UNISON were really hot on ensuring that, when they were meeting and working with the government, they had students’ voices and insights included.” Joy launched a Twitter account to bring […]
“But for the legislation to be truly effective it must enshrine the principle that student and retired health workers are volunteers and not conscripts to the fight against the virus. “They […]
Don’t believe the promises on public spending
“Lowering fees for HE must be accompanied by further government funding to make up the gap that will hit universities providing costly science and medicine […]
But by then it was too late, as the Conservative government had already declared its intention to scrap the NHS bursary. Nursing is the role I want. The […]
The government intends to remove the bursaries for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals in England […]
Healthcare assistants (HCAs) working in the NHS are doing the jobs of nurses without the equivalent pay or education, says a report from UNISON published today (Friday). Two in five (39%) say they have not received the training necessary to provide the care expected of them such as looking after dementia patients, according to the […]
Responding to the announcement today (Thursday) that the government is to plough ahead with scrapping nursing bursaries and replacing them with loans and fees, UNISON head of health Christina McAnea said: “It was clear from the start that this consultation was a sham. Ministers have simply not listened. They seem not to care that in […]
UNISON commissioned the polling as part of its submission to the government’s consultation into plans to […]
On a normal Wednesday morning Emily Heron would be taking patients’ blood pressure or doing observations…
The government should be busting a gut to recruit more student nurses. And yet this governments desperate […]
Student nurses take their fight to save the NHS bursary back onto the capital’s streets
“Government claims that this will attract more students to the profession are totally unfounded, and will not […]
“The government attacks on junior medics will come as no surprise to student nurses, who are already on 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 […]
