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While there has been an increase in the number of nurses and healthcare assistants, domestically and from overseas, this does bring big challenges for teams in terms of the mix of skills […]

This International Nurses Day, it’s not enough to celebrate nurses, we need to demand proper investment in the profession

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 […]

Union-sponsored annual nursing team award goes to nurses who helped ensure women had access to abortion services during COVID-19

Helga Pile says government must guarantee a fair and consistent wage

Current students should also have fees reimbursed

Trainee nursing associate Carley Kane is hoping to qualify soon – and already has big plans for encouraging the ‘nursing family’ of tomorrow

Celebrating the life and work of Florence Nightingale, on the 200th anniversary of her birth

The agreements negotiated mean student nurses who are more experienced will be able to help where they can, be paid and have this work count towards their learning.

Latest figures show that in England there are currently 39,000 nurse vacancies

Government must make it easier to recruit

Axing the bursary three years ago was a huge mistake and one that student nurses are still paying for, UNISON says. Despite the rapidly growing demand […]

UNISON has today (Wednesday) announced the dates for strikes and industrial action by health and social services staff in Northern Ireland. Workers represented by the union voted overwhelmingly earlier this month to take action over safe staffing levels and pay parity. Health staff in Northern Ireland are paid less than their colleagues in Britain. Waiting lists […]

Mental health workers from Wales talk about what earned them the Team of the Year title at the Nursing Times awards

A mental health team from Wales talk about what earned them the Team of the Year title at this week’s Nursing Times awards