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Welcome to our Branch. Members at Somerset Health UNISON are people working in public & private health care services.

They include staff working full or part time in the Somerset area. Employers include: -

Somerset Foundation Trust

Yeovil District Hospital

Private Care Providers

We negotiate on behalf of our members for better pay and conditions, help individuals in trouble and campaign for a safer, fairer society. UNISON is one of Britain's biggest union, representing more than 1.3 million members across the UK's public services.

22/10/2026

Keep NHS workers in the NHS 📣

Write to Somerset NHS Foundation Trust CEO Peter Lewis and demand he scraps plans to outsource NHS workers to a SubCo.

👉🏼 unsn.uk/StopOutsourcing

NHS workers belong in the NHS, let's help keep them there 💙

14/10/2026

After a decade working in the NHS, Bogdan now works for Simply Serve Ltd. He doesn't want more NHS staff to join him.

He wants to return to the NHS.

Healthcare staff delivering NHS services belong in the NHS 💙

Send an email today and help us send a clear message to Somerset NHS Foundation Trust’s chief executive

👇🏼
unsn.uk/StopOutsourcing

14/10/2026

NHS staff belong in the NHS. Help keep them there ✊🏼

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust wants to transfer more hospital support staff to its subsidiary company, Simply Serve Ltd.

Those plans have been paused. But paused doesn’t mean stopped.

We’re calling on the Trust to scrap the proposals completely and review existing Simply Serve contracts.

Porters, cleaners, housekeepers and other support staff are NHS workers. They deserve to be treated as part of one NHS team.

Send an email today and help us send a clear message to the Trust’s chief executive

👇🏼
unsn.uk/StopOutsourcing

09/10/2026

Hello everyone, UNISON South West is setting up a Low Paid Women's Network (UNISON's current low-pay threshold is £14.19 an hour).

It takes a couple of minutes to say if you'd like to be involved and which days and times suit you for meetings.

Please complete the survey and pass it on to colleagues:

https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=3x7C10HVpEmfWnc3gy1Cx4braMh3lwdBh_n7JYvwowpUNEg2WExMOUlRUlVIWUpaWVdUMThYNDBZMi4u&route=shorturl

Thank you!

08/10/2026

🖤💚 UNISON Somerset Health Branch celebrates Black History Month – October 2026! 💜❤️💛

This month, we celebrate the contributions, achievements and resilience of Black people in our workplaces, communities and beyond.

Celebrate • Educate • Empower

08/10/2026

We're going to Parliament! Are you coming?

On Tuesday 13 October, we're heading to Westminster with UNISON activists from across the country to make sure our voices are heard ahead of the Autumn Budget.

We're calling for:

✅ Proper investment in public services
✅ Better pay for working people
✅ Wealth taxes
✅ Public services brought back in-house

We're organising transport from across the South West, with members' travel costs covered by UNISON.

📅 Tuesday 13 October, from 10:30am
📍 Westminster, London

Ready to join us? Sign up here 👇
https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/0jF3A65Dpn

Let's show Westminster what happens when workers show up together.

08/10/2026

UNISON wants every nurse on the right band for the job.

Join us this afternoon to hear the latest on the Band 5/6 nursing review ⬇️

🧐 What the process involves
🙋🏽‍♀️ What the new job profiles mean for members
💪 Share experiences to strengthen the campaign

More information here ⬇️
unsn.uk/nurses-webinar

17/09/2026

Keep NHS Staff in the NHS

# Stronger Together

09/09/2026

Plans to outsource hundreds of NHS workers in Somerset have been paused following a UNISON campaign ⏸️

More than 700 staff responded to a UNISON survey, with 98% saying services like portering, housekeeping, maintenance and facilities should remain directly in the NHS.

This morning, UNISON members took that message to the Somerset NHS Foundation Trust board.

The trust has paused its plans, but workers want them scrapped completely. They’re also calling for staff at Yeovil District Hospital who are already employed through Simply Serve to be brought back into direct NHS employment.

Keep NHS staff in the NHS 💙

01/09/2026

You won a pause, not a stop. SFT is still intent on SSL expansion. Join your colleagues at UNISON’s lobbies at Wynford House, Yeovil (8 Sept, 8:30am) and Somerset County Cricket Ground, Taunton (17 Sept, 3pm). Let's keep the pressure on, secure a permanent stop and bring SSL staff back.

Address

Taunton

Telephone

01823342631

Website

http://Www.somersethealthunison.org.uk/

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