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The union does not have any branches, and it does not negotiate collectively. Its chief function is to provide support and protection for individual managers. [1] In the 2015 NHS pay negotiations it urged its members to reject the government's pay deal because it was unfair in targeting senior staff while leaving the pay of doctors “untouched”.
This is the first time any trade union for doctors other than the British Medical Association has been nationally recognised by the NHS. [ 4 ] In 1974 the association's rules were amended to extend membership rights to all senior hospital doctors, and its members voted for a new name, the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association, to ...
The Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association (CPHVA) is a Trade union and professional association for health care staff in the UK and Ireland. It is part of Unite the Union. Its 18,500 members include health visitors, school nurses, nursery nurses and other community nurses working in primary care. [1]
Unison (stylised as UNISON) is a British trade union. Along with Unite, Unison is one of the two largest trade unions in the United Kingdom, with over 1.2 million members who work predominantly in public services, including local government, education, health and outsourced services.
It underwent a series of mergers which formed the Manufacturing, Science and Finance union, Amicus [5] and ultimately Unite. [6] Initially the MPU focused on providing trade union services to GPs in their dealings with local administration of the National Health Insurance scheme, and arguing the case for the extension of the scheme to everyone.
Amanda Pritchard, chief executive of NHS England, said: “It is extremely welcome news for patients, staff and the entire health service that an agreement between the government and the unions ...
In 1993, COHSE merged with two other trade unions - NUPE (the National Union of Public Employees) and NALGO (the National and Local Government Officers Association ) - to form UNISON, the largest public sector trade union in the UK.
Unison, the Royal College of Nursing and Unite have written to Health Secretary Wes Streeting urging him to ‘ditch’ the pay review body process.