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Commenting on the announcement from the Migration Advisory Committee –that nurses are to be allowed to remain on the occupational shortages list for another three years – UNISON head of nursing Gail Adams said: “The NHS is still desperately short of nurses, so hospital trusts across the country will have breathed a collective sigh of […]

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 […]

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

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UNISON will run its fifth annual safe NHS staffing levels survey on 9 February and is asking all members in the nursing family to take part

The government intends to remove the bursaries for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals in England this autumn and replace them with tuition fees and loans […]

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 […]

This guide is packed with information that is aimed at migrant nurses and midwives who are working or are intending to work in the UK. Download PDF only

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

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

A UNISON survey shows that nine in ten (91 per cent) student nurses would not have applied for the nursing degree without access to the bursary which the government intends to scrap in 2017.

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

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 […]

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 […]