Search Results for “Pay and conditions” tagged nurse

Are we heading for a nurse and midwife crisis?

One figure frequently cited is 20,000, and analysis by the Health Service Journal said that last October 96% per cent of acute hospitals […]

Article, P.S data on the UNISON National site.

Vital health staff must feel valued and supported

Ministers must make them feel welcome and treat them fairly by keeping promises to drop the health surcharge and provide refunds ​for fees […]

Article, News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Boost wages and scrap tuition fees to turbo-charge nurse recruitment

"Ministers could easily turbo-charge recruitment by scrapping student tuition fees and giving staff the early and significant pay rise they deserve. "A wage boost would work wonders […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Nurse Sue Moore wins Cindy Fogarty Learning Award

This saw her gain her nursing degree and she is now a band 6 nurse, who manages a twilight team at the Belfast health and social care trust […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

♡ UNISON: it’s there to back you up

And it also offers conferences and training to improve the members. It is a big help at work. It’s […]

Magazine, UNISON voices on the UNISON National site.

Minister to address inaugural nursing conference

UNISON is the largest health union in Wales, representing 35,000 health workers, and has also arranged for chief nursing officer Jean White to speak to delegates about the Safe Nurse […]

Press release on the UNISON National site.

Unions announce COVID-19 support for nursing students

The trade unions representing nursing students – UNISON, the Royal College of Nursing and Unite – have made an agreement with The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and chief nursing […]

News on the UNISON National site.

Nurses have given us so much – they deserve our wholehearted support

They are there at births and deaths, and at difficult times in between. They care for us when we are sick and help us get back […]

General Secretary's blog, News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON comments on latest NMC figures on UK nurses leaving the NHS ‎

Scrapping the bursary and introducing tuition fees have only made matters worse. "Many organisations, including the NHS […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Huge drop in EU nurses applying to work in the UK

“We have a recruitment and retention crisis in the NHS and patient care is suffering. “Training new staff, attracting […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Safe staffing forum 2020: ‘A collective voice that you’re a part of’

UNISON national officer for nursing Stuart Tuckwood opened the day of talks and working groups, by stating: “We’re only going to be able to achieve victories if we work […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.