London Ambulance Service UNISON Branch
UK's biggest ambulance branch

Stronger together for London's ambulance staff

We represent, protect and stand up for the people who answer the call — every shift, day and night.

The biggest union in the London Ambulance Service

London Ambulance Service UNISON members on the picket line holding the branch's purple-and-green banners aloft during the 2023 ambulance workers' strike.
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The fights we're picking on your behalf

Backed by evidence, with the whole branch behind them. Here's what we're pushing for right now.

A London Ambulance Service emergency ambulance in its green and yellow battenburg livery
Active campaign

999 Retirement Emergency

The toll of the job is real — yet ambulance staff are expected to work to 68. We're campaigning for paramedics, ECAs, EMTs, PTS and control-room staff to be given the choice to retire earlier, with a pension they can live on.

We also stand with

More than a membership card

Members have won over £4 million in compensation since 1999. Join your colleagues and get the full weight of the branch behind you.

From
£1.30

a month — banded by your salary. Cover starts the day you join, and you can cancel any time.

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  • Expert representation

    A trained rep beside you in any meeting at work.

  • Free legal help

    For you and your family, at work and at home.

  • Free £5,000 cover

    Accidental death cover for registered members.

  • Welfare & hardship

    Grants and peer support when life gets hard.

  • Learning & grants

    Book grants, courses and CPD to progress.

  • Croyde Bay & more

    Holiday discounts, cashback shopping and offers.

London Ambulance Service UNISON members together at the branch AGM, holding ‘Proud to be UNISON’ cards
Run by members, for members

Your branch committee

Your reps and officers are LAS staff too. You elect them to negotiate on your behalf and back you up at work.

34 officers & reps
elected to stand up for you