in will affect you.
Be assured, UNISON negotiators have not forgotten you. We are fighting to get you the same benefits as your colleagues in the private sector. Read on for the latest update on pay for health workers and local government workers.
Health workers pay update
UNISON have recently negotiated with the government to get a new three year pay deal in the NHS in England. UNISON members working for the NHS in England voted overwhel...
Source: UNISON Health care news - June 29, 2018 Category: UK Health Authors: Rachael Henry Tags: Content update News private care companies private conractors private contractors Source Type: news
UNISON vows greater support for private sector members
UNISON is fine-tuning its response to the growing back-door privatisation of public services. The union will continue to campaign against outsourcing, while also addressing the needs of its members – existing and new – who suddenly find themselves working for private companies.
Activists attending the National Delegate Conference in Brighton last week heard that those working for private contractors are the fastest growing group of UNISON members. In 2017 over 30% of new members recruited by UNISON worked work for private or community employers.
Many of these members face zero-hours contracts and the minimum wage, whil...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - June 25, 2018 Category: Food Science Authors: Demetrios Matheou Tags: Article News 2018 National Delegate Conference community fighting cuts and privatisation in the NHS private contractors Source Type: news
