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“Nurses – along with all other NHS staff – are rightly furious about being underpaid and poorly recognised for the work they do […]

Ministers have to understand there are consequences to demonising migrant workers, who may choose not to come to the UK

This year’s overseas nurses’ network seminar allowed members to engage with leaders in the nursing sectors about their priorities for overseas nurses

But unless the retention package for nurses and other health workers includes measures to address their pay, then more will continue to leave […]

COVID-19 caused a major disruption to nurse training. So UNISON’s student nurses decided to form a network to find solutions

More than 2,000 nursing staff and students took part in the research, which shows that ​incidents ​of sexual harassment are […]

Date

12 – 13 May 2021

A day to celebrate the whole nursing family – here’s how you can join in!

“When I graduated as a nurse, I took an oath to serve and uphold my vocation, even if there are hardships. It is my calling, and I can’t run from it.”

Since the beginning of March, the coronavirus outbreak has left them stranded in the Philippines and they haven’t been able to come home. On 9 March, Kim, Mareter and […]

The decision has been taken in light of the escalation of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The safety of participants and their families was also at the forefront of the general […]

And although you bond with people, it’s very short term. “Coming to a conference like this where there are nurses from the wider nursing family, as well as student nurses, you […]

As EU staff understandably turn their backs on the UK, the NHS has become heavily reliant on nurses from elsewhere in the […]

UNISON is urging MPs to highlight the urgent need for substantial investment in education and training for nurses and other healthcare staff.   The call comes ahead of a special debate later today (Wednesday) in Parliament on the future of nurse education funding that, the union says, has been severely hit by cuts.   The […]

An examination of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) statistics by UNISON shows that between 15,000 and 19,000 taxpayers earned in excess of £1m over the past sixyears. This is since the then Chancellor […]

And there aren’t many people with a keener understanding of that fact than specialist nurses in organ […]