UNISON demands school meals workers are brought in-house
UNISON has launched a public petition this week, calling for school meals workers to be brought in-house at every school. The petition states: “Bringing school meal provision in-house is a win-win for children and workers.” School meals workers are every bit as dedicated to the wellbeing and success of pupils – but they typically face cuts to hours, lower pay and minimal or no sick pay.  In January 2022, UNISON found that low sick pay left school meal workers unable to self-isolate. ​The union believes that private companies in charge of school meals are squeezing profits out of budgets by cutting back on the qual...
Source: UNISON Health care news - April 26, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: Janey Starling Tags: Article News school meals school staff Source Type: news

The Witcher 3 next-gen isn ’t in development hell according to CD Projekt
CD Projekt announced on Thursday that it’s taking over development of The Witcher 3’s next-gen update, which it had outsourced, and is evaluating how much extra work the new version of the game... #thewitcher3 #cdprojekt
Source: Reuters: Health - April 15, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

CCGs secure ‘significant’ payment from firm over collapsed outsourcing
A long-running legal wrangle over a failed outsourced service has been settled, with a payout to the clinical commissioning groups involved, the CCGs have said.
Source: HSJ - March 23, 2022 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

UNISON wins insourcing of Serco staff in five London hospitals
Previously outsourced staff working in facilities management at five hospitals across East London are to be brought back into NHS employment from May 2023, thanks to UNISON’s negotiations with the Barts Health NHS Trust. The move affects around 1,800 cleaners, receptionists, porters, catering and security staff and others who are currently employed by Serco on one of the largest soft facilities management (SFM) contracts in the NHS. This week, the trust’s board decided to bring the services back in-house, ahead of Serco’s contract expiring at the end of April next year. Staff will be joining the existing 17,000 s...
Source: UNISON Health care news - March 3, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: Demetrios Matheou Tags: Article News Greater London Region NHS staff outsourcing Source Type: news

UNISON urges HE employers to ‘eradicate poverty pay’
UNISON delegates at today’s higher education conference urged employers to “eradicate poverty pay” in their sector. They passed a detailed motion addressing a range of pay ambitions, including a new minimum, bottom spine point of £12 an hour, all universities becoming Living Wage Foundation employers, and a maximum 35-hour week for all staff. The motion outlined an “unprecedented attack on HE pay” over the past two years. Employers made no offer to their staff for the year 2020/21, and only 1.5% for the majority of staff in 2021/22 – almost all of which will be taken up by the government’s increase in nation...
Source: UNISON Health care news - February 22, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: Demetrios Matheou Tags: Article News 2022 Higher Education Conference higher education pay Source Type: news

UNISON urges employers to ‘eradicate poverty pay’
UNISON delegates at today’s higher education conference urged employers to “eradicate poverty pay” in their sector. They passed a detailed motion addressing a range of pay ambitions, including a new minimum, bottom spine point of £12 an hour, all universities becoming Living Wage Foundation employers, and a maximum 35-hour week for all staff. The motion outlined an “unprecedented attack on HE pay” over the past two years. Employers made no offer to their staff for the year 2020/21, and only 1.5% for the majority of staff in 2021/22 – almost all of which will be taken up by the government’s increase in nation...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - February 22, 2022 Category: Food Science Authors: Demetrios Matheou Tags: Article News 2022 Higher Education Conference higher education pay Source Type: news

Cochrane seeks Business Analyst - Deadline extended
Location: Flexible location (remote working) in the UK.Specifications: Permanent contract.Hours: Full-time week (flexible working considered) – 37.5 hours.Salary: £40,000 per annum.Application Closing Date: Monday 31 January (Midnight GMT).This role is an exciting opportunity to use your problem-solving skills to make a difference in the field of health care research.  As the Cochrane Library Business Analyst, you will gather, investigate, validate, and document business requirements using workshops, user research, user cases, and task and workflow analysis. You will ensure requirements are sufficiently detailed, revie...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - December 13, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lydia Parsonson Source Type: news

