Recipients of UNISON-backed awards are honoured
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Stuart Tuckwood has been appointed UNISON’s national nursing officer to help the union promote and defend the interests of nurses. He took up the position this month (September). A registered adult nurse, Stuart spent the past five years at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, where he worked in major trauma rehabilitation and later as a charge […]
UNISON is asking its healthcare members for their views on how a no-deal Brexit will impact on their jobs
Ayrshire mental health nurse Gordon Mckay knew he had to act when he saw a colleague reduced to tears by a manager in the 1990s – now he’s the union president
Scrapping the bursary is deterring a whole generation of nurses
Student nurses can get an extra benefit from their UNISON membership
The House of Commons Health Committee publishes a report on the nursing workforce
Government’s decision to scrap the bursary has clearly deterred people from pursuing a career in nursing
Former UNISON president Eleanor Smith reflects on an historic general election victory and her first months as an MP
Former UNISON president Eleanor Smith reflects on an historic general election victory and her first months as an MP
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If more nurses continue to leave than join, staff-patient ratios will become even more dangerous
Responding to the government’s announcement today (Tuesday) that it will increase the number of training places for nurses, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “It’s about time the government addressed the impact of their decision to scrap the nursing bursary. Young people have been put off training to become nurses because of this shortsighted policy. “UNISON […]
Midwives, healthcare assistants and hospital porters who belong to UNISON are joining their nursing colleagues demonstrating in Parliament Square today (Wednesday) over the government’s refusal to lift the pay cap. Commenting on the Royal College of Nursing’s protest UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “Faced with an exodus of staff across the NHS, ministers’ justification for […]
UNISON backs We Own It campaign against sell-off – you can help by signing the petition and urging your MP to back the Early Day Motion 152
UNISON is asking for members’ views on the plans to collate into a detailed response to consultation on planned changes