Some are traumatised from seeing patients die before their time
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Allowing proper recovery time important too
Commenting on Labour’s plans published today (Monday) for a mental health package for NHS and care staff, UNISON assistant general secretary Christina McAnea said: “Health and care staff have been working under huge pressures over the past few months, while most of us have been safe at home. “Fears about falling ill, passing the virus on […]
Latest figures show that in England there are currently 39,000 nurse vacancies
A generation of young people have been robbed of the safety net of youth centres
Some people in need not seen for nearly two years
A mental health team from Wales talk about what earned them the Team of the Year title at this week’s Nursing Times awards
Police and justice conference urges support for members’ well being and mental health
Conference calls for support for workers and activists facing mental health issues
Goalkeeping giant who now works with troubled youngsters addresses local government conference
Staff are burnt out and ‘leaving in droves‘ UNISON health delegates are told
Findings are based on a new survey, Mental Health Matters, of more than 600 employees across the UK who mainly work in the NHS.
‘No worker should be hiding their mental health status because of stigma or from fear the employer would not support them’
On the final morning of UNISON’s Black member’s conference, delegates opened with an emotional debate on the tragic toll of knife crime and how to combat the problem. Paulette Whyte for the national Black members’ committee reported that police had recorded over 39,000 knife offences for the year to the end of June 2018 – […]
More must be done to make mental health services safer and kinder places to work