Responding to the announcement that university applications for nursing and midwifery courses have fallen dramatically, UNISON head of health Christina McAnea said: “The government said replacing bursaries with loans would bring in an additional 10,000 nurses. Instead the exact opposite has happened. “With applications down nearly a quarter, ministers must accept they got this wrong […]
The survey is published on the day that hundreds of nursing students across England go to their local MPs’ constituency offices to lobby against government plans to axe their student bursary […]
Instead of investing in the whole HCA workforce, the government has chosen to focus on creating a new ‘nursing associate’ role, a move that UNISON does not […]
More than 20 health unions, charities and professional colleges sign open letter to prime minister
Everyone knows about the appalling way the junior doctors have been treated by this government, but doctors aren’t the only ones. Emily is a health care assistant, and she’s one of a large […]
MPs will debate a cross-party motion signed by 139 MPs from all major parties, calling on the government to “drop its plans to remove NHS bursaries” and consult on how best to fund and support the […]
At the same time, union organised rallies took place in Manchester and Newcastle. The government plans, part of the Chancellor George Osborne's autumn spending review, will see nurses and other […]
