UNISON, the UK’s largest public sector union, is today calling on
NHS Employers to banish the agony of needlestick injuries (NSI)
for good, by making safer needles compulsory across the health
service. The call comes in the wake of the tragic death of gifted
nurse, Juliet Young, who contracted HIV from a needlestick injury
while working at the Maudsley Mental Health Hospital in London.
Karen Jennings, UNISON Head of Health, said: