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Government must 'keep promise' on NHS outsourcing staff to avoid strikes

By Liz Wells 08 September 2025

The government must put a stop to plans that could see thousands of workers transferred out of the NHS and their pay and conditions worsened if it wants to avoid strikes, Unison has told the Trades...

MENTAL HEALTH

NHS 'too reliance' on independent sector for mental health care

By Liz Wells 29 August 2025

A significant proportion of routine NHS mental health care is being outsourced to private companies, charities and other independent providers, a new study finds.

WORKFORCE

Strike on the cards at Dorset hospitals in outsourcing dispute

By Liz Wells 13 August 2025

Healthcare staff at three NHS trusts in Dorset say they want to vote for strike action in a row over plans to move 1,700 staff from the NHS to an external company.

INDUSTRIAL ACTION

Dorset healthcare workers protest over outsourcing threat

By Liz Wells 20 June 2025

Healthcare workers employed by University Hospitals Dorset NHS Trust have protested outside a board meeting at Poole Hospital.

OUTSOURCING

NHS pays out at least £1.8bn every year to private firms, says union

By Liz Wells 09 June 2025

NHS trusts pay at least £1.8bn a year to private companies, a new investigation has reveals.

UNISON

Essex and Suffolk health staff urge the government to 'honour pledges' to stop NHS privatisation

By Liz Wells 18 December 2024

Unison is urging the government to make good on its pledge to stop NHS privatisation and halt the sell-off of hundreds of jobs at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

INDUSTRIAL ACTION

Essex and Suffolk health staff launch three-week strike

By Liz Wells 26 November 2024

Cleaners, porters, housekeepers and other facilities staff have started three weeks of strikes to keep their jobs in the East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT).

UNISON

Unison says plans by Essex trust for mass outsourcing are 'out of order'

By Liz Wells 18 September 2024

Hundreds of striking health workers are urging the East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust to abandon its plans for a large-scale outsourcing of NHS services, Unison claims.