People hold placards protesting against parking charges at Broomfield Hospital

Essex hospital staff celebrate parking victory

Hospital workers in Essex are celebrating after health bosses promised to keep staff parking free for several more months. Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust had wanted to reintroduce staff parking charges — suspended during the pandemic — from 1 August but has now told UNISON it will put the brakes on its plans […]

The front of West Suffolk Hospital

West Suffolk Hospital’s plan to cut staff benefits is ‘kicking NHS workers while they’re down’

Cutting staff benefits at West Suffolk Hospital is “kicking health workers while they’re down,” UNISON says today. The West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust board voted today on a package of cuts to staff conditions, including reintroducing parking charges from March. It comes just days after the government announced a real-terms pay cut for more than […]

Mid and South Essex hospitals hit staff with parking charge pay cut

Thousands of Essex health staff face an effective pay cut as hospitals bosses plan to reintroduce parking charges, UNISON warns today. Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSEFT), which runs Broomfield, Basildon and Southend hospitals, has told UNISON officials it wants to reintroduce staff parking charges from 1 August. Charges were scrapped during the […]

UNISON calls for Queen Elizabeth Hospital car park charge increase to be dropped

17 April 2018 For immediate use UNISON calls for Queen Elizabeth Hospital car park charge increase to be dropped UNISON, the trade union representing staff at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, has reacted with anger at the decision by the trust to increase car park charges by nearly 30%. The increase will affect patients, visitors and staff. […]