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

The prospect of £2bn in NHS funding a massive blow for patients and staff

Christina McAnea, head of health at Unison, said: “This coalition government has taken a scalpel to the pay body’s report and won’t escape the anger of NHS staff. It’s a disgrace that 70% of nurses will not even get a pay rise this year – what sort of message does this give to the value […]

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 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

"This change affects almost exclusively black members, because the vast majority of staff are black and most of […]

- Under Agenda for Change, which sets pay grades across the UK, health and social care workers in Northern Ireland are the […]

The award came in recognition of  “incredible” changes they are making in in the eight-bed Tryweryn psychiatric intensive care ward, part of the Betsi […]

Stuart Tuckwood has been appointed UNISON’s national nursing officer to help the union promote and defend the interests of nurses. He took up the position this month (September). A registered adult nurse, Stuart spent the past five years at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, where he worked in major trauma rehabilitation and later as a charge […]

The House of Commons Health Committee publishes a report on the nursing workforce

Responding to the government’s announcement today (Tuesday) that it will increase the number of training places for nurses, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “It’s about time the government addressed the impact of their decision to scrap the nursing bursary. Young people have been put off training to become nurses because of this shortsighted policy. “UNISON […]

A reminder of the generosity and support UNISON members give to those around them each and every day.

UNISON represents the whole nursing family, including nurses, midwives, health visitors and healthcare assistants

New report from UNISON Scotland reveals tales of ‘workload increasing but resources being cut and time with each patient going down’

UNISON members across health and education services in Northern Ireland are voting in an industrial action ballot which closes on 24 February