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Had a change in your circumstances?

We value your membership, so please take time to update your details, particularly if you have had a change of circumstances since joining. This can be anything from moving home, workplace, a change of job title, employer etc.

Many members assume that changes are recorded automatically via the employer. Unfortunately this is not the case - we need our members to advise us directly.

Members who have elected to pay their subscriptions directly from their wages (DOCAS) should check their payslips regularly to ensure that the correct amount of subscription is actually being deducted. In some cases, employees have assumed they are union members when, in fact, their subscriptions have ceased, due to changes not notified to the branch. This often results in their membership being lapsed and they may find they are not covered should they subsequently require union assistance.

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UNISON and Healthcare

I love NHS! UNISON is the UK's largest healthcare trade union - over 400,000 people who work in the NHS and for private contractors providing NHS services are UNISON members.

Our health members are nurses, student nurses, midwives, health visitors, healthcare assistants, paramedics, cleaners, porters, catering staff, medical secretaries, clerical and admin staff and scientific and technical staff.

And that's not all of us!

UNISON is a powerful voice for working people in the United Kingdom. We have over 1.3 million members working in public services, the community and voluntary sector and for private companies.

Looking after people at work

We represent our members in many ways, offering help and advice at work, raising your professional/local concerns or by highlighting issues that will affect all health workers at a national level. We work together to make sure our members' concerns are heard - whether it's about pay, health and safety, discrimination or the future of our NHS.

Of interest to any previous NHS employees returning to NHS work:

Agenda for Change - North Devon Healthcare Trust
Annual Leave - Calculation of Reckonable Service

Total aggregated NHS Service is used
Broken periods of service added together to give a total

eg: A person who worked for the NHS for 5 years, then left for 2 years and rejoined 3 years ago the reckonable service would be 8 years (not 10 yrs). However, the Trust has the discretion to take into account periods of employment with employers outside the NHS, where these are judged to be relevant to NHS employment.

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