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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 […]

“But the NHS workforce crisis hasn’t gone away. The number of students starting nursing courses this year in […]

NHS employees as a whole are struggling to survive on just their basic pay. “Cleaners, porters, paramedics, midwives, administrators and healthcare assistants have all […]

Revalidation is the new process by which nurses and midwives will demonstrate that they practice safely from April 2016. Revalidation will introduce […]

That can take up to six weeks, during which time members won’t be registered and won’t be able to practice as a nurse or midwife. Continuing to work as a nurse or midwife […]

From November 2015, there will be no opportunity for nurses and midwives to submit their registration documentation or pay their fee after their registration […]

The media is full of reports that we are in, or heading towards, a nursing crisis. That is to say, a huge shortage of them. But are we really? We dive into the data to find out

And with NHS staffing pressures showing no sign of easing, no-one could blame nurses and midwives for […]

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 […]

Nurses and other health employees are being forced to survive on fast food - or on poor quality vending […]

I have so many take aways to take back to my fellow internationally educated nurses in Wales. On how important it is for overseas nurses to be in the union, she […]

UNISON has produced a leaflet and other material about the revalidation requirements, aimed at helping both members and activists […]

Wednesday 12 October 2016 For immediate release Nursing associates should not be nurses on the cheap, says UNISON Responding to the announcement today (Wednesday) by Health Education England that more than 2,000 people will be trained as nursing associates over the coming months, UNISON head of health Christina McAnea said: “These new roles could help […]

The House of Commons Health Committee publishes a report on the nursing workforce

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