Ahead of International Nursing Day on 12 May, UNISON national officer for nursing Stuart Tuckwood explains how NHS nurses are not being fairly valued for their work
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Staffing levels across the health service are alarmingly low on a regular basis.
Earlier this week, health conference heard a set of motions related to 111 and emergency call takers, nurses, midwives and Allied Health Professionals
Nursing Times team of the year award goes to a Kent hospital emergency department team that turned itself around
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UNISON nursing officer, Stuart Tuckwood, explains the importance of – and argues for – a renewed focus on mentoring programmes for newly registered nurses
This International Nurses Day, it’s not enough to celebrate nurses, we need to demand proper investment in the profession
Preceptorship campaign – March 2022 update Nurses and students have told us how challenging the transition into their first registered roles are. This has been made worse by the Covid-19 pandemic and the pressures on health and social care. UNISON has been working together with the Florence Nightingale Foundation and the Nursing Times to campaign […]
Union-sponsored annual nursing team award goes to nurses who helped ensure women had access to abortion services during COVID-19
Helga Pile says government must guarantee a fair and consistent wage
Current students should also have fees reimbursed
Trainee nursing associate Carley Kane is hoping to qualify soon – and already has big plans for encouraging the ‘nursing family’ of tomorrow
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Celebrating the life and work of Florence Nightingale, on the 200th anniversary of her birth
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The agreements negotiated mean student nurses who are more experienced will be able to help where they can, be paid and have this work count towards their learning.
Latest figures show that in England there are currently 39,000 nurse vacancies
Government must make it easier to recruit