Scottish Health Awards sponsor

For the first year since its inception, UNISONScotland has agreed to sponsor one of the major Scottish health awards in the event run by the Daily Record.

UNISON will be sponsoring the Mental Health Team award. Glyn Hawker, Scottish Organiser for Health said. "We thought it was appropriate that we should sponsor a team award. UNISON members work together to deliver our public services and we know what principles are needed to revitalise those services."

In addition to the particular award we are sponsoring, there are fifteen other awards and Glyn is also keen to ensure that UNISON members are nominated in as many as possible. You can get nomination forms from the Scottish Health Awards website www.scottishhealthawards.com . The deadline for nominations is 5pm on Monday 11 September.

The awards are backed by a large number of organisations including the Scottish Executive. Tom Waterson, Chair of the Scottish Health Committee said "This is the first year of UNISON's direct involvement and we will be monitoring the benefits in publicity and other advantages. I would urge activists and members to get involved in nominating their colleagues.

"Whilst we have not been so closely involved as a union before, we know that UNISON members have won awards in the past. I want that to continue. "It is unfair to pick out any group, but it would be a delicious irony if a UNISON member were to win the Nurses award!!"

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