UNISON nursing officer, Stuart Tuckwood, explains the importance of – and argues for – a renewed focus on mentoring programmes for newly registered nurses
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This International Nurses Day, it’s not enough to celebrate nurses, we need to demand proper investment in the profession
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We fed back to groups like the NHS Community Nursing Group in England and networks of hospices. We’ve brought together […]
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Union-sponsored annual nursing team award goes to nurses who helped ensure women had access to abortion services during COVID-19
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The NHS is losing tens of thousands of nurses every year and properly funded apprenticeships can help […]
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Current students should also have fees reimbursed
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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
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Celebrating the life and work of Florence Nightingale, on the 200th anniversary of her birth
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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.
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Latest figures show that in England there are currently 39,000 nurse vacancies
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Government must make it easier to recruit
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Despite the rapidly growing demand for nurses – with record numbers of vacancies across the NHS – applications to study for nursing degrees are still lower than in 2016 when the bursary was […]
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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 […]
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Mental health workers from Wales talk about what earned them the Team of the Year title at the Nursing Times awards
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A mental health team from Wales talk about what earned them the Team of the Year title at this week’s Nursing Times awards
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