Ministers must act to fill 40,000 nursing vacancies
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Vital health staff must feel valued and supported
Government promises to overseas nurses must honoured
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Unions announce COVID-19 support for nursing students
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.
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Safe Staffing Forum 2020: ‘You’re mad trying to be a nurse now’
Latest figures show that in England there are currently 43,000 nurse vacancies
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Are we heading for a nurse and midwife crisis?
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.
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UNISON comments on latest NMC figures on UK nurses leaving the NHS
Commenting on the latest NMC figures, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “With both UK and EU nurses leaving, the NHS is heading towards a serious staffing crisis. The country simply isn’t…Read more…
Huge drop in EU nurses applying to work in the UK
Only 46 nurses from the EU registered to work in the UK in April, a 96% drop since last July, according to new figures published by the Health Foundation.
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Nurses have given us so much – they deserve our wholehearted support
They’re the world’s largest group of health professionals, an absolutely essential part of every health service around the world – and we celebrate them each year, on 12th May, International Nurses…Read more…
♡ UNISON: it’s there to back you up
UNISON is a group of people having the same interests and the same cause
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Minister to address inaugural nursing conference
Health minister Mark Drakeford AM and chief nursing officer Jean White both scheduled to talk to UNISON members
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Nurse Sue Moore wins Cindy Fogarty Learning Award
Sue’s story is a great personal achievement and a tremendous testimony to the value of union learning, says Dave Prentis, presenting the award
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