Here at University Hospital’s Plymouth 2023 for our UNISON members has had its ups and downs. At the beginning of the year the 2023-2024 NHS pay rise dispute concluded with the NHS England wage increase of 5.4% for most employees and 10.4% for those at band 1 and 2...
It’s been another busy year at Livewell for Plymouth in Unison (PIU). Our membership numbers are still tracking upwards with showing no signs of slowing down and due to the volume of members we have, we command a strong collective voice within Livewell southwest to...
This year I had the pleasure of attending the BAOT/UNISON Trade Union development programme. This event took place on the 23rd and 24th of November at Warwick University and welcomed more than 55 Occupational Therapists from across the country who came together to...
Plymouth in UNISON branch have been campaigning for Band 2 HCAs to be uplifted to Band 3 across UHP sites, following a job evaluation process taken on by the NHS Trust in November 2022, which saw many HCAs taking on responsibilities above their job description such as...
It’s coal and a walnut in the stockings of hardworking HCAs again this year. UNISON’s campaign to properly band HCAs for all the clinical work they do at band 3 has been bearing fruit all over the country, and we have even reached agreement with Livewell...
UNISON have been informed today that the Trust will uplifting some band 2 HCSW to band 3. UNISON are waiting for the details as to who it will apply to. What is clear is that this will just be an uplift and, unlike other trusts in the region and across the country,...