Minute Book for unions
For union officers, branch secretaries and research staff. See what NHS boards and their committees were told about staffing, workforce plans and safety, in the organisations where your members work.
What you can do with it
- See what a board was told about staffing levels, vacancies and the use of agency staff, in its own words.
- Follow the trusts and health boards where your members work, and see their new papers in one place.
- Compare how different boards have handled the same issue.
- Quote the papers in a briefing or a negotiation, with the page and a link to the original.
Searches to try
- "safe staffing"
Board reports on nurse and midwife staffing levels.
- "industrial action"
What boards were told about the effect of strikes.
- "workforce plan"
Plans for recruitment, retention and new roles.
- "bank and agency"
The use of temporary staff, and what it costs.
Searching is free, with no account. Results come from the papers we hold, and we don’t hold every organisation’s papers for every year. See which years we hold for each organisation.
What helps most
Follow organisations
Follow any organisation from its page, free and with no limit. Your Alerts page lists its new papers and the coroners’ reports sent to it, newest first. A weekly email tells you what’s new, or a daily one if you prefer.
Watched phrases
Watch a phrase everywhere, in one nation or at one organisation. When new papers or coroners’ reports mention it, we email you the passage with a link to the source.
Folders and notes
Save a passage at its page, or a whole document, with a private note. Download a folder’s references when you write up.
Citations ready to paste
Every result has Copy reference: a simple reference, or OSCOLA, Harvard or Vancouver, or a download for Zotero, EndNote or Mendeley. Each gives the page, the meeting date and the original’s address.
One account for your team
The Organisation plan puts colleagues on one account with one bill. Invite people by email, or let anyone with your email domain join. Share folders across the team.
The plan that suits you: Organisation
£24 per seat a month or £240 per seat a year, at least 3 seats
For union teams: officers and researchers on one account, with one bill, paid by card or invoice. You can let anyone with your union’s email domain join.
- Open our copy of documents with no monthly limit, where the publisher allows it
- 25 watched phrases per person
- Folders with no limit on saved items
- Searching, following and a link to every original, as on Free
A branch officer following a few organisations can start free. Free: Free.
Compare every planStart with the organisations you watch
Create a free account, then follow an organisation from its page. No card needed, and a link to every original is always free.