about us
Our goals and values
MiP works to defend and further the interests of managers across our health and care systems.
Our goals
Through our nationwide network of full-time staff and trained volunteers, MiP protects members during disputes with employers, ensuring that their rights are respected. And we champion managers as a group – negotiating to improve their remuneration and working lives, and improving public understanding of the vital role they play in delivering and improving patient care.
We achieve these goals through four broad areas of work:
- We provide expert, personal, one-to- one representation and legal advice to our members on employment and management issues, helping to safeguard their rights and protect their careers in the face of organisational changes, disciplinary proceedings or disputes with employers;
- We represent our members collectively by negotiating with employers and government bodies on the issues around pay, pensions, terms & conditions, working practices and organisational reforms, striving to improve the lives of health and care professionals and to drive up the quality of patient care;
- We speak up for health and care managers in the public debate – championing our members’ value in improving patient care and reducing waste, raising public awareness of their crucial role in delivering services, and challenging negative stereotypes about their roles and remuneration;
- We offer training, events, information and peer support to help our members build their skills and develop their careers, including services ranging from best practice coverage to our annual conference for workplace reps.
Our values
As our name suggests, we believe that our goals are best realised by working in partnership – with our colleagues in the trade union movement, with employers, and with clinicians, support staff, other representative organisations and professional bodies. Our members are motivated by their commitment to improving patient care and the working lives of health care professionals: we campaign both for fair salaries and good working conditions for all staff, and for proper investment in services.
We seek to offer excellent value for money to our members, with those employed in full-time roles paying monthly fees ranging from £25.60 to £33.80, depending on your earnings; these fees have been frozen for some years. And in all of our work, MiP seeks to protect and promote equality: we challenge all forms of discrimination, and work to ensure that our health and care services can realise the full potential of every employee.
Our history and affiliations
MiP is a partnership organisation, set up jointly by UNISON and the FDA. Learn more about our history and our partners.
Our governance
As a joint venture between UNISON and the FDA, MiP has a unique system of governance. Learn more about how we are governed.
Meet the team
MiP employs a number of full time staff, both at our head office in London and throughout the UK. Meet our team of dedicated staff.