About Transforming Community Services
Transforming Community
Services is the biggest organising issue to face our members in Primary Care
for many years. Many staff will be concerned about the potential
implications of these far reaching changes, and in particular will be
worried about whether they will have a job, whether that job will still be
in the NHS, whether they will remain on NHS pay and conditions, and whether
they will still have access to the NHS Pension Scheme.
In order to secure an
acceptable outcome to these changes, by ensuring that NHS services remain
within the NHS, we need to be organised, both in terms of activist
representation and involvement, and, most importantly, in membership
strength within every PCT. There is tremendous scope for Branches to
recruit and organise members around this crucial issue. Building our
organisational strength is vital to the amount of pressure we are able to
exert upon Primary Care Trusts, the North West Strategic Health Authority
and the government to safeguard the best interests of our members.
A range of campaign
material is available to assist activists, which you can download from this
website. The Region will support branches in this vital work, by developing
further UNISON specific publicity materials, helping to organise briefings
for activists and members, and sending out information via e-mail
communication networks.
If you want any further
information about Transforming Community Services, or you want to share
experiences or comments, please contact
Stephen Booth and visit our
National website.
Resources
TCS Leaflet
TCS poster
ITCS joint union guidelines
TCS possible implications
TCS public leaflet
TCS
staff leaflet
TCS Joint Union PowerPoint presentation
