Exclusive: Labour will be ‘pragmatic’ on private outsourcing
Labour’s prospective health secretary says he will be a “pragmatist” when it comes to routine NHS operations being outsourced to private hospitals.
Source: HSJ - November 14, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

University staff in Edinburgh to stay directly employed
UNISON has welcomed news that members at Edinburgh’s Queen Margaret University have succeeded in preventing their jobs being outsourced, after a unanimous strike vote in October, with action set for later this month. The campus operations staff – including supervisors, security officers, facilities assistants and members of the grounds team – returned a 100% vote for action on a 75% turnout. They received “valuable” support from fellow campus unions UCU and EIS, as well as the Queen Margaret students’ union. The UNISON members have been working under the threat of seeing their jobs outsourced for over a yea...
Source: UNISON Health care news - November 13, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: Tony Braisby Tags: Article education services higher education Industrial action outsourcing private contractors Scotland strike universities Source Type: news

A month of perennial change
Well, October was a month of change. And not just when it comes to clocks and seasons. It started off with the country due to leave the EU on Hallowe’en – “do or die”, deal or no deal. It ended with another Brexit extension and everyone gearing up for the third general election in four years. But some things are perennial and they’re always on UNISON’s agenda. The union’s month kicked off with our retired members and police and justice staff conferences in Southport. The service group conference saw assistant general secretary Christina McAnea tell delegates: “We need to get the message out about the need t...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - October 31, 2019 Category: Food Science Authors: Tony Braisby Tags: Article News democracy general election Go for growth local government October outsourcing police and justice Police and justice staff social care Source Type: news

Low-paid UCL workers celebrate UNISON-brokered pay deal
UniversityHundreds of outsourced UCL staff are celebrating after UNISON secured the same pay, pension and annual leave rights as directly employed workers doing the same jobs. From 1 December 2019 – as part of a phased retreat by UCL – porters, security and catering workers will receive the same holiday entitlement as directly employed staff, says UNISON. By autumn 2021 the pay, overtime, pension options and sickness allowances of the 900 outsourced staff will be brought in line with directly employed UCL workers, ending years of unfair treatment, the union said. UNISON negotiators are working with university managers ...
Source: UNISON Health care news - October 21, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: Garfield Myrie Tags: Press release dave prentis Greater London Region outsourcing UCL university Source Type: news

Low-paid workers protest at UCL ’s ‘callous’ employment system
Hundreds of UCL cleaners, porters, security officers and catering staff will demand their outsourced jobs be returned to the university, so workers doing the same jobs receive the same pay, pension and annual leave, says UNISON today (Thursday). This afternoon (from 1pm to 3pm) support staff from across UCL will gather outside the university’s main entrance to draw attention to the campaign for their jobs to be taken back in-house. UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis will be there to hear how UCL’s outsourcing programme has affected their lives and to address the workers in the UCL Quad at 1.30pm. The 900 staff – a...
Source: UNISON Health care news - October 17, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: Garfield Myrie Tags: News Press release dave prentis education Greater London UCL university Source Type: news

University staff in Edinburgh vote for strike action
UNISON members have voted for strike action – by 100% in a 75% turn-out – in a bid to keep Edinburgh’s Queen Margaret University as their employer. The members who voted are campus operations staff, including supervisors, security officers, facilities assistants and members of the grounds team. They are at risk of seeing their jobs outsourced as the university finalises a tendering exercise covering the whole ancillary workforce, some of whose work is already contracted out to private companies. Commenting on the ballot result today, UNISON Scotland head of higher education Lorcan Mullen said: “UNISON members in t...
Source: UNISON Health care news - October 15, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: Tony Braisby Tags: Article education services higher education higher education pay Industrial action outsourcing private contractors Scotland strike universities Source Type: news

Thirty days has September …
September’s been busy. Schools went back, and UNISON kicked the month off by challenging the UK’s largest uniform suppliers Trutex to ensure employees and treated ethically.Teaming up with campaign group Labour behind the Label, UNISON called for transparency. On a much cuter note, 700 kids went back to school in fresh uniforms thanks to our School Uniform Grants.This year, There for You gave out over £34,500 worth of grants to members. Then came our first ever nationwide Green UNISON week, with branches across the UK organising activities calling for urgent action to tackle climate change. From taking spider plants ...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - October 7, 2019 Category: Food Science Authors: Janey Starling Tags: Article BREXIT green unison there for you 2019 Source Type: news

