Unison members working for Yorkshire Ambulance Service will be taking part in industrial action on Monday 23 January 2023. Members of the union will take action for 12 hours between 10am and 10pm and, in line with previous action taken, ambulance staff will be prioritising those with life-threatening needs. Hospital staff will be discharging as many patients as possible in … Read More
New children’s unit opens at Hull Royal Infirmary
A new £4m paediatric unit providing first-class facilities for Hull’s sick and injured children and their families has opened at Hull Royal Infirmary. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) has opened Ward H20 – known as Woodland Ward – with 23 beds as part of the major £19.3m construction project to redesign the front entrance and lower floors of … Read More
Industrial action by Ambulance Services on 11 January 2023
Ambulance service colleagues have announced that industrial action by both GMB and Unison members will be taking place on Wednesday 11 January 2023. In readiness, we have been working to discharge as many patients as possible from hospital in advance of the strike, where those patients are medically fit and it is safe to do so. Anyone with a hospital … Read More