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About Us
Welcome to the website of the North Devon & Exeter (NDE) Branch of UNISON.
We're the largest trade union representing, campaigning and negotiating for workers across the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and private employers.
Our Members
UNISON members are people working in the public services, for private contractors providing public services and the essential utilities. They include frontline staff and managers working full or part time in local authorities, the NHS, the police service, colleges and schools, the electricity, gas and water industries, transport and the voluntary sector.
Our Stewards
We have a team of accredited local representatives made up of workers across the trust and private employers. Are you interested in helping your colleagues at work? Contact Us for more information
Our Campaign
UNISON campaigns and lobbies on key issues affecting our members and the public at large. We’re working to protect and improve public services, win equal pay and employment rights for everyone, improve safety in the workplace and end discrimination and harassment at work.
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If you're in a union, you're never alone.
We live in unsettling times. The NHS is under immense pressure to deliver on a budget that has been cut since 2010, that means more pressure on staff, there has never been a more important time to ensure that your concerns are heard and by joining a union you are being part of that collective voice.
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Our branch uses a modern and secure system to handle your cases.
p> From the initial contact to our final catch up and everything in between, everything is logged on our secure digital system.This gives you peace of mind that all your data will be handled securly, if anything happens to your assigned representative and they are unable to continue to represent you, another representative can pick up exactly where the other left off.
Our digital system removes the need for you to sign and return paperwork, you can upload files directly from your Email or by taking a photo on your phone, this means that we can get the information as fast as possible giving our Representatives more time to adequately assess your case and offer support.
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The Team
We have a team of accredited local representatives made up of workers across the branch.
Are you interested in helping your colleagues at work? Contact us for more information.
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Trudie Martin
Royal Devon Univ Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
RD&E Hospital (Wonford) Main Site
I became active in 2000 and did my training to be a Health & Safety Rep....read more
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Marion Baker
Royal Devon Univ Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
RD&E Hospital (Wonford) Main Site
I have been active with UNISON for just over 4 years as an Accredited Stew...read more
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Lynne Palmer-Mann
Royal Devon Univ Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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Richard King
Royal Devon Univ Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Exmouth Hospital
I have been active now for 3 years but wished I had joined 6 years prior wh...read more
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Robert Boyd
Royal Devon Univ Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
RD&E Hospital (Wonford) Main Site
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Simon Leepile
Royal Devon Univ Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
RD&E Hospital (Heavitree Site)
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Amy Hale
Sodexo Ltd
North Devon District Hospital
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Ben Blake
Sodexo Ltd
North Devon District Hospital
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Deborah Rolls
Royal Devon Univ Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
North Devon District Hospital
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Gemma Ireland
Sodexo Ltd
North Devon District Hospital
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Heather Morris
Royal Devon Univ Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Crediton Hospital
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Jessica Papayanni
Sodexo Ltd
North Devon District Hospital
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Jonathan Widdowson
Royal Devon Univ Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
RD&E Hospital (Wonford) Main Site
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Katrina-Marie Dempsey
Royal Devon Univ Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Nightingale Hospital
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Lukas Rapco
Royal Devon Univ Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
RD&E Hospital (Wonford) Main Site
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Mandie Gibbons
Sodexo Ltd
North Devon District Hospital
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Marie Morgan
Royal Devon Univ Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
RD&E Hospital (Wonford) Main Site
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Mark Sanders
Sodexo Ltd
North Devon District Hospital
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Nick Moore
Sodexo Ltd
North Devon District Hospital
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Philip Reed
Sodexo Ltd
North Devon District Hospital
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Rhys Jones
NHS Professionals
North Devon District Hospital
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Sarah Squires
Sodexo Ltd
North Devon District Hospital
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Shaun Cunningham
Sodexo Ltd
North Devon District Hospital
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Silvia Quinteros
Sodexo Ltd
North Devon District Hospital
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Stacey Stevens
Sodexo Ltd
North Devon District Hospital
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Tamsin Richards
Royal Devon Univ Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
RD&E Hospital (Wonford) Main Site
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Vanessa Dainty
Sodexo Ltd
North Devon District Hospital
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