Adventist Health rehiring employees previously outsourced to Cerner
Adventist Health is bringing hundreds of jobs  that were previously transitioned to Cerner Corp. back under its own management, including 275 positions at Adventist's Roseville headquarters. On Tuesday, Cerner (Nasdaq: CERN) informed employees working with Adventist that they would transition back to the organization. In California, Advent ist will transition its revenue cycle operations to Huron Consulting Group Inc., effective Nov. 4, Adventist spokeswoman Judy Leach said. Revenue cycle management…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 4, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Lily Lieberman Source Type: news

Outsourced North West workers win statutory recognition
UNISON members working for PossAbilities in Stockport have achieved a victory this week as the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) declared the union recognised for collective bargaining purposes. PossAbilities is a social enterprise that delivers support to vulnerable adults across a number of local authorities. Staff working on the Stockport Council-commissioned learning disabilities contract will now be able to collectively negotiate their own pay and terms and conditions with their employer through their union, UNISON. The Stockport contract was previously delivered by Choice Support, which did recognise UNISON. The co...
Source: UNISON Health care news - October 4, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: Amanda Kendal Tags: Article News north west region union recognition Source Type: news

Thousands turn out to protest at Tory conference
On Sunday, UNISON led thousands in protest at the start of the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester. UNISON members in the North West, who have been fighting on the front line of public service cuts for the past decade, led protestors with balloons and banners stating “Don’t Trump our NHS”. Members in the North West are currently involved in two industrial disputes, with hospital workers in Blackpool and St Helens currently in the midst of three-day strikes. UNISON regional Secretary Kevan Nelson said: “The two industrial disputes which our members are engaged in currently are a direct result of ...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - September 30, 2019 Category: Food Science Authors: Janey Starling Tags: Article NHS North West Source Type: news

‘We will play a leading role in chasing the Tories out of town’
UNISON branches nationwide are preparing to protest at the Tory Party Conference on 29 September. UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Boris Johnson and the Tory Party appear hell bent on driving our country and our public services off a no-deal cliff edge. “That means a real risk of food shortages, medicine shortages and staff shortages in vital public services. “All this is happening because they want a grubby trade deal with Donald Trump, which would put our NHS and other public services up for sale to US multinationals. “UNISON won’t stand by when our public services and UNISON members’ ...
Source: UNISON Health care news - September 16, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: Janey Starling Tags: Article manchester NHS strikes and protests UNISON north west Source Type: news

Proposed Military Cuts Ignite Worries for Medical Education Proposed Military Cuts Ignite Worries for Medical Education
AAMC ' s chief academic leader, a former Army officer, says that, if medical education in the military had to be outsourced to the civilian side, there wouldn ' t be enough training spots.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - September 14, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Med Students News Source Type: news

University City, Missouri EMS Returns to Fire Department
UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. (KMOV.com) - Saturday was a big day for firefighters and residents in University City as the city celebrated the debut of a new ambulance and medical services will fall back into the hands of the fire department. For the past four years, the city outsourced its Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to a private contractor. It was an emotional morning for Laura McDermott. She's been fighting for change after her fiance Lonnie died of a heart attack in 2016. MORE  
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - August 6, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: News Administration and Leadership Source Type: news

LFI Devices: 3 Reasons for OEMs and Developers to Consider Automation
In conclusion, automation plays an essential role in enabling LFI device OEMs to achieve not only their product goals around quality, consistency, and performance, but also their overarching business goals for growth, market share, and responsiveness. By partnering early with a CMO with highly automated operations already in place, OEMs and device developers can focus on activities that add the greatest value to their evolving LFI product portfolios and their customers’ current and future requirements. Reference: 1. Source: Kinematic Automation.
Source: MDDI - August 5, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Claudio Hanna and Jennifer Ponti Tags: IVD Source Type: news

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