The GMB union is to seek an upgrade in the status of the Scottish Ambulance Service from an essential service to an emergency service like police and fire rescue. Union negotiators made the request during talks with Scottish Ambulance Service management in Edinburgh on Monday. The union also called for Scottish ministers to intervene in [...]

Ambulance staff with the Unite union have rejected a new deal to increase payments for having their breaks interrupted by emergency calls. The death of Mandy Mathieson, of Moray, brought the row to wider public attention. An ambulance technician stationed close to her home did not respond to a call as he was on a [...]

Ambulance crews in the GMB union have rejected an offer of extra payment if they are called out while on a break. Staff are currently entitled to undisturbed rest breaks but the policy has been questioned after the deaths of two people in separate incidents. The Scottish Ambulance Service offered a one-off payment of £250 [...]

UNISON, the UK’s largest union, reacted angrily to news that the Government is freezing pay for all NHS workers, except those earning below £21,000, calling it a bitter blow for hardworking staff including nurses, paramedics and therapists.

The House of Lords has decided in favour of the workers in the long-running ‘holiday pay’ litigation, overturning the Court of Appeal.

Morale is at rock bottom at the East of England Ambulance Service, according to unions, while one of the region’s MPs says he has “serious concerns”

Dozens of front-line ambulance crews are being attacked or verbally abused while trying to do their job

Controversial plans which would have put private ambulances on the streets of Lancashire and unqualified staff manning 999 vehicles have been withdrawn after ambulance workers threatened to strike

Crews without the essential mobile/radios putting them selves at risk on a daily basis. UNISON will take action against the employer with in a range of sanctions including reporting the trust to the H.S.E.under Health and Safety legislation

A European Court of Justice ruling, released on January 20th, states that employees should still accrue paid holiday, on the basis that they could not take those days off due to sickness