Staff protesting plans to create a SubCo in Dorset hold placards.

Poole Hospital board meeting protest over outsourcing threat

Healthcare workers employed by University Hospitals Dorset NHS Trust will protest outside a board meeting at Poole Hospital today.

Royal Bournemouth Hospital entrance.

Uncertainty for hundreds of Dorset NHS workers under controversial outsourcing plans

More than 1,300 NHS staff employed by hospitals in Dorset face the possibility of inferior pay and conditions under controversial plans to transfer them to a new company.

Dorset charity support staff announce two-day strike in Livability pay dispute

Support staff at a specialist centre in Dorset providing education and care for disabled children and young people are striking over pay next week, says UNISON.

Dorset charity support staff strike again amid Livability pay dispute, says UNISON

Support staff at a specialist centre in Dorset providing education and care for disabled children and young people are taking a second day of strike action over pay today (Wednesday).

Aspirations Academy Trust’s outsourcing blow to cleaning and catering staff is ‘appalling timing’, says UNISON

Cleaners and catering staff at two schools in Dorset are facing an uncertain future as Aspirations Academy Trust push through plans to outsource their employment to private contractors.