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Nurses, midwives, community specialist public health nurses and healthcare assistants
UNISON is the UK's largest public service union with more than 1.3 million members. We represent the whole nursing family, including nurses, midwives, health visitors and healthcare assistants. We have a large network of branch representatives and national and regional officers, who are committed to providing you with help and support when dealing with problems at work.
We represent our members in many ways, offering help and advice at work, raising your professional/local concerns or by highlighting issues that will affect all health workers at a national level. We work together to make sure our members' concerns are heard - whether it's about pay, health and safety, discrimination or the future of our NHS.
We actively campaign on issues like pensions, health and safety, salaries for student nurses, regulation for healthcare assistants and an end to discrimination and harassment.
I'm Gail Adams and I've been UNISON's Head of Nursing for five years.
I started my nurse training in 1984 at St Georges in South London where I worked in a variety of areas including orthopaedics and surgical cancer care.
At the same time I became involved in the union after I had been helped with a problem in the workplace and found I really enjoyed helping members and taking cases as their union representative. As UNISON's Head of Nursing I enjoy the chance to take forward the concerns of our profession and help give nurses and other health staff a voice.
UNISON is here to support you as you support your patients.
So, please explore these pages and find out how we can help you.
Latest news and press releases
UNISON has produced guidance for healthcare workers on how to look after their patients and themselves during abnormally hot weather. The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) has created a new e-portal to enable nurses to take part, and keep up to date with all the latest developments, in the NMC’s work. Lone worker alarms for NHS staff working in the community. Nursing Matters April 2009 edition UNISON has responded to the NMC Consultation on its Guidance on Professional Conduct of Nursing & Midwifery Students. A new development will expand and enhance the professional support and services available to the union's nursing members, with increased access to clinical and research information to develop your practise. The government has published its strategy on dementia care titled "Living well with dementia".Membership of the BNP is incompatible with the values of nursing in just the same way that it is with policing.
UNISON held its third national Healthcare Assistants Conference on 22 July 2008 at TUC Congress House, London.
(19/06/08) UNISON has responded to a highly critical report from the Council for Healthcare Regulatory (CHRE) on the conduct of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) by calling for the report’s recommendations to be implemented in full and offering to work with the NMC to address the failings identified. (25/04/08) The attached file contains the latest edition of Nursing Matters, which includes news on the UNISON response to two major consultations concerning the future of the nursing profession, progress on the Darzi review and the formulation of the new NMC code of conduct. Nursing Matters April 08: 17178.pdf (13/03/08) Applications are invited for this year’s Mary Seacole awards, which are made annually in honour of this inspiring nurse’s pioneering work and achievements. The attached files set out the Development and Leadership Awards available,the procedure for applying and the application forms. The deadline for receipt of applications by the administrators is 7 May. MS Development Awards: A6620a.3.pdf MS Leadership Awards: A6620b.1.pdf The attached report seeks to outline the information available on attrition rates for bursary and seconded students on nursing and midwifery courses. UNISON has launched its “Get Connected” campaign to establish e-mail networks for UNISON members who work as nurses, midwives, health visitors, healthcare assistants or student nurses. . The attached spring newsletter includes articles on UNISON's survey of healthcare students, discussions on changes to the bursary system, the student nurse national seminar and respondining to major consultations covering pre and post registration nursing education. (21/12/07) The attached report, entitled A Crash Course in Debt, sets out the findings of UNISON's 2007 survey of health students.
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(16/08/2007) The attached autumn newsletter includes articles on changes to the bursary that bring it in line with age discrimination legislation, a national seminar of student nurses and discounts available through the UNISON Book Club.
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(5/1/07) The attached autumn newsletter includes articles on the landmark legal victory for students' maternity rights, the review of the bursary system and agreement from the Health Secretary on free Hep injections.
(14/12/06) The attached Learning the Hard Way report on the outcome of the 2006 National Health Student Survey shows the spiralling debt and exhausting extra hours facing nursing and other healthcare students.
(21/09/06) The attached documents show the UNISON Scotland and UNISON responses to the Scottish Executive consultation on National Standards relating to Healthcare Support Workers in Scotland, which is running until 15 November 2006.
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