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UNISON Health Conference 2022 took place from the 25th to the 27th of April at the ACC Liverpool.
Since March 2020 there has been development of specific guidance and advice to support NHS organisations and NHS staff during the pandemic. However, in light of the government now setting out their new phase of managing COVID-19 in England, the DHSC has indicated a wish to review the guidance and advice on COVID-19 for NHS […]
Reflective practice is essential for nurses. It supports our wellbeing, enables us to develop and improve our practice, and helps us to maintain compassion and empathy.
On this page you will find social media graphics for our ‘Get it Right for the Jubilee’ campaign, ordered by platform. You can also download the full bundle here. Twitter Facebook Instagram
The issue UNISON wants NHS staff to be paid properly for the Platinum Jubilee bank holiday. We’ve made a formal request via the NHS Staff Council to ensure that NHS employers ‘get it right’ across the UK when it comes to paying staff for the Jubilee bank holiday. The holiday takes place on Friday 3 […]
Preceptorship campaign – March 2022 update Nurses and students have told us how challenging the transition into their first registered roles are. This has been made worse by the Covid-19 pandemic and the pressures on health and social care. UNISON has been working together with the Florence Nightingale Foundation and the Nursing Times to campaign […]
The Department of Health and Social Care has responded to the consultation on proposed changes to the member contribution structure for the England and Wales NHS Pension Scheme.
Update 8 March 2022: The government has announced that it intends to proceed with bringing forward regulations to revoke vaccination as a condition of deployment. The government received over 90,000 responses to its consultation with 90% of respondents supporting the withdrawal of the mandatory vaccine policy. You can read UNISON’s response here. The new regulations need […]
Update 8 March 2022: The government has announced that it intends to proceed with bringing forward regulations to revoke vaccination as a condition of deployment. The government received over 90,000 responses to its consultation with 90% of respondents supporting the withdrawal of the mandatory vaccine policy. You can read UNISON’s response here. The new regulations need […]
Flexible working wins from the frontline
UNISON National Officer for Nursing Stuart Tuckwood summarises of some of the most important topics we have worked on and discusses our contributions.
UNISON sponsors the ‘Team of the Year’ prize at the Nursing Times Awards. Find out more about this year’s winners!
Gamu Nyasoro, a registered nurse and East Midlands representative on UNISON’s National Nursing and Midwifery committee, writes about the potential pitfalls that await newly recruited nurses, what she and her branch have done to help them settle and how she has helped UNISON to develop a more structured programme of support.
Newly-registered nurse and UNISON Student Nurse Lead Joy O’Gorman talks about her transition into newly registered practice and discusses some of the work UNISON has been doing to secure better support.
Alison Leary is a Professor of healthcare and workforce modelling and researches the workforce and patient safety. She helped to found the recent campaign to protect the title of nurse in law. Here she writes about the campaign and why this issue is so important.