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NEAS Urgent Care Review – (RRV Paras/Community Paras to SPUCs)- Update 30/4/26

Posted: 30th April 2026

Good afternoon.

Last week GMB representatives attended multiple meetings (union and staff engagement) with members of the NEAS project team, as well as colleagues from both RRV, Community Paramedics, Double Crewed Ambulance, and nursing staff interested in the Urgent Care model.

 

At the end of the engagement sessions, we were advised by our members…

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GMB Update for late finishes & late starts

Posted: 15th April 2026

We are involved in discussions around late starts following late finishes. However, as a union, we are more invested in meetings discussing how to minimise late finishes.

The reasons for this are;

  • Trust our downtime is high, and this needs to be reduced.
  • Our concern is if late starts are pushed through, that there…

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GMB submission on Mandatory Vaccination

Posted: 24th October 2021

GMBs submission into the Government Consultation on Mandatory Vaccination (Covid-19 and Flu) across health and social care has now been made.

 

Further information can be found on the Branch Facebook page & Members emails.

 

Thank you.

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Ambulance Staff Harassment

Posted: 8th September 2021

The Trust are looking for volunteers willing to be case studies in the national campaign against violence, aggression & hate crime.  With the aim of promoting civility & respect towards ambulance staff The initiative is a collaboration between the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives and NHS England.

Any member of the Trust that would like…

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AGENDA FOR CHANGE- FLEXIBLE WORKING POLICY

Posted: 5th September 2021

As the 13th Sep 2021 the Agenda for Change (AfC) (NHS Terms & Conditions) Flexible Working Policy (England), Section (Sect) 33 changes.  The new Sect 33 will, in summary, provide for:
1. A contractual right to request flexible working from day one of employment. 2. No limit on the number of requests and the…

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Smash the Stigma – Menopause!

Posted: 19th August 2021

Do you want to make your workplace better for those experiencing the menopause?

We’re now running a pilot two-day online training course for GMB members on how to run a workplace menopause campaign and negotiate improvements at work.

The pilot course runs on Tuesday 14th and Wednesday 15th September. Limited spaces are available. Deadline to apply…

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Logging into the GMB website

Posted: 5th August 2021

To access some resources on the GMB website you’ll need to be logged in. If you’ve not logged in before then you will need to setup your account.

To setup simply follow the link below and use your Membership.number & email address, ie, the details we have for you on the system:

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Reasons to join GMB

Posted: 1st June 2021

GMB is the trade union for everyone.

Our family includes over 620,000 members who work in every type of job imaginable across public services and in private companies too. Our members work full-time, part-time or work while they study.

From having someone on your side for if there is a problem in the workplace to…

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