Cochrane seeks Business Analyst
Location: Flexible location (remote working) in the UK.Specifications: Permanent contract.Hours: Full-time week (flexible working considered) – 37.5 hours.Salary: £40,000 per annum.Application Closing Date: Tuesday 4 January (Midnight GMT).This role is an exciting opportunity to use your problem-solving skills to make a difference in the field of health care research.  As the Cochrane Library Business Analyst, you will gather, investigate, validate, and document business requirements using workshops, user research, user cases, and task and workflow analysis. You will ensure requirements are sufficiently detailed, revie...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - December 13, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lydia Parsonson Source Type: news

GPs 'wrongly sidelined' in pandemic response, warns People's COVID Inquiry
GPs were 'wrongly sidelined' at the start of the pandemic as patients were pushed towards 111 and test and trace was outsourced at vast expense, according to an inquiry set up by NHS campaigners who accuse the government of 'gross negligence'.
Source: GP Online News - December 1, 2021 Category: Primary Care Tags: Coronavirus Source Type: news

Trust plans to directly employ 500 outsourced staff
Around 500 outsourced staff are to be directly employed by an ambulance trust in a bid to integrate them with crews.
Source: HSJ - November 17, 2021 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

We Can Beat Climate Change If We Do One Thing Fast
Now, finally, much of the world has become convinced, first-hand, that global warming is not only real but heating up more rapidly than we expected, unleashing irreversible impacts. Many people feel despair and helplessness in the face of doomsday predictions already in evidence. And yet, I’m optimistic that we can solve this problem in time to keep our planet livable for future generations. I have to be optimistic. I’m the father of young children and I want them to not only survive what humanity has done to our planet, but experience the awe of the natural world that I enjoyed as a child. But I’m also a...
Source: TIME: Science - November 4, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Saul Griffith Tags: Uncategorized climate change TIME 2030 Source Type: news

Animals farmed: UK supply chain crisis, meat plant workers exploited and Billie Eilish ’s Cop26 plea
Welcome to our monthly roundup of the biggest issues in farming and food production, with must-read reports from around the webWe ’ve been running astartling investigation into Europe ’s multibillion-pound meat industry, revealing how it has become a global hotspot for outsourced labour, hiring thousands of workers through subcontractors, agencies and bogus co-operatives on inferior pay and conditions.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 5, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Clare Horton and Tom Levitt Tags: Farming Meat industry Animals UK news European Union Australia news Canada Environment Farm animals Food & drink industry Cop26: Glasgow climate change conference 2021 Supply chain crisis Animal welfare Workers' rights Migr Source Type: news

eAssist Dental Solutions Among the 50 Fastest Growing Companies for a 4th Consecutive Year by Utah Business
SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- eAssist Dental Solutions recently accepted the prestigious award by Utah Business as the state ' s 29th fastest-growing company. For the fourth year in a row, eAssist has earned a place on this list of Utah ' s 50 top performers – an especially noteworthy achievement considering the rating period included a three-month suspension of non-emergency dental services nationwide due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Companies are ranked according to their total five-year revenue and compound annual growth rate.Founded in 2011 by James Anderson, DMD, and Sandy O...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - September 28, 2021 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news

COVID pandemic has ‘ shone a light on inequalities ’ in the NHS
UNISON’s virtual health conference closed with a trio of motions dedicated to the fight against discrimination within the NHS, as the health service moves forward after the pandemic. As a motion on “dismantling inequalities” during the recovery put it: “The NHS has an urgent and compelling duty to eliminate the stark inequalities that affect staff with protected characteristics – inequalities that were not caused by COVID but which have been magnified and exacerbated by it.” Naomi Byron of Homerton Hospital branch told conference that the experiences of some of her branch colleagues during the pandemic “shone...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - September 22, 2021 Category: Food Science Authors: Demetrios Matheou Tags: Article News 2021 Virtual Health Conference Source Type: news

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